Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chien, Rong-Nan, M.D.
Intitution:Keelung chang gung memorial hospital
Position: Physician
Department: Department of Hepatogastroenterology
Address:No.222, Maijin Rd., Anle District, Keelung City 204, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-2-24313131 Fax: +886-2-24335342
E-mail: ronald@cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Hpeatlolgy virology

Fulltime Employment:
  1. June 1986-June 1989 Resident of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  2. July 1989-June 1991 Fellow (Postdoctoral Level) of Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  3. July 1991-December2001 Attending Physician of Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  4. January 2002-June 2012 Chief, Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology,Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
  5. June 2002-June 2008 Chief, Department of Internal Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
  6. July 2008-September 2011 Chief, Department of Medical Education Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
  7. October 2011- Now Deputy superintendent, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung
Education:
  • China Medical College, Faculty of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan

Honors and Awards:
1) The excellent teaching resident physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1990.
2) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1992.
3) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1993.
4) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1994.
5) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1996.
6) Academic award of Prof. Juei-Low Sung’s research foundation, 1997.
7) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 1999.
8) Research award of Research National Science Council, 1999.
9) Who’s Who in the World, 2000.
10) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2002
11) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2003
12) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2004
13) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2005
14) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2006
15) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2007
16) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2008
17) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2009
18) Emerging leader lectureships award, Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2009, Taipei,Taiwan
19) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2010
20) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2011
21) Vice Chairman, first Digestive Disease Week of Taiwan, October 8-10, 2011
22) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2012
23) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2013
24) The excellent teaching attending physician in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2014

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Chien RN, Peng CY, Kao JH. Hu TH, Lin CC, Hu CT, Chen CY, Hsieh TY, Lin HC, Chuang WL. Higher adherence with 3-year entecavir treatment than lamivudine or telbivudine in treatment-naïve Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis B. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014;29:185-192
  2. Chien CH, Chien RN. Complete tumor regression after thalidomide therapy in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. Advances in Digestive Medicine 2014;1:64-67  (Correspondence author)
  3. Chen CH; Lin CL; Hu TH; Hung CH; Tseng PL; Wang JH; Chang JY; Lu SN; Chien RN; Lee CH. Entecavir versus lamivudine in chronic hepatitis B patients with severe acute exacerbation and hepatic decompensation. J Hepatol 2014;60:1127-34 (co-Correspondence author)
  4. Ho CH, Chien RN, Cheng PN, Liu JH, Liu CK, Su CS, Wu IC, Li IC, Tsai HW, Wu SL, Liu WC, Chen SH, Chang TT. Aberrant Serum Immunoglobulin G Glycosylation in Chronic Hepatitis B Is Associated With Histological Liver Damage and Reversible by Antiviral Therapy. J Infect Dis. 2014 (in press) (co-first author)
  5. Chien RN. Toward personalized therapy for chronic hepatitis B. Advances in Digestive Medicine 2014 (in press) (correspondence author)
Full Publication List

Board Certification:
1. Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine
2. The Gastroenterological Society of Taiwan
3. Board of Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society Taiwan
4. Taiwan Society of Ultrasound in Medcime