2018 APSR Congress
Invited speakers
(and their main topics)
This page has been reproduced from the website of the
2018 APSR Congress in Tapei, Taiwan
- Sonja Renee Darrell Bartolome
Associate Professor, UT Southwest, USA
(Pulmonary circulation) - James M. Beck
President-Elect, American Thoracic Society, USA
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Hwangbo Bin
MD, National Cancer Center, Republic of Korea
(Interventional techniques) - Erlina Burhan
Persahabatan Hospital, Indonesia
(Tuberculosis) - Bin Cao
Professor, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, China
(Non-TB) - Wellington V. Cardoso
Director, Professor of Medicine and Genetics &: Development, Columbia Center for Human Development, Dept. of Medicine, Columbia University, USA
(Paediatric lung diseases) - Sophia Chan
Secretary, Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
(E-cigarette and health) - Gee-Chen Chang
Chief, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(Lung cancer) - Po-Jui Chang
Attending Physician, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
(Severe asthma) - Yeun-Chung Chang
Director, Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Taiwan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Yun Sil Chang
Professor, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea
(Paediatric lung diseases) - Yin-Kai Chao
Chief &: Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou, Taiwan
(specialty unspecified) - Kenneth Ross Chapman
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
(COPD) - Chia-Hung Chen
Attending Physician, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
(Interventional techniques) - Ching-Hsien Chen
Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis, USA
(Cell and molecular biology) - Jin-Shing Chen
Professor and Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Yung-Hsuan Chen
Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Taiwan
(Ultrasound) - Aristine Cheng
Infectious Diseases Physician, National Taiwan University Hospital and NTU College of Medicine, Taiwan
(Respiratory infection (non-TB)) - Shih-Lung Cheng
Chief, Center of Evidence Based Medicine, Center of Clinical Trail, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
(COPD) - Suet Lai Cheng
Associate Consultant, United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Bor-Luen Chiang
Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Paediatric lung diseases) - Chen-Yuan Chiang
Senior Consultant, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Taiwan
(Tuberculosis) - Jung-Yien Chien
Attending Physician, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Respiratory infections) - Kazuo Chin
Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Naricha Chirakalwasan
Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Kuo-Liang Chiu
Director, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Augustine M.K. Choi
Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
(Mitochondria and respiratory disease) - Kun-Ta Chou
Chief Executive Of..cer, Center of Sleep Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Teh-Ying Chou
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(Interstitial lung diseases) - Li-Pang Chuang
Chief of Sleep Center, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Kian Fan Chung
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Experimental Studies Medicine, National Heart &: Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
(Asthma) - William Cookson
Professor of Genomic Medicine, National Heart &: Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
(Asthma) - Clayton T. Cowl
President-Elect, American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), USA
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Charles Lamar Daley
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections, National Jewish Health, USA
(Tuberculosis) - Hiroshi Date
Professor and Chairman, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Yuan-Pu (Peter) Di
Director, Inhalation Exposure Facility, University of Pittsburgh, USA
(Respiratory infections) - Bastiaan Driehuys
Professor of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, USA
(Respiratory structure and function) - Mark William Elliott
Consultant Physician, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Philip Eng
Senior Consultant Respiratory &: ICU Physician, Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore
(E-Cigarette and health) - Kwun Fong
UQTRC, TPCH, APSR, Australia
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Jean-Pierre Frat
Medical Doctor, University Hospital of Poitiers, France
(Critical care medicine) - Pin-Kuei Fu
Director, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(ILD) - Michael Athanasios Gatzoulis
Professor of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease and PAH, Royal Brompton Hospital &: Imperial College, UK
(Pulmonary circulation) - Peter Gerard Gibson
Senior Staff Specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Australia
(Asthma) - Shimpei Gotoh
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
(Critical care medicine) - Fang Han
Professor, Peking University People's Hospital, China
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Masayuki Hanaoka
Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
(Pulmonary circulation) - Naozumi Hashimoto
Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(IPF treatment in real world) - Felix Jf Herth
Medical Director, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Germany
(Bronchoscopy and interventional techniques) - Leora Horn
Associate Professor of Ingram Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Dept of Medicine, USA
(Lung cancer) - Tomoaki Hoshino
Chairman, Professor of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine/ Department of Medicine 1, Japan
(Cell and molecular biology) - Hsao-Hsun Hsu
Attending Staff, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Po-Kuei Hsu
Attending Physician, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(specialty unspecified) - Wu-Huei Hsu
Professor, China Medical University, Taiwan
(Ultrasound) - Chun-Kai Huang
Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Ultrasound) - Hsin-Chieh Huang
Attending Radiologist, Department of Medical Imaging, National
(Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan) - Yuh-Chin Huang
Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, USA
(Environmental &: occupational health and epidemiology) - Yu-Sen Huang
Attending Physician, Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Respiratory structure and function) - Ming-Hui Hung
Staff Anesthesiologist, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Pulmonary circulation) - Yi Wen Hung
Director, Taiwan Society of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Taiwan
(Tuberculosis) - Masakazu Ichinose
Professor of Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(Clinical allergy and immunology) - Jakko Van Ingen
Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Head of mycobacteriology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands
(Non-TB) - Kazuhiro Ito
Honorary Professor, Imperial College, UK
(Asthma) - Kuo-Chin Kao
Deputy Director, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
(Critical care medicine) - Yuki Kataoka
Head Phycisian, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Japan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Hans-Ulrich Kauczor
Medical Director, Chairman, Dpt. of Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Nicholas James Kenyon
Gordon Wong Professor of Medicine and Chief, Div. of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, University of California, USA
(Cell and molecular biology) - Ali Zamir Khan
Director Consultant, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Hyae Young Kim
National Cancer Center Korea, Republic of Korea
(specialty unspecified) - Woo Jin Kim
Professor, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea
(Environmental &: occupational health &: epidemiology) - Won-Jung Koh
Professor, Samsung Medical Center, Republic of Korea
(Respiratory infection (non-TB)+ Tuberculosis) - Shigeru Kohno
Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan
(Non-TB) - Yao-Wen Kuo
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Ultrasound) - Chon-Lin Lee
Distinguished Professor, Department of Marine Environment and Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
(Environmental &: occupational health and epidemiology) - Kang-Yun Lee
Professor and Head of Department of Thoracic Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
(Clinical allergy and immunology) - Pei-Lin Lee
Director, Center of Sleep Disorder, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Pyng Lee
Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
(Bronchoscopy &: Interventional techniques) - Yee-Fan Lee
Chest Radiologist, Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(specialty unspecified) - Chi Chiu Leung
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
(Tuberculosis) - Wei-Chih Liao
Attending Physician and Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan
(Pulmonary circulation) - Chia-Chi Lin
Associate Professor, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Lung cancer) - Jules Lin
Mark Orringer Professor and Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, USA
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Kang-Ping Lin
Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Meng-Chih Lin
President, Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Taiwan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Ming-Tzer Lin
Adjunct physician, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Mong-Wei Lin
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(specialty unspecified) - Shih-Wei Lin
Attending Doctor, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Beth Lingenfelter
BioFire Diagnostics, USA
(Respiratory infections) - Augusto A. Litonjua
Chief, Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Golisano Children's Hospital at University of Rochester Medical Center, USA
(Paediatric lung diseases) - Ching-Lung Liu
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Wei-Lun Liu
Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Taiwan
(Respiratory infection (non-TB)) - Fernando Jose Martinez
Chief, Division of Pulmonary &: Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
(Interstitial lung diseases) - Hisako Matsumoto
Associate Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(Severe asthma) - Jacques F. Meis
Senior Consultant, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Netherlands
(Clinical allergy and immunology) - Hiroyuki Mochizuki
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan
(Paediatric lung diseases) - Kozo Morimoto
Division head, Division of Clinical Research, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
(Non-TB) - Yung-Lun Ni
Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Akio Niimi
Professor and Chairman of Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
(Interventional techniques) - Masayuki Noguchia
Division of Cancer Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
(Early detection of lung cancer) - Hiroshi Onishi
Section Chief, Radiation Oncology, Yamanashi University, Japan
(Lung cancer) - Polly Parsons
President-elect, American Thoracic Society, USA
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Diahn-Warng (Steve) Perng
Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
(COPD) - David Planchard
Head of Thoracic Cancer Group, Gustave Roussy, France
(Lung cancer) - Venerino Poletti
Australia
(Bronchosopy and interventional techniques) - Ganesh Raghu
Professor of Medicine &: Lab Medicine (Adjunct), Division of Pulmonary, Sleep &: Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington (UW), USA
(Interstitial lung diseases) - Suresh S. Ramalingam
Roberto C. Goizueta Chair for Cancer Research, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
(Lung cancer) - Chin Kook Rhee
Professor, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
(COPD ) - Luca Richeldi
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy
(specialty unspecified) - Susumu Sakamoto
Japan
(IPF) - Richard John Schwab
Professor of Medicine, Interim Chair, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, USA
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Joon Beom Seo
Professor of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Republic of Korea
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Chol Shin
Professor, Korea University College of Medicine, Republic of Korea
(Respiratory neurobiology and sleep) - Dave Singh
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology &: Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
(COPD) - Hisatoshi Sugiura
Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(Respiratory structure and function) - Jiayuan Sun
Chief Physician, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, China
(Interventional techniques) - Tamiko Takemura
Consultant Pathologist, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan
(ILD) - Sadatomo Tasaka
Professor and Chairman, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
(Respiratory infection (non-TB)) - William David Travis
Attending Thoracic Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
(Interstitial lung diseases) - Thierry Troosters
Vice President, European Respiratory Society, Belgium
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Ming-Ju Tsai
Attending Physician, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Chih-Yen Tu
Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
(Interventional techniques) - Frank Van Haren
Professor, Canberra Hospital, Netherlands
(Critical care medicine) - Chun-Hua Wang
MD, Professor, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
(Asthma) - Hao-Chien Wang
Professor of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
(IPF) - Jann-Yuan Wang
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
(TB ) - Jiu Yao Wang
College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
(Paediatric lung disease) - Jadwiga Anna Wedzicha
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
(COPD) - Reen Wu
Professor, University of California, Davis, USA
(E-Cigarette and health) - Kuang-Yao Yang
Director, Division of Respiratory Therapy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
(Critical care medicine) - Pan-Chyr Yang
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
(Early detection of lung cancer) - Tsu Fuh Yeh
Endowed Chair Professor of Pediatrics, China Medical University, Taiwan
(Paediatric lung disease ) - Chong-Jen Yu
Professor, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taiwan
(Clinical respiratory medicine) - Chung-Chieh Yu
MD, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
(Neurobiology and sleep) - Qihui (Jim) Zhai
USA
(Lung cancer) - Nanshan Zhong
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China
(specialty unspecified)
