Kie-Kian Ang
KIE-KIAN ANG, MD, PhD
Prof. Kian Ang began his career in the field of radiation oncology at the University Hospital in Leuven in 1980. In 1984, he was recruited to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he progressed to the rank of Professor and Deputy Chairman of Radiation Oncology in 1990 and was awarded the Robert R. Herring Professorship in Clinical Research in 1992 and the Gilbert H. Fletcher Distinguished Chair in 1996.
Prof. Ang's clinical research emphasis focuses on refinement of therapy for head and neck cancer patients through development of biologically sound therapy regimens to be tested in multi-institutional randomized trials. He has chaired the Head and Neck Cancer Committee of the RTOG since 1999. This committee has completed four major randomized trials during the last six years that have contributed to changing the standard-of-care for head and neck carcinomas. He has been the Principal Investigator of a Program Project entitled "Modulation and Prediction of Radiation Response", which fosters interactions between laboratory and clinical scientists in developing novel therapy strategies. The combination of radiotherapy with cetuximab was recently established as an approved therapy for a frontline treatment of patients with locally advanced head and neck carcinoma.
Prof. Ang has served as the President of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and is a Trustee of the American Board of Radiology. He has received many awards and has given keynote lectures, such as the Clinical Research Award of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (1984), the Verstandig Award of the University of Tennessee (1994), the Emmanuel van der Schueren Lecture of Belgian Society of Radiation Oncology (2000), the Dallas Fort Worth Living Legend Faculty Achievement Award in Clinical Research (2000), and the Wharton Lecturer of the University of Toronto (2005). He has contributed over 250 peer-reviewed journal papers, more than 50 chapters, and has edited six textbooks.
