Expertise at Chang Gung System

Lim, Siew-Na , M.D, Ph.D.
Institution: Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Position:
  • Associate Professor, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • Chief, Section of Functional Neurology and Epilepsy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
Department: Department of Neurology
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 ext 8418
Fax:+886-3-3287226
E-mail: siewna@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Stem cell
  • Neurosciences

Employment Record:

  • 2000-2004 Resident, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2004-2005 Fellowship, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2005-present Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2006-2007 Director of Neurology Intensive Care Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2007-2011 Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2011-2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
  • 2018-now Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou

Education:
  • 1993- 2000 Degree of Doctor of Medicine, China Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 2007-2011 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience Centre, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Selected Publications:
  1. Li HT, Wu T, Lin WR, Tseng WJ, Chang CW, Cheng MY, Hsieh HY, Chiang HI, Lee CH, Chang BL, Lim SN*. Clinical correlation and prognostic implication of periodic EEG patterns: A cohort study. Epilepsy Research 2017;131:44-50. (Corresponding author)
  2. Lim SN, Lee CY, Lee ST, Tu PH, Chang BL, Lee CH, Cheng MY, Chang CW, Tseng WJ, Hsieh HY, Chiang HI, Wu T*. Low and High Frequency Hippocampal Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neuromodulation 2016;129:365-372. (First author)
  3. Lim SN, Chang YJ, Lin SK*. Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease: Risk Factors and Outcomes in Patients with Acute Critical Hemispheric Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 2016;35(2):341-348 (First author)
  4. Su YC, Lim SN (co-first author), Yang FY, Lin SK*. Evaluation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Sonographic Study. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association 2017;116(4):287-294. (Co-first author)
  5. Tseng WE, Wu T, Cheng MY, Wang PN, Toh CH, Lin WR, Chang CW, Hsieh HY, Chiang HI, Lim SN*. Preemptive Therapy with Ganciclovir and Cytomegalovirus Hyperimmune Globulin Delayed the Onset of Epstein-Barr Virus-associated Post-transplant Acute Limbic Encephalitis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2015;359(1-2):124-126. (Corresponding author)
  6. Lim SN, Gladman SJ, Dyall SC, Patel U, Virani N, Kang JX, Priestley JV, Michael-Titus AT*. Transgenic Mice with High Endogenous Omega-3 Fatty Acids are Protected from Spinal Cord Injury. Neurobiology of Disease 2013;51:104-12. (First author)
  7. Lim SN, Huang W, Hall JC, Michael-Titus AT, Priestley JV*. Improved Outcome after Spinal Cord Compression Injury in Mice Treated with Docosahexaenoic Acid. Experimental Neurology 2013;239:13-27 (First author)
  8. Lee CY, Lim SN, Wu T, Lee ST*. Successful Treatment of Refractory Status Epilepticus using Anterior Thalamic Nuclei Deep Brain Stimulation. World Neurosurgery 2017;99:14-18.
  9. Li HT, Lee CY, Lim SN, Chang CW, Lee ST, Wu T*. Seizure Freedom After Limited Hippocampal Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation. World Neurosurgery 2016;96:612.e21-612.e25.
  10. Lee CH, Lim SN, Lien F, Wu T*. Duration of Electroencephalographic Recordings in Patients with Epilepsy. Seizure 2013;22:438-42.
  11. Gladman SJ*, Huang W, Lim SN, Dyall SC, Boddy S, Kang JX, Knight MM, Priestley JV, Michael-Titus AT*. Improved Outcome after Peripheral Nerve Injury in Mice with Increased Levels of Endogenous Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Journal of Neuroscience 2012:32:563-71.
  12. Lim SN, Lee ST, Tsai YT, Chen IA, Tu PH, Chen JL, Chang HW, Su YC, Wu T*. Electrical Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Intractable Epilepsy: A Long-term Follow-up Study. Epilepsia 2007;48(2):342-347 (First author)

All Publications

Honors and Awards:
  1. The award of Best paper presentation, Asian Epilepsy Surgery Congress, Hong Kong, 2011
  2. The award of excellent international poster presentation from Taiwan Epilepsy Society, 2007
  3. The award of excellent free paper presentation in Taiwan Epilepsy Society, 2006
  4. The award of excellent medical record in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 2006

Board Certification：
  • Physician board, NO: 032106
  • Neurologist board, NO:000609

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