Richard Cheng M.D., Ph. D

Dr. Cheng is a practicing physician with offices in USA and China, integrating conventional medicine with anti-aging medicine, orthomolecular medicine, and functional medicine. Dr. Cheng is a public educator and international public speaker on health and medicine. Dr. Cheng also has numerous publications on health and medicine.

Dr. Cheng graduated from Shanghai Medical University and received his medical residency and subspecialty trainings from Shanghai Medical University, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD). Dr. Cheng also received a Ph.D. in biochemistry/Molecular Biology from UAMS.

After serving in the Boston, MA biotech industry and in the US Army as active-duty Army officer, physician, member of various committees and department chief, Dr. Cheng has been enthusiastic and engaged full time in anti-aging/functional/orthomolecular medicine for over a decade.

Dr. Cheng has been invited to present at various international conferences including:

• International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine, Oxidative Stress, Ignored Key Pathology of Coivd-19. May 28-29, 2021.
• The National Institutes of Health (4/8/21, Bethesda, MD), Early and high dose of Vit C in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19.
• Swiss Biohealth (11/6/2020, Zurich, Switzerland)
• AustralAsia College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (Australia)

Dr. Cheng is also a frequent media guest at various news media (CGTN)

Selected recent invited lectures and media interviews:

• Interview by CGTN (China Central TV Network, English) Anchorman Mike Walter, on traditional Chinese medicine and integrative medicine to Coivd-19 management. Apr. 27th, 2021.
• Introduction of Integrative orthomolecular medicine, DeYi Public Health Education Forum, Beijing, China, Apr. 28th, 2021
• Oxidative Stress and Anxiety, 5th Annual Conference of the Association of Chronic Disease Management of China, Mar. 19th-22nd, 2021, Hunan, China
• Interview by CGTN (China Central TV Network, English) Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, Jan. 11th, 2021
• Vit C, Covid-19, Integrative Orthomolecular Medicine. World Leader Summit. Dec. 28th. 2020
• Invited lecture, Vit C and Covid-19. Silicon Valley Health Institute (SVHI.org), Dec. 14th, 2020
• Interview by CGTN (China Central TV Network, English) Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, Oct. 19th, 2020
• Guest Appearance on “The Heat”, panel discussion, on Covid-19, CGTN America, Oct. 14th, 2020
• Interview by CGTN Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, Aug. 6th, Covid-19 pandemic reveals that the medical advice to the governments worldwide, esp. in US, is incomplete and ignoring Hippocratic oath, there exist several lines of strong research and clinical data backed therapies that are being ignored and actively suppressed, including high dose Vit C
• Interview by CGTN (China Central TV Network, English) Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, Aug. 6th, 2020
• Invited lectures at Kangsheng Health, Chengdu, SiChuan. Chronic disease management in Anti-aging, integrative medicine. July 23rd, 2020
• Interview by CGTN (Washington, DC) Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, 7/15. Covid-19 Pandemic in China
• Interviewed by CGTN (China Global TV Network, Washington DC) Anchor Mike Water: Insight into Covid-19 Beijing new cases. Jul 3rd, 2020
• Invited Lecture, Covid-19, Current Status, Problems and What to Do. China Low Carb Medicine Alliance. June 11th, 2020
• Guest Lecturer, ACNEM (AustralAsia College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine): Protected Group Immunity, not a Vaccine, to Stop Covid-19. May 7th, 2020
• Guest Lecturer, NIH: High-dose Vit C in the Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19. Apr. 9th, 2020
• Keynote Speech: Magnesium, a long ignored and important nutritional element for health. The 7th Annual National Congress of Nutritional Oncology, Beijing, China. Apr. 18-21, 2019
• Anti-Aging/Functional Medicine in disease prevention and health examination. The 7th Annual National Congress of Nutritional Oncology, Beijing, China. Aug. 18-21, 2019
• Cancer is a metabolic disease. The 7th Annual National Congress of Nutritional Oncology, Beijing, China. Aug. 18-21, 2019
• Keynote Speech: Atherosclerosis is a reversible disease of Vit C deficiency. 4th Annual Congress of Chronic Disease Management. Changsha, Hunan, China, Apr. 12-14, 2019
• Calcium supplements do not help osteoporosis, but rather may speed your aging and promote heart disease. The 4th Annual National Congress of Chronic Disease Management. Apr. 12-14, 2019
• Integrative Cancer Therapy. Inaugural National Congress of Low Carb Medicine China. Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Mar. 16-18, 2019

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Richard Z. Cheng. (Nov 2020) Covid-19 Highlights the Shortcomings of Evidence-Based Medicine. J. Orthomol Med.   Link
2. Gonzalez MJ, et al. (2020) Antiviral Mechanisms of Vitamin C: A Short Communication Consensus Report. J Orthomol Med. Link
3. Cheng, RZ, Mikhail Kogan, Devra Davis. (July 2020) Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions Global Advances in Health and Medicine.Link
4. Cheng, Richard Z. (May 2020) Protected Population Immunity, not a Vaccine, is the Way to Stop the COVID-19 Pandemic. J. of Clinical Immunology & Immunotherapy. Link
5. Cheng RZ. (Mar 2020) Can early and high intravenous dose of vitamin C prevent and treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Med Drug Discov. Link
6. (Richard Z. Cheng, a board member)Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Editorial Review Board. (Apr 2020) Rationale for Vitamin C Treatment of COVID-19 and Other Viruses. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Link
7. Chapter 7 Cancer Metabolism, in Nutritional Oncology, 2ed (Chinese), Work in progress.
8. Atherosclerosis, a reversible nutritional imbalance disease. in Low Carb Medicine (Chinese). Work in progress.
9. Vit C deficiency, not calcium, is the culprit of Osteoporosis. in Low Carb Medicine (Chinese). Work in progress.
10. Cancer is a Metabolic Disease. in Low Carb Medicine (Chinese). Work in progress.
11. Cellular Energetics. in Low Carb Medicine (Chinese). Work in progress.
12. Primal Panacea, KDP Publishing, Chinese edition 万应灵丹. Richard Cheng, MD, Amazon.com 2016
13. Death by Calcium KDP Publishing, Chinese edition. Thomas Levy, MD; Richard Cheng, MD. Amazon.com 2016
14. The Carnivore Code, Paul Saladino, MD; Chinese edition, Richard Cheng, MD. Amazon.com 2020
15. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D.; Chinese edition, Richard Cheng, M.D., China Science Press, 2018

Significant and Relevant Licenses, Certifications and Memberships:

• Medical license: State of SC (Active), China, Qatar
• Fellow and Diplomate, American Academy of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine
• Fellow and Diplomate, Integrative Cancer Therapy, American Academy of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine
• Member, International Society for Othomolecular Medicine
• Special Advisor, Low Carb Medicine Alliance of China
• Honorable International Member, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Society of China
• Editor, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
• Editor-in-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Chinese Edition
• Editor, Annals of Palliative Medicine
• Editor, Nutritional Oncology
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of INNOSC Theranostics and Pharmacological Sciences