Alan is a second-year PhD student with the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University. With over a decade of experience as a clinical anesthesiologist, his academic and professional background encompasses Asia, Africa, and Europe; he is presently affiliated with Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH) , located in Taipei City.
He is passionate about improving the peri-operative outcomes by integrating real world evidence-based knowledge and skill sets with sustainable, resilient practices. His past roles as departmental safety officer at TMUH and committee member of the Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Committee of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) have fostered a deep interest in safety science, organizational learning and a growing interest in Resilience Engineering.
Alan is currently learning and researching under the guidance of Dr. Michael Rayo and the teams. His principal areas of interest include resilient complex hospital systems, proactive safety and the responsible management of human-artificial technology teams in both clinical and the broader healthcare environment.
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Education
2024: Ph.D. Student, The Ohio State University, Integrated Systems Engineering
2023: Certificate in ESG Strategic Planning (Healthcare), Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
2006: Diploma in Anaesthesia, College of Medicine, South Africa
1998-2003: MBChB, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Publications
Proceedings of HFES – Healthcare Symposium 2025: https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857925141025
Perioperative Medicine 2024: DOI: 10.1186/s13741-024-00395-7
Scientific Reports 2021: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85179-5
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2019 – DOI: 10.1007/s12630-019-01408-6
Scientific Reports 2017 – DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14917-5
BMJ Open 2017 – DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014274
Projects
Hospital Systems Resilience
Resilient and Responsible Artificial Technology in Healthcare