Congratulations to Dr. Steven Aung (王超群校友) on Winning the Dr. Rogers Prize Groundbreaker Award for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine!

For information about Dr. Rogers Prize Groundbreaker Award, visit drrogersprize.org

Dr. Steven Aung, from Pyinmana, was known as Ong Chow Kun (王超群校友) when he attended Catholic Anglo Chinese School with his elder brother Ong Chow Wan (王超元校友) and his younger brother Ong Chow Bing (王超明校友). Their classmates at CACS remember them as good hardworking students. Today, Ong Chow Wan is Dr. Tony Myo-Lwin, a diagnostic and nuclear radiologist with Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver and Ong Chow Bing is a chemist.

Dr. Steven Aung (Ong), is an internationally-known healthcare professional and university professor. His areas of expertise range from western medicine and complementary medicine to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The recent award in complementary and alternative medicine is only one of the many awards and honors Dr. Steven Aung has received. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, was inducted into the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 2006, received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003, and was awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2002. A list of other awards and recognition that Dr. Aung has received can be viewed at aung.com. To read more about him, click Dr. Aung's Biographical and Professional Profile and Dr. Aung's Biography

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Teenager Steven Aung (王超群同學) (5th from right in the back row) seen with his Wan Hua classmates in the March 1962 photograph

Dr. Steven Aung (Ong) with Mrs. Debbie Aung (Ong) and their family members

A close-up of the Groundbreaker award Dr. Steven Aung received

Dr. Steven Aung (middle) with the other four award recipients in the front row

Dr. Steven Aung with the other four Groundbreaker Award recipients

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