Szu-Chun Hung (Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital)

Dr. Szu-Chun Hung is a Professor of Nephrology at Tzu Chi University and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan. He received his MD from Taipei Medical University in 1996 and completed his internship, internal medicine residency, and nephrology fellowship at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.

Dr. Hung has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Kidney International, Clinical Nutrition, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes. His major research interests include malnutrition, body composition, salt and water balance, and gut microbiota in CKD. His work has contributed significantly to understanding metabolic and inflammatory mechanisms driving CKD progression and its systemic complications.

1. Hung SL, Lin TY, Hung SC. Adherence to a Healthy Plant-Based Diet and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Risk Factors in Patients with Moderate to Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. J Am Nutr Assoc. 2025;44(7):651–660.

2. Lin TY, Wu WK, Hung SC. High interindividual variability of indoxyl sulfate production identified by an oral tryptophan challenge test. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025;11(1):15.

3. Cheng E, Hung SC, Lin TY. Association of trimethylamine N-oxide and metabolites with kidney function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease. Clin Nutr. 2025;44:239–247.

4. Lin TY, Hung NK, Hung SC. Association of malnutrition with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine response in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Clin Nutr. 2022;41(12):2683–2690.

5. Lin TY, Wu PH, Lin YT, Hung SC. Gut dysbiosis and mortality in hemodialysis patients. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2021;7(1):20.