Tsu-fuh Yeh MD, PhD

Dr. T.F. Yeh was born in Taiwan. Following his medical education in Taiwan, he went to United States and completed pediatrics and pediatric neonatology training at Cook County Children’s Hospital and University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Yeh subsequently joined the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois in Chicago. He became professor of pediatrics, University of Illinois and director of NICU at Cook County Children’s Hospital in 1985. In 1991, Dr. Yeh moved back to Taiwan and took the position as chairman of pediatrics and vice president of the National Cheng Kung University Hospital, in charge of medical education and research. In 1992 he was granted a Ph.D. of Medical Science from National Nagasaki Medical University in Japan. In 1998, Dr. Yeh became the president of the National Cheng-Kung University Hospital in Taiwan. The hospital has 1500 beds, 30 departments and 350 faculty members. In Feb 2003, Dr. Yeh was appointed as President of the China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, the largest medical university in Taiwan. In 2006 Dr. Yeh retired from the presidency of the university and currently is an Endowed Chaired Professor of pediatrics at both the China Medical University and Taipei Medical University.