Han-Pin Kuo, MD., Ph.D.

Pulmonary Medicine

SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS：
• Pulmonary Physiology
• Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care medicine
• Cell Biology
• Lung Cancer
• Interventional bronchoscopy
LANGUAGES SPOKEN：
• Mandarin
• English
• Taiwanese

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION：

• Taipei Medical College, MD.
• Imperial College, London, PhD.

 

ADMINSTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS：

• 1983-1987 Residentship, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 1987-1989 Fellowship, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 1989- Attending physician, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 1995-2003 Chief of the Second Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 2003-2010 Director, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 2009-2011 Vice Director of Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 2011-2017 Director of Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei
• 2018- Dean of College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University

 

PUBLICATIONS：

• Weng CM, Wang CH, Lee MJ, He JR, Huang HY, Chao MW, Chung KF, Kuo HP*. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates IL-33, IL-25, TSLP and IL-17A expression in airway epithelium of severe asthma patients. Allergy 2018. Nov;73(11):2192-2204. doi: 10.1111 (SCI )
• Weng CM, Lee MJ, He JR, Huang HY, Chao MW, Wang CH, Kuo HP*. Diesel exhaust particles up-regulate interleukin-17A expression via ROS/NF- B in airway epithelium. Biochemical pharmacology 2018 Feb 27;151:1-8. (SCI )
• Lo CY, Huang HY, He JR, Huang CT, Sheng TF, Chung KF, Kuo HP, Wang CH. Increased matrix metalloproteinase-9 to tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 ratio in smokers with airway hyperresponsiveness and accelerated lung function decline. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2018 Apr 11;13:1135-1144. (SCI )
• Huang YC, Weng CM, Lee MJ, Lin SM, Wang CH, Kuo HP*. Endotypes of severe allergic asthma patients who clinically benefit from anti-IgE therapy. Clin Exp Allergy. 2018 Aug 14. doi: 10.1111/cea.13248 (SCI)
• Kim WJ, Gupta V, Nishimura M, Makita H, Idolor L, Roa C, Loh LC, Ong CK, Wang JS, Boonsawat W, Gunasekera KD, Madegedara D, Kuo HP, Wang CH, Wang C, Yang T, Lin YX, Ko FWS, Hui DSC, Lan LTT, Vu QTT, Bhome AB, Ng A, Seo JB, Lee BY, Lee JS, Oh YM, Lee SD. Identification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subgroups in 13 Asian cities. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Jul 1;22(7):820-826. (SCI )
• Lee PC, Fang YF, Yamaguchi H, Wang WJ, Chen TC, Hong X, Ke B, Xia W, Wei Y, Zha Z, Wang Y, Kuo HP, Wang CW, Tu CY, Chen CH, Huang WC, Chiang SF, Nie L, Hou J, Chen CT, Huo L, Yang WH, Deng R, Nakai K, Hsu YH, Chang SS, Chiu TJ, Tang J, Zhang R, Wang L, Fang B, Chen T, Wong KK, Hsu JL, Hung MC. Targeting PKCδ as a Therapeutic Strategy against Heterogeneous Mechanisms of EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer. Cancer Cell. 2018 Dec 10;34(6):954-969. (SCI)
• Chen TR, Hu WY, Chiu TY, Kuo HP*. Differences between COPD patients and their families regarding willingness toward life-sustaining treatments. J Formos Med Assoc. 2019, Jan;118(1 Pt 3):414-419. (SCI )
• Huang YC, Weng CM, Lee MJ, Lin SM, Wang CH, Kuo HP*. Endotypes of severe allergic asthma patients who clinically benefit from anti-IgE therapy. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Jan;49(1):44-53. doi: 10.1111/cea.13248. (SCI)
• Lo YL, Wu HT, Lin YT, Kuo HP, Lin TY. Hypoventilation patterns during bronchoscopic sedation and their clinical relevance based on capnographic and respiratory impedance analysis. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s10877-019-00269-0 (SCI)