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Dr. Lii Mei Beverly Chang (張理美醫師)

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Dr. Lii Mei Beverly Chang (張理美醫師)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Lii Mei Beverly Chang
  • Chinese: 張理美醫師
  • Era: 1943
  • Geography: Tainan, Taiwan
  • Core roles: physician, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Dr. Lii Mei (Beverly) Chang 張理美醫師 – History of Taiwanese American (T.A. Archives) 台美史料中心

Education

  • Kaohsiung Medical Univ. — 1969 — M.D.
  • Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham — 1971-1972 — Pathology training
  • Washington Univ., STL — 1972-1975 — Pathology training
  • St. Louis Univ., STL — 1981-1982 — Pathology training

Employment

  • Saint Louis Univ. — Assistant Professor of Pathology and Hematology — (1975-1982) — SIMBA Pathology Services Corporation (南伊利諾州) — General Pathology and Forensic — (1982-1991) — SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital (聖喬瑟夫醫院) — Pathologist — (1991-2006) — Metropolitan Urological Specialists — Pathologist in Urology Pathology — (2006-2008) — Community — St. Louis Branch of North American Taiwanese Medical Association (美台灣醫師協會聖路易分會) — President (1997) — TAA/STL (聖路易台灣同鄉會) — President (2014 & 2015) — Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Greater STL — Elder

Career & Community

Absorbed from the TAH profile tables above:

  • Earned her M.D. at Kaohsiung Medical Univ. (1969), followed by pathology training at the Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham (1971–1972), Washington Univ. in St. Louis (1972–1975), and St. Louis Univ. (1981–1982).
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Hematology at Saint Louis Univ. (1975–1982); General Pathology and Forensic pathology at SIMBA Pathology Services Corporation, southern Illinois (1982–1991); Pathologist at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital (1991–2006); Pathologist in Urology Pathology at Metropolitan Urological Specialists (2006–2008).
  • Community leadership in the St. Louis Taiwanese community: President of the St. Louis Branch of the North American Taiwanese Medical Association (|NATMA, 美台灣醫師協會聖路易分會) in 1997; President of TAA/STL (聖路易台灣同鄉會) in 2014 and 2015 — see |TAA in Greater St. Louis; Elder at the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Greater STL.
  • Family: husband Cheng C. Tsai; daughter Christina (君青); son Phillip (君柏).

Role in the Community

  • Founding member of the St. Louis Taiwanese Presbyterian church. She co-founded the Holmesian Christian Fellowship (福爾摩斯基督徒圑契) in St. Louis, which grew from the weekly house church gatherings begun in 1972 after she and husband Dr. Cheng-Chang Tsai arrived in the city, and was formally organized with bylaws in 1978 — with 張理美 handling the state incorporation registration. The fellowship joined the mainline Presbyterian Church (USA) and was incorporated as a nonprofit church in May 1982. As a board member (幹事) she was the delegate sent to Taiwan to interview and invite Rev. Chun-Ming Lai (賴俊明) as founding pastor; he arrived in St. Louis in November 1984. Her own 2017 history of the church, 美國聖路易台灣人基督長老教會的歷史簡略, is the primary source for this account.
  • The family home as a community hub. The house of Dr. Cheng-Chang and Lii Mei (Beverly) Tsai in St. Louis was a popular gathering place for Taiwanese Americans in the region, 2003–2017 — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/photo-albums-activities-129|photo album #129]].
  • Presenter at community events. She presented at a St. Louis Taiwanese American event in 2015 — see presented by Dr. Lii Mei Beverly Chang, St. Louis, 2015.
  • Her own writings and papers in the community record. She is the author of [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/388-beverly-chang-e5-bc-b5-e7-90-86-e7-be-8e-a-female-taiwanese-american-travele|TAH #388, a 2019 account of a female Taiwanese American traveler who visited 83 countries]], and her personal papers are held as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/collection-of-dr-lii-mei-beverly-tsai|TAH #30, the Collection of Dr. Lii Mei (Beverly) Tsai 張理美醫師的收藏 (2017)]] — both published under her married name Tsai.
  • Husband. Prof. Cheng C. Tsai 蔡承昌教授 — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/171-prof-cheng-c-tsai|TAH #171 profile of Prof. Cheng C. Tsai]]. He traveled in the 1988 NATMA second homeland-visit delegation organized by president Kuntu Liao — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys74|Our Journeys #74 (NATMA history)]]; the delegation record lists him as 蔡承昌.
  • HOLD: husband’s name given as “Cheng C. Tsai” on the TAH profile vs “蔡承昌 / Cheng-Chang” in the photo-album record #129 — treated as the same person, full form preferred.

Family

  • Husband: Cheng C. Tsai
  • Daughter: Christina(君青)
  • Son: Phillip(君柏)

Connected in the Vault

  • Her TAH encyclopedia entries are harvested in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/31-dr-lii-mei-beverly-chang||TAH #31 entry]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-964-lii-mei-chang||TAH #964 Who’s Who entry]].
  • Her St. Louis community leadership (NATMA STL president 1997; TAA/STL president 2014–2015) is documented on the existing org pages |NATMA Foundation and |TAA in Greater St. Louis.

Timeline

  • 1943 — Born (era per TAH profile); from Tainan, Taiwan.
  • 1969 — M.D., Kaohsiung Medical Univ.
  • 1971–1972 — Pathology training, Univ. of Alabama in Birmingham.
  • 1972–1975 — Pathology training, Washington Univ., St. Louis.
  • 1975–1982 — Assistant Professor of Pathology and Hematology, Saint Louis Univ.; 1981–1982 further pathology training at St. Louis Univ.
  • 1982–1991 — General Pathology and Forensic, SIMBA Pathology Services Corporation (southern Illinois).
  • 1991–2006 — Pathologist, SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital.
  • 2006–2008 — Pathologist in Urology Pathology, Metropolitan Urological Specialists.
  • 1997 — President, St. Louis Branch, |NATMA; 2014–2015 — President, STL; Elder, Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Greater STL.
  • Family: husband Cheng C. Tsai; daughter Christina (君青); son Phillip (君柏).

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