Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang is a mother of 2, cancer survivor, American Lung Association San Diego Lung Health Provider of the year pulmonologist 2019, Top Doctor 2017 and 2019 San Diego, and Inaugural Outstanding Mother Award recipient in 2019 and mindfulness teacher. She is the Director of Pulmonary Integrative Medicine at Coastal Pulmonary Associates affiliated with the Scripps Health Network in Encinitas, CA, and maintains a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Medicine appointment at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine volunteering for the free clinic there.

She has presented and led workshops and retreats nationally on mindfulness, physician well-being, integrative and pulmonary medicine to patients and all members of the healthcare team and has been interviewed for webinars, podcasts, and for the local news. She recently founded the Mindful Healthcare Collective, a group of women physician wellness experts who are leading free live Zoom sessions during the pandemic. The website mindfulhealthcarecollective.com also includes links to free meditation resources during the pandemic.