Richard Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Cheng is a practicing physician with offices in the USA and Shanghai, China, integrating conventional medicine with low carb medicine, anti-aging medicine, orthomolecular medicine, and functional medicine. Dr. Cheng is also a public educator and international public speaker with frequent media interviews including China Global TV Network and US media 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 serving as department chief at USA MACH hospital, Dr. Cheng has been enthusiastic and engaged full time in anti-aging/functional/orthomolecular for over 2 decades.

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

• Acceptance Speech at the ceremony of Induction into the Hall of Fame, International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine, May 13th-14th, 2022
• 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). April, 2020
• Various national medical conferences in China including annual conferences of China Anti-Cancer Alliance, Chinese Medical Association, as well as Low Carb Medicine China Alliance.

Dr. Cheng is also guest medical commentator and appears frequently on CCTV-English and other medical platforms.

Selected recent invited lectures and media interviews:

• Guest Medical Commentator on 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
• Guest Medical Commentator on 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 Medical Commentator on "The Heat", panel discussion, on Covid-19, CGTN America, Oct. 14th, 2020
• Guest Medical Commentator on 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
• Guest Medical Commentator on 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
• Guest Medical Commentator on CGTN (Washington, DC) Anchorwoman Elaine Reyes, 7/15. Covid-19 Pandemic in China
• Guest Medical Commentator on 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. Albert G.B. Amoah, MD, PhD; Seth Ayettey, MD, PhD; Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD; and Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD. (Jun 29th, 2022) Hospital Study Shows that Covid-19 Can be Prevented with Hydrogen Peroxide. Vitality   Link
2. Albert G.B. Amoah, MD, PhD; Seth Ayettey, MD, PhD; Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD; andRichard Z. Cheng. (Jun. 29, 2022) Hospital Study Shows that Covid-19 Can be Prevented with Hydrogen Peroxide. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service   Link
3. Cheng, R. (May 1, 2022) Reversal of Cardiovascular Diseases with Orthomolecular Medicine. Two Case Reports and Literature Review. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service   Link
4. Richard Z. Cheng. (Jan 2022) A Hallmark of Covid-19: Cytokine Storm/Oxidative Stress and its Integrative Mechanism Orthomolecular Medicine News Service   Link
5. Cheng, R. (Jun 29th 2022) Hospital Study Shows that Covid-19 Can be Prevented with Hydrogen Peroxide. Vitality   Link
6. Cheng, R. A Hallmark of Covid-19: Cytokine Storm/Oxidative Stress and its Integrative Mechanism The Townsend Letter.    Link
7. Richard Z. Cheng. (Nov 2020) Covid-19 Highlights the Shortcomings of Evidence-Based Medicine. J. Orthomol Med.   Link
8. Michael J Gonzalez; Jorge R Miranda-Massari; Jose R Rodriguez; Victor Marcial-Vega; Miguel J Berdiel; Jorge Duconge; Steve Hickey; Jose Olalde; Raul Morales-Borges; Richard Cheng; Deanna Minich; Mignonne Mary; Angie Perez; Gilberto Caraballo; Ana Parrilla; Roberto Ortiz; Andrew Saul; Luis Martinez; Alejandro Perez; Ines Alfaro; Joseph Campos; Ron Hunninghake; Thomas Levy; Nina Mikirova; Atsuo Yanagisawa; Zhiyong Peng; Lihong Fang; Hua Zhou; Marcos Justiniano; Hugo Galindo; Hong Zhang; Manish KC. (Sept 2020) Antiviral Mechanisms of Vitamin C: A Short Communication Consensus Report. J Orthomol Med. Link
9. Cheng, RZ, Mikhail Kogan, Devra Davis. (July 2020) Ascorbate as Prophylaxis and Therapy for COVID-19—Update From Shanghai and U.S. Medical Institutions Glob Adv Health Med.:21694956120934768. doi: 10.1177/2164956120934768. PMID: 32733775; PMCID: PMC7372609.Link
10. Cheng, Richard Z. (May 2020) Protected Population Immunity, not a Vaccine, is the Way to Stop the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Clin Immunol Immunother 6: 025. DOI:10.24966/CIIT-8844/1000025 Link
11. (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
12. 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
13. Richard Z Cheng, MD, PhD; Hanping Shi, MD, PhD; Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD; Thomas Levy, MD, JD; Andrew Saul, PhD.(Feb 2020) Early Large Dose Intravenous Vitamin C is the Treatment of Choice for 2019-nCov Pneumonia. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service. Link
14. 成长, Thomas Levy. (Sept 2019）冠状动脉粥样硬化病因病理及功能医学临床干预探讨。肿瘤代谢与营养电子杂志。The etiology and pathology of atherosclerosis & a functional medicine approach. Sept. 2019. J. of Cancer Metabolism and Nutrition.
15. 《食肉动物饮食代码》，Paul Saladino著；成长译, 2020, amazon.com
16. 《癌症代谢论》. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, on It's Origin, Treatment and Prevention. Thomas N. Seyfried著; 成长, 陈川主译. 中国科学出版社2018.
17. 《万应灵丹-维生素C》. Primal Panacea, Thomas Levy著，成长等译. Amazon.com（国际），Amazon.cn (中国），2017年出版.
18. 《隐形杀手-补钙剂》. Death by Calcium. Thomas Levy著，成长等译. Amazon.com（国际），Amazon.cn(中国），2017年出版.
19. 《国际癌症研究新动向》. 成长. 中国健康服务产业发展报告（2016-2017）. 第四篇-国际篇。当代中国出版社，北京 2017.

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
• Founding member, Low Carb Medicine Alliance of China
• Honorable International Member, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Society of China
• Member, Editorial Board, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
• Editor-in-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Chinese Edition
• Member, Editorial Board, Annals of Palliative Medicine
• Member, Editorial Board, Nutritional Oncology