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Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D.
Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D.
Current Position_____________________________________________________________
Chief Medical Officer & Director of Field Epidemiology Training
Program, Office of Preventive Medicine, Centers for Disease Control,
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Contact _______________________________________________________________________
Office of Preventive Medicine
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
6 Linsen South Rd, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Phone: +886-2-2356-4133
Mobile: +886-989-066-426
Email: [email protected]
Education_____________________________________________________________________
M.D.
National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Medicine, 2001
Professional Training_______________________________________________________
2003–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei,
Taiwan, Internal Medicine Resident, Department of Internal Medicine
Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Taiwan University Hospital,
Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Chief Resident and Clinical Infectious Disease
Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal
Medicine
Field Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control, Department of
Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Officer, Field Epidemiology Training
Program
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Epidemic Intelligence Service
Officer, assigned to Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services
Professional and Academic Positions_____________________________________
2002–2003
2008–pres.
2008–pres.
Head of Laboratory, Mzuzu Central Hospital, Republic of Malawi
Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and
Welfare, Taiwan
Adjunct Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases,
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital
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2009–2011
2012–pres.
2013–pres.
2014–pres.
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Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D.
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, USA (assigned to Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services)
Director, Field Epidemiology Training Program, Centers for Disease
Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Director, Office of Preventive Medicine, Centers for Disease Control,
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan
University College of Medicine
Field Work in Africa_________________________________________________________
Nov 2001–Jun 2003 Republic of Malawi, Volunteer Medical Physician, Department
of Medicine, Mzuzu Central Hospital
May 2010–Jun 2010 Federal Republic of Nigeria, Medical Epidemiologist,
Childhood Lead Poisoning Investigation Task Force, Zamfara
State
Oct 2010–Nov 2010 Federal Republic of Nigeria, Medical Epidemiologist,
Childhood Lead Poisoning Investigation Task Force, Zamfara
State
Aug 2014–Sep 2014 Federal Republic of Nigeria, FETP Director, Advocacy Visit to
Taiwanese Community in Lagos and Ebola Emergency
Operation Center, Lagos
Academic Awards and Honors______________________________________________
2004 Dec
2005 Dec
2006 Dec
2007 Jul
2008 Sept
2009 Dec
2010 Dec
2014 May
Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital
Award for Excellence in Teaching as Chief Resident, National
Taiwan University Hospital
Best Poster Award, the 9th Taipei International Conference on
HIV/AIDS, 27-28 September 2008, Taipei, Taiwan
Young Investigator Award, Taiwan AIDS Society
NCEH/ATSDR Honor Award (Nigeria Lead Poisoning
Investigation Task Force), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
Best Public Servant Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Professional Certifications and Memberships___________________________
2001–pres.
2006–pres.
Physician, Taiwan, License 033551
Diplomate in Internal Medicine, Taiwan Society of Internal
Medicine, No. 7614, Certified 12/04/2006
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2009–pres.
2015–pres.
2003–pres.
2006–pres.
2006–pres.
2007–pres.
2008–pres.
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Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D.
Diplomate in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of
Taiwan, No. 436, Certified 01/11/2009
Academic Teaching Rank of Lecturer, Ministry of Education, No.
140784, Certified 02/01/2015
Member, Taiwan Medical Association
Member, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
Member, Taiwan AIDS Society
Member, Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan
Member, Nosocomial Infection Control Society of Taiwan
Scientific Committee Service________________________________________________
2007–2008
2009–2010
2012–2013
Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the
revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2008.
Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/public/Attachment/83241619571.pdf
Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the
revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2010.
Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/public/data/0111810173271.pdf
Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the
revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2013.
Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/uploads/files/201310/1e64c22732fc-49ab-8bfc-9484ec50c4f3.pdf
Teaching Experience_________________________________________________________
Taiwan Medical Mission to Malawi
2003 Mar
HIV/AIDS Clinical Workshop, Instructor and Coordinator,
Mzuzu Central Hospital, Malawi
2003 Apr
HIV/AIDS Counseling Workshop, Instructor and Coordinator,
Mzuzu Central Hospital, Malawi
Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan
2009 Apr
Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, HIV
Workshop, Instructor, Taiwan Red Cross Society
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2006–2008 Clinical Internal Medicine, Medical Chief Resident, Department of
Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital
Publications and Creative Work___________________________________________
Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles
1. McKerr C, Lo YC, Edeghere O, Bracebridge S. Evaluation of the National
Notifiable Disease Surveillance System for dengue fever in Taiwan, 2010−2012.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9:e0003639.
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2. Lo YC, Hung CC. Prevalence of HIV infection and risky sexual practices among
adult males with travel-associated Entamoeba histolytica infection in Taiwan,
2006−2013. Travel Med Infect Dis 2015;13:104−5.
3. Lo YC, Ji DD, Hung CC. Prevalent and incident HIV diagnoses among Entamoeba
histolytica-infected adult males: a changing epidemiology associated with sexual
transmission — Taiwan, 2006−2013. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8:e3222.
4. Wei SH, Yang JR, Wu HS, Chang MC, Lin JS, Lin CY, Liu YL, Lo YC, Yang CH,
Chuang JH, Lin MC, Chung MC, Liao CH, Lee MS, Huang WT, Chen PJ, Liu MT,
Chang FY. Human infection with avian influenza A H6N1 virus: an
epidemiological analysis. Lancet Respir Med 2013;1:771−8.
5. Tsai MS, Chang SY, Lo YC, Yang CJ, Sun HY, Liu WC, Wu PY, Hung CC. Hepatitis B
virus (HBV) coinfection accelerates immunologic progression in patients with
primary HIV infection in an area of hyperendemicity for HBV infection. Journal
of Infectious Diseases 2013;208:1184−6.
6. Lo YC, Chen WC, Huang WT, Lin YC, Liu MC, Kuo HW, Chuang JH, Yang JR, Liu
MT, Wu HS, Yang CH, Chou JH, Chang FY. Surveillance of avian influenza
A(H7N9) virus infection in humans and detection of the first imported human
case in Taiwan, 3 April to 10 May 2013. Eurosurveilance 2013;18:pii:20479.
7. Lo YC, Chuang JH, Kuo HW, Huang WT, Hsu YF, Liu MT, Chen CH, Huang HH,
Chang CH, Chou JH, Chang FY, Lin TY, Chiu WT. Surveillance and vaccine
effectiveness of an influenza epidemic predominated by vaccine-mismatched
influenza B/Yamagata-lineage viruses in Taiwan, 2011−12 season. PLOS One
2013;8:e58222.
8. Halldin CN, Suarthana E, Fedan KB, Lo YC, Turabelidze G, Kreiss K. Increased
respiratory disease mortality at a microwave popcorn facility with worker risk
of bronchiolitis obliterans. PLOS One 2013;8:e57935.
9. Fanfair RN, Benedict K, Bos J, Bennett SD, Lo YC, Adebanjo T, Etienne K, Deak E,
Derado G, Shieh WJ, Drew C, Zaki S, Sugerman D, Gade L, Thompson EH, Deanna
AS, Engelthaler DM, Schupp JM, Brandt ME, Harris JR, Lockhart SR, Turabelidze
G, Park BJ. Necrotizing cutaneous mucormycosis after a tornado, Joplin,
Missouri, in 2011. New England Journal of Medicine 2012;367:2214–25.
10. Lo YC, Dooyema CA, Neri A, Durant J, Jefferies T, Medina-Marino A, Ravello L,
Thoroughman D, Davis L, Dankoli RS, Samson MY, Ibrahim LM, Okechukwu O,
Umar-Tsafe NT, Dama AH, Brown MJ. Childhood lead poisoning associated with
gold ore processing: a village-level investigation — Zamfara State, Nigeria,
October–November 2010. Environmental Health Perspectives
2012;120(10):1450–55.
11. Lo YC, Turabelidze G, Lin M, Friedberg Y. Prevalence and determinants of recent
HIV testing among sexually active men who have sex with men in St. Louis
metropolitan area, Missouri, 2008. Sex Transm Dis 2012;39:306–11.
12. Dooyema CA, Neri A, Lo YC, Durant J, Dargan PI, Swarthout T, Biya O, Gidado SO,
Haladu S, Sani-Gwarzo N, Nguku PM, Akpan H, Idris S, Bashir AM, Brown MJ.
Outbreak of fatal childhood lead poisoning related to artisanal gold mining in
northwestern Nigeria, 2010. Environ Health Perspect 2012;120:601–7.
13. Benedict K, Adebanjo T, Harris J, Lockhart S, Peterson J, McClinton S, Gade L,
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Etienne K, Hurst S, Benjamin L, Whitney A, Bolcen S, Brandt M, Park B,
Turabelidze G, Bos J, Hedrick E, Byrd D, Fanfair RN, Bennett S, Lo YC. Fatal
fungal soft-tissue infections after a tornado ― Joplin, Missouri, 2011. MMWR
Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011;60:992.
Lo YC, Weis K, Henry CJ, Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Stanek D, Blackmore C,
Lingamfelter D, Dudley MH, Shadomy SV, Shieh WJ, Drew CP, Batten BC, Zaki SR.
Severe leptospirosis with presentations similar to pandemic (H1N1) 2009,
Florida and Missouri, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2011;17:1145–46. (PMID:
21749799)
Lo YC, Wu PY, Hsieh CY, Chen MT, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Sun HY, Liu WC, Hung
CC, Chang SC. Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the
era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: role of socio-behavioral factors and
medical encounters. J Formos Med Assoc 2011;110:306–15. (PMID: 21621151)
Lo YC, Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Marx H, Grim A, Lane MA, Weil GJ, Bailey TC,
Önen NF, Demertzis LM, Tuteur PG, Hayes EV, Davila SZ, Folk SM, Mitchem RE,
Kammerer E, Fannon Jr LP, Jones JL, Wilkins PP. Human paragonimiasis after
eating raw or undercooked crayfish — Missouri, July 2006−September 2010.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:1573–6. (PMID: 21150864)
Cheng CY, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Chung CS, Chen YC, Chang SC. Clinical
presentations, laboratory results and outcomes of patients with Kikuchi’s
disease: emphasis on the association between recurrent Kikuchi’s disease and
autoimmune diseases. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2010;43:366–71. (PMID:
21075702)
Lo YC, Patrick S, Turabelidze G, Yates K, Myers A, Nasci R, Gibney K. La Crosse
virus neuroinvasive disease — Missouri, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
2010;59:869–71. (PMID: 20651642)
Biya O, Gidado S, Haladu S, Toloug G, Nguku P, Durant J, Davis LB, Brown MJ,
Neri A, Dooyema C, Lo YC. Outbreak of acute lead poisoning among children
aged <5 years — Zamfara, Nigeria 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
2010;59:846.
Cheng CY, Hung CC, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Lo YC, Liu WC. Risk
of pneumocystosis after early discontinuation of prophylaxis among HIVinfected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. BMC Infect Dis
2010;10:126. (PMID: 20492660)
Tsou TP, Lin CH, Lo YC, Li YS, Chiu CH. Outbreak of influenza in an overseas
student travel group—Taiwan 2008. Scand J Infect Dis 2010; 42: 375–8.
Lo YC, Hung CC, Lai CS, Wu Z, Nagano I, Maeda T, Takahashi Y, Chiu CH, Jiang
DD. Human trichinosis after consumption of soft–shelled turtles, Taiwan. Emerg
Infect Dis 2009;15:2056–8. (PMID: 19961701)
Lo YC, Lauderdale TL, Chang SY, Hsiao CF, Hung CC, Chang SC. Streptococcus
pneumoniae colonization among HIV-1 infected patients who had received 23–
valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine. J Microbiol Immunol Infect
2009;42:234–42. (PMID: 19812857)
Lin CY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC.
Kaposi’s sarcoma in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in
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Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2009;42:227–33. (PMID: 19812856)
Lo YC, Chang SY, Sheng WH, Hung CC, Chang SC. Association of pancreatic
autoantibodies and human leukocyte antigen haplotypes with resolution of
diabetes mellitus following therapy for hepatitis C virus infection in patients
with human immunodeficiency virus infection: case report and review of the
literature. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009;21:478–81. (PMID: 19369830)
Lo YC, Chen MY, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Sun HY, Liu WH, Wu PY, Wu CH, Hung CC,
Chang SC. Risk factors for incident diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected
patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Taiwan: a case-control
study. HIV Med 2009;10:302–9. (PMID: 19220492)
Lin CY, Sun HY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC.
Aetiology of cavitary lung lesions in patients with HIV infection. HIV Med
2009;10:191–8. (PMID: 19207599)
Wu UI, Chen MY, Hu RH, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC.
Peritonitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with AIDS: report
of five cases and review of the literature. Int J Infect Dis 2009;13:285–90.
(PMID: 18955006)
Lin PH, Lo YC, Chiang FT, Wang JL, Jeng YM, Fang CT, Chang SC. Acute Q fever
presenting as fever of unknown origin with rapidly progressive hepatic failure
in a patient with alcoholism. J Formos Med Assoc 2008;107:896–901. (PMID:
18971160)
Liang SH, Lo YC, Lin HH, Chang SY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Hung
CC, Chang SC. Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis and infectious complications
among human immunodeficiency virus–infected injection drug users at a
referral hospital. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2008;41:200–8. (PMID:
18629414)
Chang SY, Sun HY, Ji DD, Lo YC, Wu CH, Wu PY, Liu WC, Hung CC, Chang SC.
Cost–effectiveness of detection of intestinal amebiasis by using serology and
specific–amebic–antigen assays among persons with or without human
immunodeficiency virus infection. J Clin Microbiol 2008;46:3077–9. (PMID:
18596142)
Hung CC, Hung MN, Hsueh PR, Chang SY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY,
Huang YT, Lo YC, Hsiao CF, Chang SC. Risk of recurrent nontyphoid Salmonella
bacteremic in HIV–infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral
therapy and an increasing trend of fluoroquinolone resistance. Clin Infect Dis
2007;45:e60–7. (PMID: 17682981)
Chung HC, Wang JT, Sun HY, Wang JL, Lo YC, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Fang CT,
Hseuh PR, Chen YC, Chang SC. Clinical experience of 17 cases of imported
malaria at a Taiwan university hospital, 1999–2005. J Microbiol Immunol
Infect 2007;40:209–15. (PMID: 17639160)
Chapters
1. Lo YC. “Recommendations of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected
individuals” in Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 4nd edition,
2013, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
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2. Lo YC, Hung CC. “Laboratory tests for HIV-infected adults” in Guidelines for
Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 3nd edition, 2010, Centers for Disease
Control, Taiwan.
3. Lo YC, Hung CC. “Laboratory tests for HIV-infected adults” in Guidelines for
Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 2nd edition, 2008, Centers for Disease
Control, Taiwan.
4. Lo YC, PY Chu, HW Huang. “Chikungunya fever” in A Clinical Guide to
Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
5. Lo YC, MT Tsai, HS Tsai. “Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf)” in A Clinical
Guide to Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
6. Lo YC, MT Tsai, CY Tseng. “Baylisascariasis (raccoon roundworm)” in A
Clinical Guide to Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control,
Taiwan.
Research Support_____________________________________________________________
Completed Research Support
Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan: 2007–2009
PI: Chien-Ching Hung, MD, National Taiwan University Hospital
Study title: Factors associated with delayed HIV diagnosis in Taiwan
Role: Researcher
Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan: 2007–2009
PI: Chien-Ching Hung, MD, National Taiwan University Hospital
Study title: Clinical epidemiology and treatment of HIV/HCV coinfection in Taiwan
Role: Researcher
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