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Washington, DC— The US Pan Asian American
Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) will honor Heng Wang, MD, PhD, the
Medical Director, Physician and Researcher at DDC Clinic for Special
Needs Children, with the 2007 Excellence Award for his outstanding
achievements in community service, at a black-tie gala on May 11,
during CelebrAsian ’07 Business Opportunity Conference at The Westin
St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Wang decided to forego the relatively lucrative medical practice
in big cities and headed to the rural farmlands in Ohio to join the
non-profit, pediatric outpatient facility in 2002. Since then, he has
made thousands of house calls, provided quality care to his patients,
given support to their families, and diagnosed several rare and
difficult diseases—contributing to the medical field an increased
knowledge of genetic and metabolic disorders.
Dr. Wang will join four other Asian American honorees who have also
made significant achievements in their respective fields. Among them
are: Rocky Aoki, Founder of the Benihana chain of “Japanese
Steakhouse” restaurants; Sue Cruz, CEO and majority owner of
Ensemble-Chimes, a $1.5 billion Los Angeles-based workforce-solutions
enterprise; Aron Govil, Chairman & CEO of Ducon Group of companies
involved in environmental systems, industrial controls and media
entertainment; and Padmasree Warrior, Executive Vice President & Chief
Technology Officer of Motorola.
With this distinction from USPAACC, Dr. Wang joins an elite roster of
past Excellence Awardees—a veritable “who’s who” in the Asian American
community, including Nobel Laureate Subrahmanian Chandrasekhar, U.S.
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, architecture
icon I.M. Pei, Time Magazine Man of the Year Dr. David Ho, Linksys
co-founders Janie and Victor Tsao, Hotmail.com founder Sabeer Bhatia,
and many more outstanding Asian Americans.
During the gala affair, Dr. Wang and his fellow honorees will share
their experiences on their journey to the top. For more information on
this year’s honorees and on CelebrAsian ‘07 Business Opportunity
Conference, visit www.uspaacc.com
About USPAACC: The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC)
was formed in 1984 as a national non-profit organization representing
Pan Asian Americans and related groups in business. It promotes,
nurtures and propels economic growth by opening doors to contract,
educational and professional opportunities for Asian Pacific Americans
and their business partners in corporate America, the federal
government and the minority community. Headquartered in Washington,
DC, USPAACC has a nationwide reach through its regional chapters in
Northern and Southern California in the West Coast, Texas in the
Southwest, Illinois in the Midwest, Georgia in the Southeast, New York
in the Northeast, and Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia in the National
Capital Region. |
