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Nai Wen Kuo

Nai Wen Kuo

Editorial Board Member
Taipei Medical University Taiwan Member since 2017

Biography

Nai Wen Kuo was appointed as the Dean of College of Public Health since August 01, 2016. Before then, he has managed Taipei Medical University’s international affairs since October 2011. During his term as the Dean of International Affairs, he was responsible for all aspects of TMU International Office activities, which include foreign student recruitment, counseling and related services, international student and faculty exchanges, partner university relations and communications, international research collaborations and medical mission operations. He has managed Taipei Medical University’s international affairs since October 2011. He is responsible for all aspects of TMU International Office activities, which include foreign student recruitment, counseling and related services, international student and faculty exchanges, partner university relations and communications, international research collaborations and medical mission operations. He joined the university in 1997 as a professor of Health Care Administration. Before serving as Dean of International Affairs, he was appointed to many important positions within and beyond the university, as the university’s Chief Secretary, as Advisor to Taipei City Hospital, and as Chief Surveyor for Hospital Accreditation appointed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He previously served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Taipei City Hospital, a 4200-bed, nine-hospital system operated by the capital city’s government. His major responsibilities in this role included managing daily operations of a major hospital system, including quality improvement projects and financial analyses. He is also served as Vice Superintendent of Taipei Medical University Hospital from 2000 to 2002. Under his management, this hospital turned a history of losses into its first profit-making year in 2002. He is among Taiwan’s few health care administration educators who have held numerous leadership positions. His serves as the member of board of directors of important academic societies includes the Taiwan College of Healthcare Executives and the Taiwan Health Insurance Association. His research interests include health care quality, clinical pathways, patient safety, and health care facility design. He is the author of over 50 publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. He received his Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University in 1997 following his 1992 M.P.H. in Health Care Administration from Yale University. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009 and 2010.

Research Interests

Health care quality Clinical pathways Patient safety Health care facility design.

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