Chun-En Kuo Medical Dr./ Assistant Professor, Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Chun-En Kuo is a physician of the Division of Acupuncture, Department of Chinese Medicine at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH), and an assistant professor at both Cheng Shiu University, and I Shou University, inKaohsiung, Taiwan. She is the Director of the Taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine Medical Association and has been a practicing clinical acupuncturist and laser acupuncture therapist for 10 years. Because of her experience treating sports injuries, she was invited to be the national team doctor of the TPE National Sports Team during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the 2017 Taipei Universiade, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, the 2019 Napoli Universiade, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She has been invited to be a speaker and tutor in a number of sports medicine specialist training programs and has given numerous lectures in laser acupuncture. She won the contribution award of Chinese Medicine Publication in 2017, awarding by Great Kaohsiung Chinese Medical Association, Taiwan and Excellent publication award of Chinese Medicine in 2020, awarded by the National Federation of Chinese Physicians' Association, Republic of China. She worked at the Laser Acupuncture Therapy Center at KCGMH, and was part of the team that won the Golden award of the National Healthcare Quality Awards (NHQA) in 2023, and the Symbol of National Quality (SNQ) award in 2021. She has published three book chapters, and more than 20 papers in respected journals and has been serving as a reviewer in many SCI journals. Research Interest: Sports injuries, TCM education, Female athlete care, osteoarthritis, shoulder and elbow tendinopathies, etc.