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Dr. Kendrick Kang-Joh “Ken” Jeong, MD (born July 13, 1969) also known as Dr. Ken, is an American comedian, actor, and physician. He is best known for his role as Leslie Chow in The Hangover & The Hangover Part II and as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.
Jeong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of South Korean immigrants Young and D.K. Jeong, who was a professor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jeong was raised in Greensboro and attended Walter Hines Page High School, where he took part in the High IQ team, played violin in the orchestra, and was elected to student council. He graduated at 16 and his achievements earned him Greensboro's Youth of the Year award.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University in 1990 and attained his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans while developing his stand-up comedy.
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