Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chen, Hsien-Chih , M.D.,Ph.D.
Intitution: Keelung chang gung memorial hospital
Position: Visiting Staff
Department: Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung
Address: NO.222., Maijin Rd., Anle Dist., Keelung City 204, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-24313131 -2670Fax:+886-2-24332655
E-mail: samchen@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Neurosciences
  • Surgery
  • Tissue Engineering

Fulltime Employment:
  1. Resident July 1996 – June 1998 Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  2. Chief Resident July 1998 – June 2002 Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  3. Attending July 2002 – present Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Education:
  • Ph D, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science of Taipei Medical College

Honors and Awards:
Excellent Staff of Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 2011

SelectedMain Publications:

  1. Chen HC, Hsu PW, Tzaan WC, Lee AW*. Effects of the combined administration of vitamins C and E on the oxidative stress status and programmed cell death pathways after experimental spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. (SCI) 2014 Jan;52(1):24-8.
  2. Chen HC, Fong TH, Hsu PW, Chiu WT*.  Multifaceted effects of rapamycin on functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats through autophagy promotion, anti-inflammation, and neuroprotection. J Surg Res (SCI) 2013 Jan;179(1):e203-10
  3. Chen HC, Fong TH, Lee AW, Chiu WT*.  Autophagy is activated in injured neurons and inhibited by methylprednisolone after experimental spinal cord injury. Spine (SCI),  2012 Mar 15;37(6):470-5.
  4. Chen HC, Chuang CC, Tzaan WC, Hsu PW*.  Application of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to hypertensive intraventricular hemorrhage. Neurol India (SCI) 2011 Nov-Dec;59(6):861-6.
Full Publication List

Board Certification:
1. Advanced trauma life support (ATLS)
2. Member of Surgical Association, R.O.C.
3. Member of Taiwan Neurosurgical Society
4. Member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5. Member of the Society for Neuroscience

Ongoing projects:
Clarifying the effects of rapamycin treatment on the pathway of microglia activation and neuroprotection after spinal cord injury in rats