Horng-Yih OuProf. Taiwan

Horng-Yih Ou, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, and an attending endocrinologist at National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH), Tainan, Taiwan. He received his MD degree from Taipei Medical University and completed his PhD in Clinical Medicine at National Cheng Kung University. He subsequently completed residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at NCKUH. Dr. Ou is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Obesity Medicine, and is also a certified diabetes educator. He currently serves as Director of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Director of the Diabetes Prevention and Management Center at NCKUH. Since 2023, he has also served as President of the Taiwanese Association of Diabetes Educators, where he has been actively involved in advancing diabetes education, interdisciplinary care, and national consensus development. Dr. Ou’s clinical and research interests focus on diabetes and its complications, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), obesity, cardiometabolic risk, and translational endocrinology. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals and has contributed as a corresponding or co-corresponding author to multiple national and regional consensus statements on diabetes care, lipid management, diabetic kidney disease, and metabolic liver disease. His research integrates clinical epidemiology, mechanistic studies, and real-world data to improve patient-centered endocrine care. In addition to his academic and clinical roles, Dr. Ou is actively involved in international scientific collaboration and conference organization, serving on scientific committees and as co-chair of major regional endocrine and diabetes meetings. His work reflects a strong commitment to bridging clinical practice, research innovation, and professional education in endocrinology.