Wui-Chiang Lee

Education and Training： • 2008 Certificate program of Executive Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School • 2005 Ph.D., Health Service and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States • 2002 Master of Health Science (MHS), Health Finance and Management, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, United States • 1992 Doctor of Medicine (MD), National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan Current Appointments： • 2016~ Director, Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH), Taiwan • 2007~ Gastroenterologist, Department of Internal Medicine, TVGH, Taiwan • 2020~ Adjunct Professor, Institute of Hospital Administration, National Yang- Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan • 2013~ Board, Taiwan Organ Registry and Sharing Center • 2016~ Committee member, National Health Insurance Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan Experiences: • 2013~2016 President, Asian Society for Quality in Health Care (ASQua) • 2013~2017 Board and Chair of Education Committee, International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua, Ireland-based) • 2013~2014 Director-General, Department of Medical Affairs, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan • 2011~2013 CEO, Joint Commission of Taiwan • 2008~2011 Director, International Medical Service Center, TVGH • 2010~2011 Director, Medical Quality Improvement Center, TVGH Certification and Licensure: • Board of Internal Medicine • Board of Gastroenterology • Board of Digestive Endoscopy Biography Dr. Wui-Chiang Lee is the Director of Department of Medial Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, one of the world-known medical centers in Taiwan. Not only a highly acclaimed gastroenterologist and quality expert in Taiwan, Dr. Lee always set on quality and patient safety on a global scale. Dr. Lee joined Johns Hopkins University and earned a PhD (2005) and MHS (2002) from the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also joined the healthcare executive certificate program at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2008. After coming back to Taiwan, he assumed top-ranked positions, such as CEO of the Joint Commission Taiwan (2011~2013), and Director-General of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (2013~2014). Soon thereafter, Dr. Lee was appointed as President of the Asian Society for Quality in Health Care in 2013 and successfully led its four glory years. He has also served as an institutional board member and Chairman of Education Committee of International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) since 2013. Dr. Lee joined the anti-SARS battle when he was a PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for drafting a temperature surveillance program (https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2003/fall/SARS/taiwan_sidebar.html?fbclid=IwAR3FyTSsqU8-8hGXGD6qRS66U7WVgIB_OBLlYzBPwSH9-BvIn2wEKepw7bY). He came back to Taipei Veterans General Hospital and devoted to the anti-SARS activities in 2003. From the SARS outbreak experiences, he accounted for strategic planning and executive actions against COVID-19 virus from the first documented infected case in Taiwan on January 21st, 2020. Dr. Lee also participated to the nationwide expert team for the pandemic. He published three scientific manuscripts to sharing the successful experiences of Taiwan to the other countries. Moreover, he was interviewed by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation, Germany, for sharing Taiwan’s experiences in pandemic control (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr8VB0mi0wA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3XAukTjtEQo5gNK_DrDBj7vzxrx4pZ-WQxqZlL8RnmoUlMKYyMdMYMDuo). He also presented at the British Medical Journal forum with the topic “Taiwan’s experiences in pandemic control: drawing the right lessons from SARS outbreak” on June 12, 2020. (https://internationalforum.bmj.com/copenhagen/learning-from-past-experiences/)