About Cheng-Chieh Chuang, MD                   

(“Chuang” pronounced as “strong” without the “s”)

 

Dr. Chuang is board certified in Family Practice.  He graduated from Brown University with honors, obtained his MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine, and completed a Family Medicine Residency Program at Brown.  He served the full tenure of five years as a Pisacano Scholar, a scholarship from the American Board of Family Practice annually awarded to up to 10 most outstanding medical students and residents in the country.

 

Before founding Lakeside Family Practice, Dr. Chuang practiced medicine for years as a traveling physician working in underserved rural and urban areas in the United States.  For this work he holds medical licenses in 13 different states.  He also teaches at Brown Medical School.

 

A physician with a strong background in conventional medicine and a holistic approach to health, Dr. Chuang is open to incorporating proven alternative therapies in his practice.  He strongly believes in patient education, and welcomes and encourages all patients to take active roles in their own health.

 

Before moving to the United States in 1985, Dr. Chuang lived in Taiwan and Argentina.  He speaks Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, Spanish, and English.  In his spare time he enjoys his family and friends, watercolor painting, gardening, as well as several indoor and outdoor sports.