David Y Zhang, MD

David Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. received his Medical Degree from Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, China and Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine. He received his clinical training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine as well as Pathology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pathology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and served as Director of the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory. He also has a private practice at Comprehensive Pain Management Center in Flushing, New York. Dr. Zhang is currently conducting several NIH-funded studies on combined Chinese Traditional Medicine and Conventional Western approaches for disease treatment including cancer, arthritis and pain. His laboratory invented several biotechnologies, including DNA Amplification Methods, including RAM and HSAM which has similar amplification power as PCR for clinical diagnosis and research. These technologies have been licensed to biotechnology companies. Dr. Zhang has published in many peer reviewed medical journals, including Cancer Research, Gene, Hepatology, and Human Gene Therapy, etc. He also holds more than 10 US and international patents on Chinese herbs and biotechnologies.