The Chinese American Gastroenterology Association (CAGA) is established as a non-profit organization under the laws of Ohio, United States, with the specific aim of promoting education, science, and charitable activities.

About our association

Meet the Leadership Team

  • President, Bo Shen, M.D.

    Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    Director of the IBD Center

    Co-director of Columbia's Global Center for Integrated Colorectal Surgery and IBD Interventional Endoscopy

    Vice Chair for Innovation in Medicine and Surgery

  • Vice President, Gengqing Song, M.D.

    MetroHealth

    Director Neurogastroenterology and Motility

    Chair of Gastrointestinal Motility Lab

    Associate Professor of Medicine

    Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Medical Center


  • Qiang Cai, M.D., Ph.D.

    Director of Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program

    Division of Digestive Diseases

    Emory University School of Medicine

  • James Mu, M.D.

    Western Washington Medical Group

    Providence Regional Medical Center

    Associate professor, Washington State University

  • Yinghong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor On Tenure Track

    Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disorders

    Director of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

    Chair of MD Anderson Cancer Center Immunotherapy Toxicity Working Group

    Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Yan Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

    Yan Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    School of Medicine

    Loma Linda University

  • Xinjun Cindy Zhu, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Medicine

    Director of IBD Center

    Albany Medical Center

  • John Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

    MNGI Digestive Health

International Advisory Board

  • Eugene B Chang, M.D.

    Martin Boyer Distinguished Professor of Medicine

    Director, Microbiome Medicine Program

    University of Chicago

  • Lin Chang, M.D.

    Vice Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases

    Program Director, UCLA GI Fellowship Program

    Director, Walter and Shirley Wang Center for Integrative Digestive Health

    Co-Director, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience

    Director, Clinical Studies and Database Core, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center


  • William D. Chey, M.D.

    H Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology

    Professor of Internal Medicine

    Section Head, Division of Gastroenterology

    Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences

    School of Public Health

  • Xiaohua Hou, M.D., Ph.D.

    Vice President, Gastroenterology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

    Chair, Gastrointestinal Motility Collaboration Group of the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology

    Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  • John Y. Kao, M.D.

    Professor of Medicine

    Associate Vice Chair, Basic and Translational Research

    Co-Director, NIH T32 Training Program in Basic and Translational Digestive Sciences

    Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

    University of Michigan Medical Center

  • Braden Kuo, M.D.

    Director, Center of Neurointestinal Health, Massachusetts General Hospital


    Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Rong Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

    Division Chair, Gastroenterology

    Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  • Ching-Liang Lu, M.D.

    Professor

    National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Taipei Veterans General Hospital

  • Kewin Siah, MBBS

    Associate Professor, Clinical Director

    Gastro-Motility Laboratory and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Clinic, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore

  • Richard C. K. Wong, MBBS

    Professor, Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • Gary D. Wu, M.D.

    Associate Director, NIH Training Grant in Gastrointestinal Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    Director, Human-Microbial Analytic and Repository Core Facility, NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases

  • Justin Wu, MBChB, M.D.

    Associate Dean, Professor

    Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

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