Doctor Joung-Liang Lan was a research fellow of the Immunology-Rheumatology Division at Johns Hopkins Medical Centre. He is the authority doctor in full body systemic lupus erythematosus, varies types of immunological disease (scleroderma, xerosis, collagen vascular disease as well as acute and chronic arthritis (Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis with no obvious reason). As Taiwan’s first generation of doctors who trained in Rheumatology, Immunology abroad, Doctor Lan was asked if he had any regrets in his treating experiences. He said gently: Why not seek medical sooner when it is much easier to treat?

Graduated as a doctor of medicine from Taipei Medical University

Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, US
Member American College of Rheumatology
President of the Chinese Society of Immunology, president of Taiwan Rheumatology Association and President of Rheumatic Diseases Caring Society of Taiwan
Resident physician, chief resident and attending physician at the Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
The first director of the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and the Director of Department of Internal Medicine, also the Vice President with medical and teaching tasks at Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Docent of the School of Medicine, China Medical University