Biography

Dr. Hung-I Yeh, is an adult cardiologist with basic research background. He graduated from Taipei Medical College in 1986, completed the training of internal medicine and cardiology in MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan in 1991, and got the PhD degree from National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, United Kingdom in 1997. Afterwards he pursued a physician scientist career in MacKay Memorial Hospital and advocated translational research. He had been Director, Innovation and Incubation Center, Mackay Memorial Hospital (01/2008 – 12/2011). In 2009, he was assigned the founding chairperson of Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College. He is also experienced in clinical research, been the Co-PI of more than 20 international large-scale clinical trials, such as those regarding novel pharmacotherapy in cardiometabolic, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, for example, EMPA-REG OUTCOME, FOURIER, and ROCKET AF study. During the presidency of Taiwan Society of Lipids and Atherosclerosis (10/2015-09/2018), he led the revision of lipid management guidelines in Taiwan (J Formos Med Assoc. 2017;116:217-248), which lead to revision of the reimbursement regulations of National Health Insurance in Taiwan. Currently he is the Vice Superintendent of Mackay Memorial Hospital, the President of Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Honorary Director of Taiwan Society of Lipids and Atherosclerosis, and Director of Taiwan Society of Cardiology, as well as the Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Gerontology.

Dr. Yeh’s major research interest involves novel therapy in cardiovascular medicine, vascular biology and medicine, gap junction, arrhythmogenesis. He has published more than 250 original and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation, Circulation Research, ACS Nano, and Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology. Along the research, he has owned 7 patents.

Awards and Honors

1. Professor Guy Scadding Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis (Imperial College, UK, 12/1997).
2. Research Award (National Science Council, Taiwan, 08/1998, 08/2000).
3. Young Investigator Award (Taiwan Society of Cardiology, 05/1999).
4. Ta-You Wu Award (National Science Council, Taiwan, 12/2002).
5. Outstanding Research Award (Taiwan Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis, 09/2011).
6. Most Valuable Research Article Award (Journal of Formosan Medical Association, 11/2019)