ROFESSIONAL POST

Chief, Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Education

1981-1988   M.D. Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (29)

2002-2006   Ph.D. Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University,

Taiwan

Thesis: Molecular Mechanism of Calcium and Magnesium Transport by Renal Distal Tubule

RESEARCH INTEREST

1.       Calcium, magnesium and phosphate homeostasis

2.       Renal tubule transport, physiology and pathophysiology

3.       Uremic toxins and chronic inflammation in chronic kidney disease

4.       Renal failure and dialysis therapy

AWARD

1.Best Resident 1991, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

2. Outstanding Presentation Award, 2002, Taiwan Society of Nephrology

3. 600 Recommended Best Doctors, 2008, Business Weekly

4.Awarded as 5^th Asian Pacific Peritoneal Dialysis Research Grant, 2008

5. Outstanding Presentation Award, 2011, Taiwan Society of Nephrology

6. Silver Award, National Biotechnology and Medical Care Quality Award

“ Improvements of life quality after parathyroidectomy and autotransplantation for symptomatic secondary hyperparathyroidism”

Professional ACTIVITIES

Membership of Formosa (Taiwan) Medical Association, 1994-present

Membership of Taiwan Society of Nephrology, 1994-present

Instructor and Membership of the Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (R.O.C.), 1999-present (instructor), 1995-present (member),

Membership of International Society of Nephrology (ISN), 1995-present

Membership of the Taiwan Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1999-present

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHY (limited 10 papers)

 1.Lee Chien-Te^＊, Kuo Chien-Chun, Chen Yu-Ming, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Lee Wen-Chin, Tsai Yu-Che, Chiou Terry Ting-Yu, Chen Jin-Bor. Factors associated with blood concentration of indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol in peritoneal dialysis patients. Peritoneal Dialysis International 2010; 30: 456-463.(SCI；IF =2.097；Urology & Nephrology 32/73)

2.Lee Chien-Te^＊, Tsai Yu-Che, Su Chien-Yu, Ng Hwee-Yeong , Hsu Chung-Yao, Ko Sheung-Fat, Chen Te-Chuan, Kuo Chien-Chun, Yang Chih-Chau, Chiou Terry Ting-Yu, Lee Wen-Chin, Yang Yu-Kun, Lam King-Kwan. Interleukin 10 and residual kidney function are associated with risk of vascular calcification in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Clinical Nephrology 2011; 75: 397-402 (SCI；IF =1.171；Urology & Nephrology 55/73)

3.Lee Chien-Te, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Lai Li-Wen, Lien Yeong-Hau, Wu Mai-Szu, Lin Chung-Ren, Chen Hung Chun^＊. Effects of cyclosporine, tacrolimus and rapamycin on renal calcium transport and vitamin D metabolism. American Journal of Nephrology 2011; 34:87-94.

4.Lee Chien-Te^＊, Lee Yueh-Ting, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Chiou Terry Ting-Yu, Wu Chien-Shing, Kuo Chien-Chun, Lee Wen-Chin. Lack of modulatory effect of simvastatin on indoxyl sulfate-induced activation of cultured endothelial cells. Life Sciences 2012: 90: 47-53. (SCI；IF =2.527；Medicine, Research & Experimental 46/111)

5.Kuo Chien-Chun, Lee Chien-Te, Lee I-Ming, Ho Shu-Chen, Yang Chun-Yuh^＊.  Risk of herpes zoster in patients treated with long-term hemodialysis: a matched cohort study. American Journal of Kidney Disease 2012; 59: 428-433.

6.Lee Chien-Te, Chen Hung Chun, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Lai Li-Wen, Lien Yeong-Hau^＊. Renal adaptation to gentamicin-induced mineral loss. American Journal of Nephrology 2012; 35:279-286. (SCI；IF=2.539；Urology & Nephrology 23/73)

7.Hsu Chung-Yao, Chang Fang-Chia, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Chien-Chun Kuo, Yueh-Ting Lee, Lu Chin-Yu, Lee Chien-Te^＊. Disrupted circadian rhythm in rats with nephrectomy-induced renal failure. Life Sciences 2012; 91: 127-131. (SCI；IF=2.527；Medicine, Research & Experimental 46/111)

8.Chen Te-Chuan, Wang Chun-Yeh, Chung-Yao Hsu, Wu Chien-Hsing, Wang Ku-Chung, Yang Chih-Chau, Men-Tai Wu, Chuang Feng-Rong, Lee Chien-Te^＊. Free p-cresol sulfate is associated with survival and function of vascular access in chronic hemodialysis patients. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research 2012; 35: 583-588 (SCI；IF=1.464；Urology & Nephrology 48/73)

9.Wu Men-Tai, Tung Shih-Cheng, Hsu Kao-Tai, Lee Chien-Te^＊. Aliskiren add-on therapy effectively and safely reduced proteinuria in chronic kidney disease: an open-label prospective study. Journal of the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System 2013 (accepted, corresponding author, SCI)

10.Lee Chien-Te, Chua Sarah, Hsu Chung-Tao, Ng Hwee-Yeong, Tsai Yu-Che, Wu Chien-Hsing, Kuo Chien-Chun, Chiu Ting-Yu. Biomarkers associated with vascular and valvular calcification in chrnic hemodialysis patients. Disease Markers 2013 (accepted, SCI)