Dr. Linus Chuang is passionately involved in global health education, having contributed his expertise to countries such as Honduras, Ecuador, China, Liberia, and Ghana.

He played a key role in developing the IGCS Global Curriculum, which began in 2017 and has since evolved into the IGCS Global Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program. Dr. Chuang dedicated significant time and energy to developing the program and mentoring fellows and local mentors. He is an international mentor for the IGCS training site in Nepal and is the Chair-elect of the IGCS Global Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Committee.

Dr. Chuang began his medical journey at Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan and advanced his education through the MD Anderson Cancer Center’s gynecologic oncology fellowship. He has been Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he directed the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship program. Currently, he holds the positions of Clinical Professor and System Chair of Women’s Health and the Fred and Irmi Bering Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Nuvance Health and the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine.

Dr. Chuang also contributes to academic literature. He is an associate editor and on the editorial boards of journals such as Gynecologic Oncology Reports and the Journal of Global Oncology.

Exceptional mentors and educators like Dr. Chuang are crucial to physicians’ and researchers’ professional development and success in gynecologic cancer care. By honoring him with the IGCS Excellence in Teaching Award, we celebrate his commitment to passing wisdom from one generation to the next. His influence in shaping the future leaders of gynecologic cancer care will advance women’s health for years to come.