Liaw Yun-fan

Liaw Yun-fan (Chinese: 廖運範; born 1942) is a Taiwanese hepatologist.

He attended Hsinchu Senior High School and earned his medical degree from the College of Medicine at National Taiwan University in 1967.^[1] Liaw completed his residency in internal medicine at National Taiwan University, where he became chief resident.^[1][2] After Liaw's residency, he began teaching as a clinical assistant professor at the National Defense Medical Center. He joined the Chang Gung University Medical College faculty in 1987, having served as director of the affiliated Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology and the Liver Research Unit at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital since 1976.^[1] Liaw was named a member of the Academia Sinica in 2000.^[3] That same year, he helped compile a hepatitis B prevention guide for use across Asia after attending the International Liver Congress in Fukuoka, Japan.^[4] In 2012, Liaw was appointed distinguished chair professor, and was honored by the European Association for the Study of the Liver as the 2013 recipient of its International Recognition Award.^[1][5]

Liaw has been critical of Pan-Blue Coalition supporters and policies.^[6] In 2013, he signed a petition opposing the implementation of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement.^[7] In 2017, he lent support to a petition advocating the protection of corals found near Guantang Industrial Park in Taoyuan.^[8] Liaw signed a petition in April 2019 calling for William Lai and Tsai Ing-wen, contestants in the 2019 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary, to join forces and form the party's ticket for the 2020 presidential election.^[9] In the 2022 local elections, Liaw and Lee Ming-liang jointly organized a petition supporting Chen Shih-chung's bid for the Taipei mayoralty.^[10]

References

1. Zoulim, Fabien (September 2013). "EASL recognition awardee 2013: Professor Yun-Fan Liaw". J. Hepatol. 59 (3): 413–414. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2013.05.014. PMID 23769001. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
2. Tang, Chia-ling; Pan, Jason (4 July 2014). "Academicians petition for former president's release". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
3. "Yun-Fan Liaw - Convocation". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
4. "Taiwan's doctors beating hepatitis". Taipei Times. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
5. "Taiwan leads global fight against hepatitis". 7 July 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
6. Su, Joy (18 March 2004). "Pan-blue hospital chief out of line, say doctors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
7. Chen, Yi-ching; Pan, Jason (3 August 2013). "Anti-pact petition attracts attention". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
8. Lin, Chia-nan (14 October 2017). "Environmentalists deride 'coral transplant'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
9. Wang, Flor; Wen, Kui-hsiang (25 April 2019). "Academics, civic groups call for Tsai-Lai presidential ticket". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
10. Lee, I-chia (20 November 2022). "Academics endorse Chen Shih-chung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 November 2022.