Ko-Lin Kuo (Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital)

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Department & Institute of Physiology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

M.S. in Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

M.D., Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Professional Career

Deputy Director, Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan

Director, Dialysis Center, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan

Professor of Medicine, School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan

Deputy Secretary-General, Taiwan Society of Nephrology

Convener, Renal Anemia Chapter, 2021 Taiwan CKD Clinical Practice Guidelines

Renal Anemia

Uremic and Environmental Toxicology

Vegetarian Nutrition and Dietetics

Translational Medicine of Chinese Medicinal Herbs

1. Kuo KL, Hung SC, Wei YH, Tarng DC. Intravenous iron exacerbates oxidative DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes among chronic hemodialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 19: 1817-1826.

2. Kuo KL, Hung SC, Lee TS, Tarng DC. Iron sucrose accelerates early atherogenesis by increasing superoxide production and upregulating adhesion molecules in CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 25(11):2596-2606.

3. Kuo KL, Hung SC, Liu JS, Chang YK, Hsu CC, Tarng DC. Iron supplementation associates with low mortality in pre-dialyzed advanced chronic kidney disease patients receiving erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: a nationwide database analysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Sep;30(9):1518-25.

4. Kuo KL, Hung SC, Tseng WC, Tsai MT, Liu JS, Lin MH, Hsu CC, Tarng DC. Association of anemia and iron parameters with mortality among patients undergoing prevalent hemodialysis in Taiwan: The AIM-HD Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018;7:e009206. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009206

5. Kuo KL, Liu JS, Lin MH, Hsu CC, Tarng DC; Taiwan Society of Nephrology Renal Registry Data System Research Group. Association of anemia and iron parameters with mortality among prevalent peritoneal dialysis patients in Taiwan: the AIM-PD study. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 24;12(1):1269. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05200-3.