Associate Professor
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Hyunseok “Hyu” Kang is an Associate Professor at UCSF and a medical oncologist/clinician scientist focusing on head and neck cancers including squamous cell carcinomas of head and neck (SCCHN), salivary gland cancers, thyroid cancers and other rare cancers of head and neck.
He completed his medical degree and public health degree at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, then came to the US and had residency training at St.Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center/Columbia University in New York City. He completed hematology and medical oncology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Dr.Kang’s research focus is development of clinical trials with novel therapeutic agents for patients with head and neck cancers. He has passion for precision oncology and rare cancers of head and neck. He has conducted/participated a number of clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapy agents for SCCHN, adenoid cystic carcinoma and thyroid cancers.
