Medical oncologist Kyaw Aung, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., has joined Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute. He specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, particularly pancreatic cancer.

Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Aung was an assistant professor of oncology at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and a gastrointestinal medical oncologist UT Health Austin’s Livestrong Cancer Institutes.

Dr. Aung earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine 1 in Yangon, Myanmar and his doctorate degree in circulating tumor DNA at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He completed an internal medicine residency at Lincoln County Hospital and a medical oncology fellowship at Clatterbridge Cancer Center NHS Foundation Trust, located in the United Kingdom. His clinical training also includes a fellowship in Phase I Oncology Drug Development and Gastrointestinal Cancers at Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada.