De-Kuang Hwang, MD, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
No.201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd.,
Beitou District, Taipei City,
Taipei, 11217
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+88 622-875-7325 office
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Council Member, Taiwan Retinal Society & Taiwan Ocular Inflammation Society
- Associate professor, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University/ Taipei/ Taiwan
- Division director, Uveitis service, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei/ Taiwan/ 2024
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
Dr. Hwang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from Taiwan National Defense Medical Center and finished his resident training and fellowship in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. After that, he has served as a full-time ophthalmologist in Kinmen, Hsin-Chu, Taoyuan and Taichung. He has been a vice chief of the Patient Care Team in the Center for Quality Management of Taichung Veterans General Hospital. He has been a clinical observer in Kyorin University of Medicine and Tokyo University. He is currently the secretary general of Taiwan Retinal Society and an uveitis and retinal specialist in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. He is also an assistant professor in Ophthalmology of National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan.
Prof. Hwang is a doctor of philosophy in Public Health and Epidemiology. He has participated in several public health activities regarding tuberculosis, high myopia and international medical care in Taiwan. Prof. Hwang has many publications in famous ophthalmology journals and has been invited to speech in various national and international congresses. He has also served as a scientific reviewer of various high-impact ophthalmologic journals including “JAMA Ophthalmology”, “British journal of Ophthalmology”, “Retina” and “Eye”. He has been nominated by the Society of Ophthalmology in Taiwan for serving in the APAO Young Ophthalmologists Committee in 2017.
Dr. Hwang’s research topics mainly focus on uveitis, medical retina, ophthalmic epidemiology, Taiwan national health insurance database, retinal stem cells and public health.