Chairing the Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Paul C. Kuo, MD, has a leadership background in medicine. Paul C. Kuo, MD, was featured in a March 2021 USF Oracle article that drew attention to the life journey which took him to his profession.
The roots of this was in high school, when he took on responsibilities within a lab setting at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Southern California. He was mentored by the chief of pathology at the teaching hospital and gained insight into a variety of medical specialties. An only child whose parents were first-generation immigrants from China, Dr. Kuo maintained a strong work ethic anchored by a sense of responsibility to others. His parents told him that charity toward those outside one’s family was not a traditional attribute where they came from. However, this was an aspect of life held in high regard in their adopted homeland. For this reason, Dr. Kuo was encouraged to work for the betterment of others, and this led to his choice to pursue medicine. Earning a human biology degree at Johns Hopkins, he went on to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and moved toward a specialization in abdominal transplant surgery.
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