Ko Wen-je
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Ko Wen-je (born 6 August 1959) is a Taiwanese politician and scholar, who also goes by the name Ko P (Chinese: p.P.
Ko has been mayor of Taipei since 2014 and Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party since 2019.
He was a doctor at the National Taiwan University Hospital before becoming mayor.
He was also a professor at National Taiwan University College of Medicine and specializes in trauma, intensive care, organ transplantation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and artificial organs, among other topics.
He has been dubbed Ko P or KP (which stands for Professor Ko), which is how he is formally referred to within National Taiwan University, due to his occupation.
Ko was responsible for standardizing organ transplant procedures in Taiwan, and he was the first physician to implement ECMO in Taiwan.
Kobe is best known for his numerous media appearances and interviews as a social and political commentator, in addition to his work. Kobe ran as an outsider in the 2014 Taipei Mayoral Election.
In the unofficial primary, he defeated Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Pasuya Yao, while the DPP and Taiwan Solidarity Union provided him with funding (TSU).
Ko became the first physician mayor of the city after the office's first direct election since its inception of direct voting.
Personal life
Chen Pei-chi, Ko's wife, was born in Penghu, Taiwan. She graduated from Makung Senior High School and National Taiwan University's Department of Medicine. She is the head of Pediatrics at Taipei City Hospital, Henning Fuyou Women and Children's Health Branch. Ko and Chen had an arranged marriage and three children, one boy, and two girls. It is well-known in Taiwan that a mayor Kofner makes less money than his wife. He once joked that his wife would not retire early if they wanted to pay off their house mortgage. Asperger syndrome affects Ko's son, who believes he has the disorder himself, but not until 2014, has he been notified.
Early life, education, and career
Ko Wen-je grew up in a humble household. As Ko Cheng-fa's eldest son, he aspired to become a medical doctor. Ho Jui-ying is his mother. After graduating from National Hsinchu Senior High School, Kombi studied medicine for a year at National Yang-Ming University before being accepted into the Medical School at NTU after resitting his university entrance exams.
Kowl served in the Republic of China Army's 269th mechanized infantry division from August 1986 to 1989 in order to fulfill his military service obligation. He was a combat medic with the rank of second lieutenant.
On graduation, Kobe placed first on the medical license examinations nationally and obtained his medical license. On the advice of his professor, Dr. Chu Shu-hsun, Kobe decided to concentrate in emergency medicine and critical care, and spent time in the emergency room's front lines. After being in emergency services for ten years, Kozako moved to the United States in 1993 for a one-year clinical fellowship program on artificial liver research at the University of Minnesota under Wei-Shou Hu.
Since returning to Taiwan in 1994, Koft continued to work in the emergency room while simultaneously completing his Ph.D. studies at NTU. Ko helped NTU's first organ transplant team, with the aim of executing heart transplants. Dr. Chu Shu-hsun welcomed him. Kobe introduced ECMO therapy from the United States in the hopes of raising the transplant success rate, which has increased the transplant success rate from 19% to 51%. Kobe, a 117 days for retaining a patient using ECMO, set a world record of 117 days on January 30th. Kohl developed a series of organ transplant procedures in Taiwan that was later published by the then Department of Health in Taiwan based on US health care guidelines as a model.
Kobe earned his PhD in clinical medicine from NTU in 2002. Ko has been involved in many international medical conferences in Taiwan (PRC), where he was also responsible for the country's introduction of ECMO therapy.
Ko wrote an article titled "Reflections, Errors, and Apologies: Chao Chien-ming" for the Min Sheng Daily on July 15, 2006, which attracted significant media interest and culminated in a number of politics-related interviews. On November 18, Kobe used ECMO to save Shirley Shaw, the wife of Taichung Mayor Jason Hu, who had been in a coma after a car crash. Ko Wen-je's name, particularly the media's curiosity, made it to become a household name.
In 2010, Kobe introduced the American model of integrated care to Taiwan, establishing the Integrated Care Unit at NTU Hospital with the intention of lowering treatment cost and improving quality of care for the attendant doctors and nurses. After being shot in the chest with a 9mm pistol on October 26, Ko led the emergency care team that treated Sean Lien (Lien Sheng-wun) for serious wounds. Lien recovered quickly, prompting the media to question the veracity of his tale, but Kobe came out to verify his allegations.
On August 24, 2011, Kobe was arrested for an organ transplant blunder and later reprimanded by National Taiwan University Hospital and the Ministry of Health of Taiwan. He was the acting director of a standard organ transplantation procedure, in which 5 patients were transplanted from a coma patient who was HIV positive. The Control Yuan accused Koof misconduct in 2012 for violating organ transplant guidelines.
The Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau suspected Ko of misappropriation of National Science Council funds by preparing fraudulent receipts in May 2013 and asked for a consolidated list of payment details. Since being drawn into the Accounting Act Amendments scandal, Ko was also implicated, but the Control Yuan had never been charged. Dr. Tseng Yue-tsee, a Ko's emergency trauma specialist, was struck by a inebriated motorist and sustained significant injuries in June. She was admitted to the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. As soon as he was alerted and oversaw her care, Ko went to the hospital, but she died. Kobe started a charity to combat drunk driving as a result of this tragedy. Ko was invited by Control Yuan member Huang Huang-hsiung to attend a conference in Beijing and visit Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, in August. On January 6, 2014, Kobe became more focused on politics and revealed his candidacy for Taipei City Mayor.
Kobe has a history of Asperger syndrome.