Clinical Microbiology: Open Access

Po-Ren Hsueh

Po-Ren Hsueh
Professor, Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei

Biography

Prof. Hsueh is Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, at the National Taiwan University (NTU). After graduation from NTU College of Medicine, he completed several years of clinical internship and residency, specializing in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Throughout his career, Prof. Hsueh has held positions that have included president of Global Chinese Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (GCACMID), immediate past president of the Taiwan Society of Microbiology (TSM), president of the Asia-Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (APSCMI, formerly, Western Pacific Society of Chemotherapy [WPSC], and executive committee member of The Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan (IDST) and executive committee member and honorary treasurer of the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC). He has served as chairperson for and has been a member of advisory and scientific committees of many regional and international congresses on infectious disease and clinical microbiology.

Research Interest

Prof. Hsueh research intersts includes Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Drug Resistance, Molecular Epidemiology, Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases.