Austin Chiang, MD

Dr. Chiang completed his medical education in 2011 at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. He continued his training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center in New York City where he is currently finishing a residency in Internal Medicine. Under the mentorship of Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser and managing editor Dan Childs, he contributed briefly to medical stories as a resident member of the ABC News Medical Unit at the ABC News national headquarters in NYC. In the summer of 2014, he will begin his fellowship training in Gastroenterology at Brigham & Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospital in Boston, MA. He hopes to explore his role as a physician not only in the clinical and research settings but also in social media, mass media, and medical innovation.