Dr. Rita Ng was born and raised in Tracy, California. Dr. Ng completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a 3.99 GPA, earning a degree in Human Biology with Honors. She earned her medical degree from the University of California at San Francisco Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency at UCSF, and cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Dr. Ng further received the distinction of being named Miss California and was 2nd runner-up at the Miss America Pageant in 2001. In addition to winning the National Talent Award and the Top Interview award, she was the first Asian-American Miss California in the 80-year history of the pageant.

Dr. Ng has received numerous national and international accolades – California’s Youth Volunteer of the Year, USA Today Newspaper named her to the “First All-American Academic Team,” Glamour Magazine featured her as one of the “Top 10 College Women in America,” and the Chinese World Journal named her as one of the “Ten Most Influential Asian-Americans” of the year. She has appeared in Time Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, US weekly, and many others and was the featured model for Procter & Gamble Global Beauty “At Your Best” Campaign including CoverGirl, Max Factor, and Oil of Olay Cosmetics.

As chairwoman for many philanthropic organizations and a gifted pianist, Dr. Ng has traveled extensively around the nation and world giving keynote addresses and piano concerts, helping to raise millions of dollars for her causes around the nation and world. She was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business for 2019 and named as the American College of Cardiology California Chapter “Cardiologist of the Year” in 2022.

Dr. Ng served at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Heart Institute in Beverly Hills as Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine and was named the Elliot Corday “Outstanding Fellow of the Year.” Dr. Ng has served as the Chief of Cardiology for Kaiser Permanente East Bay, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and currently serves as the Physician-In-Chief for Kaiser Permanente Oakland Hospital service area as the chief physician health care executive in leading the Covid-19 pandemic response. She serves on the Board of Directors for The Permanente Medical Group – the largest multi-specialty physician medical group in the nation.