Expertise at Chang Gung System

Hsu, Wen-Chuin , M.D.,M.S.
Institution:Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Position:
  • Associate Professor and Attending Physician
  • Director Taiwan Dementia Society
  • Director Taiwan Alzheimer Disease Association
Department: Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/ Director, Department of Dementia. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/Chang Gung Dementia Center
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:+886-3-3281200 Fax:+886-3-3287726
E-mail: wenchuin@yahoo.com, wenchuin@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Neurosciences
  • Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Behavioral Neurology

Employment Record:
  • Chief Department of Neurology, St. Paul’s Hospital
  • Director Taiwan Dementia Society

Education:
  • 09/00 – 06/03 Doctoral Candidate Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • 09/93 - 06/94 Master of Science Clinical Epidemiology Program, Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • 09/92 - 06/93 Master of Public Health Master of Public Health Program (Quantitative Methods) Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • 09/81 - 06/88 M.D. Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Publications:
  1. Hsu WC, Chiu, YC, Tang, LY, Lee, SH, and Chen, ST.Dementia in the elderly at an acute hospitalization setting: a case control study in Taiwan.International Psychogeriatrics 2007; 19[S1]:236-237.
  2. Hsu WC, Wang HK, Lee LC, Fung HC, Lin JC, Hsu HP, Wu YR, Ro LS, Hu FJ, Chang YT, Lee-Chen GJ*, Chen CM. Promoter polymorphisms modulating HSPA5 expression may increase susceptibility to Taiwanese Alzheimer's disease.
    3. Journal of Neural Transmission 2008; 115(11):1537-43.

  3. Lin KJ, Hsu WC, Hsiao IT, Wey SP, Jin LW, Skovronsky D, Wai YY, Chang HP, Lo CW, Yao CH, Yen TC, Kung MP. Whole-body biodistribution and brain PET imaging with [18F]AV-45, a novel amyloid imaging agent--a pilot study. Nucl Med Biol. 2010 May;37(4):497-508.
  4. Wang HK, Hsu WC, Lin JC, Fung HC, Wu YR, Hu FJ, Lee-Chen GJ, Chen CM*. Interleukin-1 Alpha and -1 Beta Promoter Polymorphisms in Taiwanese Patients with Dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2007; 24(2):104-10.
  5. Chiu YC, Chiu YF, Hsu WC, Lee SH, Chen ST, Kao HY.Developing a Chinese quality of life in dementia instrument for patients with early-to-moderate dementia: an exploratory test of validity. J Clin Nurs. 2010 Aug;19(15-16):2174-2184.

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Ongoing projects：
  • Taiwan Neurological Society