Liang Kung Chen

Professor Chen earned his MD from National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine (1989-1996) and PhD from the Institute of Health Policy and Welfare, expanding his expertise from biomedical research to public policy. After practicing orthopedic surgery at Yuan-Shan Veterans Hospital (1996-1998) and completing family medicine residency at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (1998-2003), he pursued international academic exposure as a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University's Department of Clinical Geratology in 2005.

His academic career advanced from lecturer in Family Medicine at National Yang-Ming University (2002) to full professor in Geriatric Medicine (2014). Professor Chen has held pivotal leadership positions, including Director of the Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (2006) and Director of the Aging and Health Research Center at National Yang Ming University (2014, later transformed into the Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences in 2021).

Currently serving as Superintendent of Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital since 2021, Professor Chen continues to lead groundbreaking research with over 550 international publications in Gerontology and Geriatrics. He actively integrates artificial intelligence in healthy aging research since 2016, collaborating with international computer science leaders. His research leadership includes founding the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (2013) and publishing the highly influential Asian Consensus for Sarcopenia Diagnosis (2014, revised 2019), which has gained extensive international attention and promoted research activities across Asian countries.

Professor Chen's current global recognition is exceptional - selected as among the world's top 2% scientists by Scopus and Stanford University, ranking first in Clinical Medicine in Taiwan for 5 consecutive years.

Today, he remains a key policy influencer across public health, age-friendly services, social welfare, and long-term care in Taiwan. Recent prestigious awards include the 2020 Morley's Award, 2021 National Award of Innovation, 2022 Ding-Ge Award for Digital Transformation and 2025 Distinguished Researcher of National Science and Technology Council. He currently serves as chief editor of Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics and associate editor of multiple leading journals.