Yu-Shien Ko ,M.D.,Ph.D.
Intitution: Linkou chang gung memorial hospital / Chang gung university 
Position: Physician/Associate professor
Department: Cardiology Dept.
Mail Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 ext.8162 Fax: +886-3-3271192
E-mail: c12037@cgmh.org.tw
Focus of Interest:- Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Fulltime Employment : Attending physician, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Education: June 1979 – June 1986 Bachelor of Medicine , Taipei Medical College
September 1996 - August 1999 PhD of Cellular Biology, Imperial College, University of London
Honor and Awards: 1992, the best teaching residency Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
1993, the best teaching residency Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
1994, the best teaching residency Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
1995, the best teaching residency Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
The paper:”15. Ko YS, Plenz G, Robenek H, Severs NJ. Inverse relationship between connexin43 and desmin expression in cultured porcine aortic smooth muscle cells. Eur J Cell Biol. 1999; 78: 605-13.” has been elected as one of the most interesting papers published in European Journal of Cell Biology in 1999 and regarded by the editors as essential reading for every cell biologist.
Selected Publications:
1. Ko YS, Yeh HI, Rothery S, Dupont E, Severs NJ. (1998). Simultaneous
localisation of connexins 40, 37 and 43 in pulmonary artery endothelial gap
junctions. In Gap Junctions: Proceeding of the 8th International Gap Junction
Conference (ed. R. Werner), pp. 183-187. ISO Publishers, Amsterdam.
2. Ko YS, Yeh HI, Rothery S, Dupont E, Coppen SR, Severs NJ. (1999 May).
Connexin make-up of endothelial gap junctions in the rat pulmonary artery as
revealed by immunoconfocal microscopy and triple-label immunogold electron
microscopy. J Histochem Cytochem; 47: 683-92. (SCI)
3. Ko YS, Yeh HI, Haw M, Dupont E, Kaba R, Plenz G, Robenek H, Severs NJ.
(1999 July). Differential expression of connexin43 and desmin defines two
subpopulations of medial smooth muscle cells in the human internal mammary
artery. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol; 19: 1669-80. (SCI)
4. Ko YS, Coppen SR, Dupont E, Rothery S, Severs NJ. (2001 Mar). Regional
Differentiation of Desmin, Connexin43 and Connexin45 Expression Patterns in
Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2001; 21: 355-64.
(SCI)
5. Ko YS, Yeh HI, Ko YL, Hsu YC, Chen CF, Wu S, Lee YS, Severs NJ. (2004
Mar). Three-dimensional reconstruction of the rabbit atrioventricular conduction
axis by combining histological, desmin, and connexin mapping data.
Circulation;109:1172-9. (SCI)
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Board Certification/Professional Affiliations:License of medicine in Taiwan
Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
Taiwan Society of Cardiology
The Society of Ultrasound in Medicine of the ROC