Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chan-Yu Lin ,M.D.,Ph.D.
Institution: Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Position: Physician/Assistant professor/Physician scientist
Department: Department of Nephrology
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan
Tel: +886-3-328-1200 ext.8181 Fax: +886-3-3282173
E-mail: r5234@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest :
  • Immunology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Medicine, General & Internal
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Urology & Nephrology

Employment Records:
1) July 2001 to June 2004, Resident Physician Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2) July 2004 to June 2006, Chief Resident and Clinical Fellow Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
3) July 2006 to present, Attending Doctor Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
4) July 2008 to June 2010, Lecturer Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
5) July 2010 to the present, Assistant Professor Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Education:
Medical doctor, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University (Taipei Medical College), Taipei, Taiwan, September 1992 to June 1999
PhD, Cardiff Institute of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, April 2009 to February 2013

Honor and Awards:
1) Outstanding resident paper award, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 2006
2) Awarded prize for best poster presentation, The 10th European Peritoneal Dialysis Meeting, Birmingham, UK (21st-24th Oct 2011). “Peritoneal dialysis-associated infection: limited inflammatory responses and superior clinical outcome from culture-negative peritonitis.”

Selected Publications :

1. Lin CYa, Kao KCa, Tian YC, Jenq CC, Chang MY, Chen YC*, Fang JT, Huang CC, Tsai YH, Yang CW. Outcome scoring systems for acute respiratory distress syndrome. Shock. 2010 Oct;34(4):352-7. ( a, equally contributed first author)
2. Davey MSa, Lin CYa, Roberts GW, Heuston S, Brown AC, Chess JA, Toleman MA, Gahan CG, Hill C, Parish T, Williams JD, Davies SJ, Johnson DW, Topley N, Moser B, Eberl M*. Human neutrophil clearance of bacterial pathogens triggers anti-microbial γδ T cell responses in early infection. PLoS Pathog. 2011 May;7(5):e1002040.  ( a, equally contributed first author)
3. Lin CYa, Chang CHa, Fan PC, Tian YC, Chang MY, Jenq CC, Hung CC, Fang JT, Yang CW, Chen YC*. Serum Interleukin-18 at Commencement of Renal Replacement Therapy Predicts Short-term Prognosis in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury. PLoS One 2013 May 31;8(5):e66028.  (a, equally contributed first author)
4. Lin CY, Ann Kift-Morgan A, Moser B, Topley N, Eberl M*. Suppression of pro-inflammatory T-cell responses by human mesothelial cells. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2013 Jul;28(7):1743-50.

5. Lin CY, Roberts GW, Kift-Morgan A, Donovan KL, Topley N, Eberl M*.

Pathogen-specific local immune fingerprints diagnose bacterial infection in

peritoneal dialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Dec;24(12):2002-9.


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Board Certification / Professional Affiliations:
1) Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine (January 2005 to present)
2) Taiwan Society of Nephrology (January 2004 to present)
3) British Society of Immunology (June 2009 to present)
4) Board of Internalist, R.O.C. (January 2005)
5) Board of Nephrologist, R.O.C. (August 2006)