Bio: Dr. Leana S. Wen, MD., MA.

Feng Shui, Belly Dancing & Eastern Medicine

Leana Wen is an activist, leader, teacher, and recognized international health expert. Having grown up and worked on four continents, Leana is devoted to increasing access to healthcare and fighting for social justice internationally.

Her work includes:

• founding the Student AIDS Society in Los Angeles, CA;
• directing the Charles Drew Blood Donation Program in St. Louis, MO;
• serving as a Global Health Fellow at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland;
• and working as Boren Fellow to assist women victims of HIV/AIDS in Kigali, Rwanda.

To encourage other healthcare professionals to be socially responsible to the global citizenry, Leana served as National President of the American Medical Student Association, and led 65,000 medical students across the U.S. and internationally to fight for healthcare justice.

In addition to her work in healthcare, she is also an accomplished dancer and known throughout the U.S. for her fusion of Middle Eastern, Chinese, and modern dance. Her troupe, "Flowers of the Sahara", regularly performs, and holds showcases on human rights and women's issues. Her Chinese heritage can be seen in every aspect of her life, and she incorporates traditional healing, Feng Shui, and alternative therapies into her activism and medical practice. Leana has won many awards for her work, including the Davis Putter Scholarship for Peace and Justice, and the Presidential Service Award. A Rhodes Scholar, Leana is currently a resident at Brigham & Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency.