In 1968, Dr. Kang attended Shanghai Medical University of TCM, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He attended a special academic residency and became a full professor in 1969 at 23 years old (normally this academia takes 10 years). He became a Qi Master in Tui Na specializing in trauma and practiced in dermatology and internal medicine.

Dr. Kang was employed at Shanghai Hospital #1 in each service specialty arising to the top of each service. In 1971, he was appointed to be the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of TCM at Shanghai Hospital #1 at age 25 – a position reserved for overall masters both clinically and academically. Dr Kang held this position for 14 years until 1985 when he came to the US to be a clinical professor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San Francisco. He taught there until 1992 when he left to start a successful TCM practice in the Richmond District in San Francisco. He is still practicing to date.