Prof. Dr. Yur-Ren Kuo (Taiwan) INTERIM MEMBER

Position:

Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan Honorary President, Taiwan Society for Wound Care President, Taiwan Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery President Elect, Asia Pacific Association of Diabetic Foot Problems

Qualifications:

MD, PhD, FACS

Dr. Kuo is active in his prestigious academic and professional career. He is an internationally renowned “Surgeon-Scientist”, not only in clinical practice, but also in basic research. He is an expert focused on microsurgical reconstruction for head neck and extremity defects, and wound care. He has mentored 40 clinical fellows over the past 20 years. He also as a true physician scientist devoted in transplant immunology, reconstructive microsurgery, wound healing, keloids scar, stem cells regenerative medicine. He got numerous research funding supported from Ministry of Science and Technology and other Institute for 20 years. His achievement has also been selected as The National Innovation Awards. He has authored more than 200 leading peer reviewed innovative clinical and numerous basic research papers, 6 book chapters, and served as Editorial board committee of six scientific journals and more than 40 journals’ reviewer. He has been recognized as the World's Top 2% Scientists Annual Scientific Impact Rankings for 2020-2022 released by Stanford University.