Chen-Chieh Chuang believes that medicine is an art．He also believes that art is good medicine．Chuang is an artist，but he is also a doctor．Chuang believes that both art and medicine help people to heal（治愈）．Before he sees his first patient（病人） every morning，Chuang paints．"…Art heals me，"he says．And he hopes to use his art to heal others．

Chuang was born in Taiwan．He learned to paint when he was a child．From a very young age，he wanted to be both an artist and a doctor．When he went to college，he studied art and biochemistry（生物化学） at Brown University in Rhode Island．After Chuang graduated from Brown，he taught art in New York City for a year．Then he began to study in the medical school at Yale University．

After medical school，Chuang worked as a doctor in poor communities．He traveled and worked all over the United States，from Arizona to Alaska．During this time，he also continued painting．He painted the beautiful things of nature，for example plants，flowers，and birds．

A few years ago，Chuang decided to work in one place for a while．He opened a medical office in Massachusetts．He also began to show and sell his paintings，and he started a class for medical students called Art and Medicine．Chuang designed it to help students see the relationship between art and medicine．He wants to help students become creative doctors．

In 2005，Chuang bought his own building and moved his medical practice（诊所） there．"It's my big art project，"says Chuang．Outside the building，there are thousands of flowers and trees．In the waiting area，there are large windows and plants everywhere．Chuang's paintings and photographs are on the walls．There are also books on art，health，sports，and of course，medicine．

Next to the waiting area，there is a kitchen．There is always fruit there for the patients．Sometimes Chuang bakes bread，and the smell fills the waiting area．Chuang says，"Most of the time when people come to the doctor's，they are already