National Defense Medical Center

National Defense Medical Center
National Defense Medical Center
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Traditional Chinese	國防醫學院
Simplified Chinese	国防医学院
Literal meaning	National Defense Medical College
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guófáng Yīxuéyuàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Kok-hông I-ha̍k-īⁿ

National Defense Medical Center
國防醫學院
Motto	博愛忠真; (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phok-ài Tiong-chin); (Fraternity, Faithfully)
Type	military academy
Established	1902;; reorganized in 1945 as National Defense Medical Center
President	Major General Chen Yuan-hao (陳元皓)
Location	Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan
Website	ndmctsgh.edu.tw

National Defense Medical Center (NDMC; Chinese: 國防醫學院; pinyin: Guófáng Yīxuéyuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-hông I-ha̍k-īⁿ) is a ROC military affiliated medical school in Taipei, Taiwan. The NDMC is responsible for the training of military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.

History

The former institute of the National Defense Medical Center, established by Yuan Shikai in Tianjin, China in 1902, was recognized as the first military school in Chinese history. This center was the amalgamation of the Army Medical College, the Wartime Health Personnel Training Center and its 13 branches in Shanghai, China on June 1, 1947, and later, in 1949, moved to Taipei, Taiwan.^{[citation needed]}

In 1964, a residence for nurses' and students' was constructed on the Taipei campus. The Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs had raised more than $100,000 for the project, and the building was named for Minnie Lee Maffett. While travelling back from dedication ceremonies for the new facility, Maffett fell ill and died in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 26, 1964.^[1]

Following the annexation of the Tri-Service General Hospital, a total integration of basic and clinic department was achieved in 1983. In October, 1999, the school moved to the Neihu District of Taipei; in the next year, the Tri-Service General Hospital, the affiliated hospital, also moved to Neihu, where they were renamed collectively as the National Defense Medical Center.^{[citation needed]}

Educational Systems

Graduate Institutes

Doctorate Program

Institute of Medical Sciences
Institute of Life Science (formed by NDMC, Academia Sinica, and National Health Research Institutes)

Master Program

Inst. of Dental Sciences
Inst. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Inst. of Nursing
Inst. of Public Health
Inst. of Biology & anatomy
Inst. of Physiology
Inst. of Microbiology & Immunology
Inst. of Pathology & Parasitology
Inst. of Biochemistry
Inst. of Pharmacology
Inst. of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine

Undergraduate Program

Presidents

LTG Robert Kho-Seng Lim (1947–1953)
LTG Chih-Teh Loo (1953–1975)
LTG Chok-Yung Chai (M47) (1975–1984)
LTG Pan Shu-jen [zh] (M39) (1984–1989)
LTG T. H. Yin (尹在信) (M49) (1989–1991)
LTG Cheng-Ping Ma (馬正平) (M49) (1991–1993)
LTG Hsheng-Kai Lee (李賢鎧) (M59) (1993–1996)
LTG Kao-Liang Shen (沈國樑) (M59) (1996–2000)
MG Sun-Yuan Chang (張聖原) (M66) (2000–2002)
MG Hsian-Jenn Wang (王先震) (M66) (2003–2005)
MG Deh-Ming Chang (張德明) (M74) (2005-2011) member of American College of Rheumatology
MG Yu Ta-hsiung 于大雄 (2011–2013)
MG Huey-Kang Sytwu (2013–2018)
MG Cha Tai-lung (查岱龍 MD, PhD) (acting; 2018)
MG Lin Shih-hua (林石化) (2018)
LTC Cheng Shu-meng (鄭書孟) (acting; 2018–2019)
MG Lin Shih-hua (林石化) (2019)
MG Cha Tai-lung (查岱龍 MD, PhD) (2019–2023)
MG Chen Yuan-hao (陳元皓) (2023–present)