Expertise at Chang Gung System

Joseph Chang, Tung-Chieh ,M.D.,M.S.
Institution: Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Position: Professor and Deputy Dept. Chief
Department: Department of Radiation Oncology
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200#2613
E-mail: jtchang@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest :
  • Oncology
  • Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
  • Medical imaging
  • Radiology,Nuclear Medicine
  • Radiobiology

Employment Records:
6/1988 - 5/1989 Rotation Intern Veterean General Hopstial - Taichung
9/1989 - 8/1992 Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center
9/1992 - 8/1993 Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center
9/1993 - 8/1996 Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center
9/1996-8/1999 Lecturer; Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center Chang Gung University (since 1998)
9/1999-8/2003 Assistant Professor; Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center Chang Gung University (since 1999) Chang Gung Institute of Technology (since 2002)
9/2003 – 7/2008 Associate Professor, Attending Physician Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center Chang Gung University (since 2006) Chang Gung Institute of Technology (since 2004)
8/2008 – present Professor, Attending Physician Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou Medical Center Chang Gung University (since 2006)

Education:
》1982-1989 MD, Medicine, Taipei Medical University. Taipei, Taiwan
》1998-2002 MBA, Health Care Management, Chang Gung University. Taiwan

Honors and Awards:
99年度國科會獎勵特殊優秀人才

Main Publications:

  1. Chang JT, See LC, Tang SG, Lee SP, Wang CC, Hong JH. (1996, 12) The role of brachytherapy in early stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 36: 1019-1024.
  2. Chang JT, Chan SC, Yen TC, Liao CT, Chen IH, Wang HM, Chang YC, Lin CY, Chen TM, Kang CJ, Ng SH. (2005, 6) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma staging PDG PET. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62(2):501-7. (SCI)
  3. Chang JT, Lin CY, Chen TM, Kang CJ, Ng SH, Chen IH, Wang HM, Cheng AJ, Liao CT. (2005, 12) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with cranial palsy: the importance of MRI for radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63(5):1354-1360.
  4. Chang JT*, Chen CJ, Lin YC, Chen YC, Lin CY, Cheng AJ. (2007, 9) Health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction after treatment for breast cancer in northern Taiwan. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 69(1):49-53
  5. Lin CY, Wang HM, Kang CJ, Lee LY, Huang SF, Fan KH, Chen EYC, Chen IH, Liao CT, Chang JT*. (2010, 11) Primary tumor site as a predictor of treatment outcome for definitive radiotherapy of advanced stage oral cavity cancers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 78(4):1011-9.

Full Publication List

Patent

Board Certification:
 -11/1994 Radiation Oncologist, Taiwan. Certification Number: 000082

Ongoing projects:
1. mirRNA-638分子在頭頸癌之臨床意義(I, II)
2. GDF-15分子對頭頸癌功能性探討:放射抗性及癌幹細胞之轉化