Strategy

Leena Yin served as Advocacy Vice President from 2020-2022, overseeing APAMSA’s response to the start of the COVID pandemic, the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, and the resurgence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. She completed undergrad at Stanford and medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, and will next be moving to work with AANHPI communities in Seattle as a Family Medicine resident of Swedish Cherry Hill. Leena is passionate about political organizing, her cats, and boba.

Tej Ganti, MD is a Maryland native who completed an undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University and medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine. As a medical student, Tej served on the national board and national executive board of APAMSA. Now an ob/gyn resident at Tower Health Reading Hospital, Tej continues to enjoy mentoring medical students and advocating for underrepresented communities.

Hillary Lin, MD is an internal medicine physician and entrepreneur. She served on the APAMSA National Board for several years acting as Hepatitis B Conference Director, Cancer Director, Alumni Director, and Strategy Director before joining the Alumni Advisory Board. Hillary attended Stanford for her B.S in Biology, M.D., and her internal medicine residency. She is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Curio, a mental health startup. She is passionate about human behavior and helping people improve their performance as well as their mental wellbeing by building emotional skills and strength.

Robert Hsu, MD is a hematology/oncology fellow at University of Southern California. He received his MD at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and did Internal Medicine residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He served on APAMSA’s National Board for 4 years from 2012-2016 including serving as National Vice President and served as the local chapter president at Tulane. During his time at Tulane with APAMSA, he helped with running Hepatitis B/C health fairs and education events at the West Bank working with the Vietnamese community and organizing Be the Match bone marrow drives along with bringing speakers to discuss APIA issues in New Orleans. Since his time at Tulane, he has continued to work with immigrant and APIA community through his experiences in residency, medical school, and AmeriCorps (which he did for two years after college) and is focused on bringing awareness to many of the socioeconomic barriers faced in these communities in the context of the physician-patient relationship. Robert’s interests also include oncology research focusing on global cancer databases, cancer disparities, and targeted therapies, in particular he hopes to do further research on cancer disparities within the APIA community. During his free time, Robert enjoys marathon running; he has run 20 full marathons and nearly 100 half marathons.

Kevin Hon is a current PGY-2 Emergency Medicine resident and New York-Presbyterian Queens. He hails from Southern California where he also completed his degree at Western University of Health Sciences COMP. He has been involved with APAMSA since his 3rd year of medical school where he served as both a Regional Director and as Pre-Medical Director. He concluded his medical student involvement as Membership Vice President up until his start of residency. Taking leadership and representation beyond APAMSA, he also serves on the SAEM membership and wellness committees. While EM is his passion, he takes pride in learning more about medical simulation, education, and mentoring. In his spare time, you can find him exploring New York City, training for or volunteering at races around NYC, or practicing his golf swing.

Dr. Justin Nguyen is currently a psychiatry resident at Community Memorial Health System in Ventura County, California. He served as APAMSA’s first Resolutions Director in 2017-2018 and then served as Advocacy Vice President from 2018-2020.

Justin received his bachelor’s degree in psychobiology at UCLA. As an undergraduate student, he engaged in student activism as part of the Vietnamese Student Union and also oversaw programs that promoted recruitment of students of color into higher education as a member of the Student-Initiated Outreach Committee. He then completed both his medical degree and master’s in public health at Touro University California, where in addition to being part of APAMSA, he was also deeply involved with the California Physicians Alliance (CaPA). After graduating from medical school, Justin completed a transitional year residency in Ocala, Florida before returning to California. He enjoys reading about history, politics, psychology, and personality theory, and in his free time also watches anime, plays video games, listens to music, and visits breweries/wineries.

Nancy Dong is a proud alumni of the APAMSA organization. In her first year of medical school, she met the APAMSA family at the Las Vegas national conference and was hooked. From there, she picked up leadership positions as Northeast Regional Director (2014-2016), Local Chapter President (2015-2016), and Membership Co-Director (2017-2018). She is passionate about advocating for Asian and Asian-American communities, with a particular interest in teaching, professional development, and mental health. Nancy is currently a psychiatry resident at Northwell Zucker Hillside Hospital. She is curious about racial/ethnic disparities, schizophrenia, consult liaison psychiatry, medical education, and innovative QI.

Dr. Lindy Zhang is currently a clinical and research fellow in the Johns Hopkins/NIH Pediatric Hematology/Oncology program. She completed her bachelor’s of science in biochemistry at the University of Michigan and her medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a child of immigrants and the first in her family to pursue a post-bachelor’s degree. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion, having done research and published on Asian American representation in academic medicine. She was a former conference co-chair for the 2013 APAMSA National Conference, a regional director, and a chapter president in APAMSA. Beyond her professional aspirations, Lindy has an insatiable appetite for brunch which is supported by her love to do pilates and yoga and loves reading coming-of-age novels in quiet cafes.

Stephen Chao, MD is a family physician at Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center in Houston, Texas. He is currently also a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and was previously on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine as well. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, he attended Rice University, graduating with degrees in Biochemistry and Health Policy. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is a past president of the Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston, is the current vice-president of Health Care For All Texas, and also presently serves on the board of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. Chao completed his family medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio and is committed to caring for the underserved residents of Houston and Harris County. His interests include care for immigrant and refugee populations, community health, and public policy. He believes in providing health care for all.

He also serves or has served on the boards of Refugee Services of Texas-Houston, OCAGreater Houston, Light and Salt Association, Eastside Promotoras de la Buena Salud, and the San Antonio Healthcare-NOW Coalition.