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Andrew Kung is a physician and scientist. He serves as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering, heading its clinical, research, and educational projects.

Biography
Andrew Kung earned his MD at the Stanford University School of Medicine before completing his residency at Children’s Hospital Boston.

Career
Kung was a faculty member at both the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School before moving to Columbia University Medical Center to lead the division of pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation. He specializes in using cancer genomics, precision medicine, and stem cell transplantation to care for patients. His research is centered on identifying the root causes of pediatric cancers and in turn developing new treatments to benefit pediatric cancer patients. He became the chairman of the department of pediatrics at MSK in 2016.

Memberships

 * Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research
 * Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation

Awards

 * Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctors (2016-2017)
 * Castle Connolly: New York's Top Doctors (2016-2017)
 * Eugene D. O'Kelly Award, American Cancer Society (2013)

Significant publications
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=kung%20al%5Bau%5D