Jei-Wen Chang Taiwan

Professor Jei-Wen Chang, MD, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (Taipei VGH), Taiwan. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pediatrics at the NYCU School of Medicine. Professor Chang earned her MD and PhD from National Yang Ming University and completed research training at the University of Miami Kidney Transplant Center and Imperial College London. Her clinical and research interests focus on pediatric nephrology, particularly pediatric kidney transplantation, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), inherited kidney diseases, and precision medicine. She has established one of Taiwan's leading pediatric kidney transplant programs, achieving excellent graft outcomes, and has pioneered the application of genomic medicine in children with rare kidney diseases. Her research spans pediatric kidney transplantation, transplant-related complications, pediatric urology, autoimmune kidney diseases, and nationwide population-based studies aimed at improving outcomes for children with kidney and immune-mediated disorders.