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Ji-Lian Cai,

Hematologist-Oncologist

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Education
Medical school:
Board Certifications
  • Medical Oncology, ABIM, certified

  • Hematology, ABIM, recertified

  • American Board of Internal Medicine

Degrees
  • 1995, Ph.D., Immunology & Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Dallas, Texas

  • 1987, M.D., Medicine, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China

Fellowship
  • 1997-1998, Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

  • 1995-1996, Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Professional Experience
  • 2005-present, Associate Professor and Attending Physician, Department, Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Southern California Kaiser-Permanente Medical Group, City of Hope, Duarte, California

  • 2004-2005, Assistant Professor and Attending Physician, Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

  • 2002-2004, Hematology/Oncology fellow, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Academic Appointments
  • Associate Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
About Me

Ji-Lian Cai, M.D., is a bone marrow transplant physician who believes compassionate care for patients is just as important as medical expertise. He is also a member of the City of Hope/Kaiser Bone Marrow Transplantation Team.

Trained as a researcher in molecular immunology, he completed his residency at the Yale School of Medicine. He says he fell in love with hematological oncology because the subspecialty allows him the unique opportunity to combine his research and clinical backgrounds.

Cai believes that every patient who faces chemotherapy or a stem cell transplant is a hero. Further, he says that behind every successful transplant is a great team. That team includes not only the patient, but the patient’s friends, family, doctors and nurses. He says he feels honored that patients entrust him with their care, and he strives to treat them as he would his own family.

When not practicing medicine, Cai says his family is a major priority. He enjoys traveling, hiking and playing badminton and ping-pong with his wife and children.

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