Prof. Chung-Liang Lan was the first Taiwan rheumatology fellow trained at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in the United States in 1970s. With over 50 years of professional experience, he was honored with the Master Award by the Taiwan Rheumatology Association in 2013 and the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) in 2017. He also served as the President of the Taiwan College of Rheumatology (TCR) from 2009 to 2011.Currently, he serves as an Advisor to the Superintendent's Office at China Medical University Hospital and as a Chair Professor at China Medical University. His research areas include autoimmune diseases (focus on SLE and RA) and connective tissue diseases complicated by interstitial lung disease. His research team focuses primarily on developing novel diagnostic markers and prognostic markers for the progression of interstitial lung disease. Over the past 40 years, he has served as the principal investigator for at least 80 multinational clinical trials for new drugs (Phases I-III), with his patient enrollment numbers and trial quality frequently ranking at the top globally.

Graduated as a doctor of medicine from Taipei Medical University

Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, US
Member American College of Rheumatology
President of the Chinese Society of Immunology, president of Taiwan Rheumatology Association and President of Rheumatic Diseases Caring Society of Taiwan
Resident physician, chief resident and attending physician at the Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
The first director of the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and the Director of Department of Internal Medicine, also the Vice President with medical and teaching tasks at Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Docent of the School of Medicine, China Medical University