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The Asian Health Project was founded by George C. Hsieh, MD, FAAD. Our missions are to promote better health care access and education for the underserved Asian Community. In addition to free clinics, the foundation will also conduct a series of free health education seminars in a wide range of medical topics to promote good health and disease prevention. The foundation plans to conduct these events in the San Francisco Bay Area initially, but it hopes to expand to other areas where these services are lacking.

In addition to conducting free medical clinics and health seminars domestically, the Asian Health Project also plans to promote better health care and access in developing countries or disaster-hit areas around the world, particularly in Asia.  We hope to have a branch office in Asia in the near future to coordinate and organize medical missions to the medically underserved areas in Asia. 

About The Founder  

George C. Hsieh (pronounced “shay”), M.D. is a board certified dermatologist with a special interest in skin cancer prevention and management.  Dr. Hsieh is the medical director of the Healthy Skin Initiative, a community educational program sponsored by the Asian Health Project, that seeks to promote sun protection and to raise skin cancer awareness.  A frequent lecturer to the regional medical centers as well as to the underserved immigrant communities in the Bay Area, Dr. Hsieh has given various educational talks on a variety of skin related issues ranging from basic skin care, sun protection, and skin cancer detection.  In the past year, Dr. Hsieh has regularly given talks at O’Connor Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, the Regional Medical Center and has regularly conducted free skin cancer screenings at various community events in the Bay Area.

 Dr. Hsieh’s charitable interest in working with the immigrant communities stems from his own upbringing.  Growing in a working class immigrant family from Taiwan which instilled the value of hard work, Dr. Hsieh was a full scholarship recipient to attend both his undergraduate as well as his medical school.  He received his bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Hsieh went on to complete an Immunology Research Fellowship and a clinical research project on Melanoma.  His residency training in Dermatology was completed at the UC Davis Medical Center. 

Programs and Events

The Asian Health Project’s core program, The Healthy Skin Initiative is dedicated to the goal of raising public awareness of skin cancers and of sun protection.  Through free educational seminars, free skin cancer screenings, and community outreach events, the initiative aims to raise awareness and knowledge regarding skin cancer prevention to the general public, particularly in the poor and under-served Asian communities- both in the US and the pacific rim countries. Since 2009, educational seminars and skin cancer screening led by George Hsieh, MD, Board Certified Dermatologist, had been conducted in various locations in the San Francisco Bay Area including Yu-Ai Kai Japanese American Community Senior Service, Taiwan A Center, Easy Bay Taiwanese American Community Service Center (EBTACSC), Salvation Army in San Jose, Univision Health Fair, South Bay Taiwanese Association, Plan Tree Health Information Center, North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) Northern California Chapter and national conference, North American Taiwanese Women’s Association (NATWA), O’Connor Hospital Grand Rounds, San Jose Regional Medical Center Grand Rounds, Good Samaritan Hospital Grand Rounds, O’Connor Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, local community group in South Bay etc. We will continue to collaborate with various organizations to expand our services and community outreach.  

In addition to our core program, The Asian Health Project has also expanded its scope to include a nutrition education program called The Healthy Food Initiative and a senior wellness program called The Healthy Senior Initiative.

The Healthy Food Initiative is dedicated to raising public awareness regarding the importance healthy food choices through a series of educational seminars. Each year, educators sponsored by the The Asian Health Project conduct various public forums and events with the aim of teaching proper and nutritional food choices.

The Healthy Senior Initiative is a program that is dedicated to provide educational resources to the senior community to improve their overall health. The program aims increase social interactions and daily physical activities of seniors- with a particular emphasis focusing on reducing dementia and improving mental health.  The initiative works with local community organizations in conducting classes in teaching physical activities and events to encourage social interaction.