Dr. Kunga Wangdue was born in Tibet and began his Buddhist studies at the age of eight at Drapung Monastery in Lhasa. He graduated from the Tibetan Medical and Astrology College in India in 1996 and completed an internship under Senior Menpa Kunga Gyurme, former personal physician of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. From 1998 to 2002, he served as a clinical practitioner in Nepal. Dr. Wangdue is the vice president of the Traditional Tibetan Medical & Astro Association New York.