Betty 汤澄碧) Tang

Dr. Betty Tang (Chengbi Tang, 汤澄碧), of Belmont, passed away on Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 55.

Betty was born on January 27, 1959 in Beijing, China a daughter of Yuanjie Wang and the late Taiwang Tang.

Dr. Tang received her MD from the prestigious Peking University in 1983 and worked for six years as a pediatrician at the affiliated Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics in Beijing. She came to the United States in 1989 and spent six years in the University of Miami and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, five years in Abramson Cancer Center of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and six years the in Harvard School of public Health, devoting herself to basic and medical research. She then worked for ten more years mainly on oncology and drug development with pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca, Novartis and Pfizer.

Betty loved traveling, having been to most states and many countries. She was also a gifted, self-taught artist on knitting and hand jewelry, which supported her charity work. Betty was always full of energy and liked to help others with her warm heart. She was loved and cherished by so many friends wherever she went.
Betty was recently selected as one of the 100 anti-cancer heroes at MGH, honoring not only her own courageous fight against cancer but also her charity works including a weekly art program at the Yawkey Family Inn in Boston Children's Hospital. Her amazing journey has touched many people around her.
Betty left behind her husband of 15 years, Kai Lin, whom she married on December 24th, 1998, and their son, Brian H. Lin, who just turned 10 on September 7th.

Family and friends will honor and remember Betty's life by gathering for a calling hour in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Saturday, September 20th from 2 to 3 p.m. followed by her Funeral Service at 3 p.m.