Wei-Fong Kao, MD PhD

Emergency Medicine

SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS：
• Emergency medicine
• Critical care medicine
• High altitude medicine
• Telemedicine
• Medical informatics
• Emergency medicine services at mass gatherings
• Toxicology

LANGUAGES SPOKEN：
• English
• Chinese

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION:

● Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, USA (1996)

● Fellowship, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA (1996-1997)

● Residency: Department of Emergency Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. (1988~1993)

● Medical education: School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC. (1977-1984)

● Finished student, Credit class, Institute of Medical Affair Management, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC(2003~2005)

● PhD, Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC(2006~2014)

ADMINSTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

● Professor & Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, ROC.

● Chief, Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.

● Minister, Wilderness Medicine Committee, Society of Emergency Medicine, Taiwan

● First Secretary General, Society of Emergency Medicine, Taiwan, ROC

● First President, Society of Emergency Medical Services at Mass Gatherings, Taiwan ROC

● Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.(1993~2012)

PUBLICATIONS:

● Using Smartphone Transmission of ECG to Reduce Time of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activation.

● Procalcitonin variation before and after 100-km ultramarathon

● Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis in type 2 diabetes with sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors.

● The Changes Of Red Blood Cell Viscoelasticity And Exercise-induced Hemolysis In 24-hr Ultra-marathoners

● The impact of chronic carrier of hepatitis B virus on liver function in a 7-day ultramarathon race J Chin Med Assoc.

● Effects of 100-km Ultramarathon on Acute Kidney Injury.

● Real-time Electrocardiogram Transmission from Mount Everest during continued ascent.

● Influence of a 100 km ultra-marathon on hepatitis B carrier runners. International Journal of Sport Medicine.