Chuang WY

Chuang, Wen-Yu , M.D.
Institution:(A)Chang Gung University (B)Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)
Position:
(A)Assistant professor
(B)Attending Pathologist
Department: (A)School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
(B)Department of Anatomic Pathology
Address: Department of Anatomic Pathology, No.5, Fuhsing Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Tel:+886-3-3281200 ext. 2742
Fax:+886-3-3280147
E-mail: s12126@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Research Interest:

• Hematology
• Immunology
• Oncology
• Pathology

Education:
1990-1997 School of Medicine, Chang Gung University (MD) Fellowship Training: 2003-2005 Hematopathology Fellow, Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany (under the instruction of Prof. Hans Konrad Müller-Hermelink and Prof. Alexander Marx).
Employment Record:
●1998-2001 Resident, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)
●2001-2002 Chief Resident, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)
●Since 2002 Attending Pathologist, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)
●2007-2011 Lecturer, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University
●Since 2011 Assistant Professor, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University

Honors and Awards:
Outstanding Teacher (2013), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)
Outstanding Paper (Aug 2014), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linko)

Selected Main Publications:
1. Chuang WY, Ströbel P, Gold R, Nix W, Schalke B, Kiefer R, Opitz A, Klinker E, Müller-Hermelink HK, Marx A*. CTLA4high genotype is associated with myasthenia gravis in thymoma patients. Ann Neurol 2005; 58 (4): 644-648. (SCI)
2. Chuang WY, Yeh CJ, Wu YC, Chao YK, Liu YH, Tseng CK, Chang HK, Liu HP, Hsueh C*. Tumor cell expression of podoplanin correlates with nodal metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Histol Histopathol 2009; 24 (8): 1021-1027. (SCI)
3. Chuang WY, Ströbel P, Belharazem D, Rieckmann P, Toyka KV, Nix W, Schalke B, Gold R, Kiefer R, Klinker E, Opitz A, Inoue M, Kuo TT, Müller-Hermelink HK, Marx A*. The PTPN22(gain-of-function)+1858T(+) genotypes correlate with low IL-2 expression in thymomas and predispose to myasthenia gravis. Genes Immun 2009; 10 (8): 667-672. (SCI)
4. Chuang WY, Chang YS, Yeh CJ, Wu YC, Hsueh C*. Role of podoplanin expression in squamous cell carcinoma of upper aerodigestive tract. Histol Histopathol 2013; 28: 293-299. (SCI)
5. Chuang WY, Ströbel P, Bohlender-Willke AL, Rieckmann P, Nix W, Schalke B, Gold R, Opitz A, Klinker E, Inoue M, Müller-Hermelink HK, Saruhan-Direskeneli G, Bugert P, Willcox N, Marx A*. Late-onset myasthenia gravis - CTLA4low genotype association and low-for-age thymic output of naïve T cells. J Autoimmun 2014; 52: 122-129. (SCI)

All Publications

Board Certification:Anatomic Pathology, Taiwan (ROC)

Ongoing projects:
Prognostic factors of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the elderly: histomorphology, Epstein-Barr virus association, and expression of MYC and BCL2 (CMRPD1C0041) (2013.01.01-2014.08.31)