Dr.Jawl-ShanHwang Taiwan

Dr. Jawl-Shan Hwang is an Assistant Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and executive director and former president of the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association, and immediate past President of AFOS. He obtained his MD degree from the China Medical University, Taiwan in 1992 and completed his medical residency and chief residency at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei. In recent years, he has also been an investigator of the osteoporosis and diabetes clinical trials; he is currently actively involved in the consensus consultation and multi-disciplinary care of fracture prevention works, including osteoporosis fractures with comorbidities, osteoporosis epidemiology, fracture liaison service, and osteoporosis treatment guideline of Taiwan. He is also experienced in diabetes complication and endocrine related osteoporosis. His research interests include the treatment and experimental therapy in osteoporosis, diabetes and endocrine disease.