Kyaw Lwin Aung, MD

Kyaw Aung, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., is a medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers, particularly pancreatic cancer, at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute.      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 and St. James University Hospital 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.   As a clinical and translational researcher, Dr. Aung conducts studies focused on early-phase drug development for pancreatic cancer. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in medical journals and presented his work at national and international oncology conferences. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Royal Colleges of Physicians (United Kingdom). Dr. Aung provides patient-centered and non-judgmental care. After a thorough discussion of treatment options, he collaborates with his patients to make a joint decision based on the best available evidence and the patient's personal values and preferences. Dr. Aung is fluent in English and Burmese (Myanmar). During his free time, he enjoys traveling and reading and writing poems in Burmese.