Expertise at Chang Gung System

Lin,Yu-Ching , M.D.,Ph.D.
Intitution:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch
Position: Director/Attending Physician/Assistant professor
Department: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Address:613 No. 6, Chia-Pu Road, Putzu City, Chiayi Hsien
Tel:+886-5-3281200 ext.2762 Fax:+886-5-3623002
E-mail: lin0927@cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest :
  • Oncology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Medicine, General & Internal

Fulltime Employment:
  1. Sep 1999 to April 2003, Attending physician of the first Chest Division of Internal Medicine, CGMH Linkuo branch. (3Y9M)
  2. Jan 2001 to Jun 2001, Attending physician of the Chest Division of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yuan General Hospital, Jubel. (6M)
  3. Visiting scholar, Thoracic Laboratory at Mt. Zion, University of California at San Franscisco, Aug 2005 to Aug 2007.
  4. May 2003 to present, Attending physician of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, CGMH Chiayi branch.
Education:
  • Doctor of Philosophy Program, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University. Sep 2004 to Aug 2008.
  • Medical Doctor, Taipei Medical University, Taipei. Sep 1987 to Jun 1994.

Selected Main Publications:
  1. Lin YC, Hung MS, Lin CK, Li JM, Lee KD, Li YC, Chen MF, Chen JK, Yang CT. CK2 inhibitors enhance the radiosensitivity of human non-small cell lung cancer cells through inhibition of Stat3 activation. Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals. 26(3):381-8, 2011.
  2. Lin YC, Lin CK, Tsai YH, Weng HH, Li YC, You L, Chen JK, David M. Jablons DM, Yang CT. Adenovirus-mediated SOCS3 gene transfer inhibits the growth and enhances the radiosensitivity of human non-small cell lung cancer cells. Oncology Report. 24(6):1605-1612, 2010.
  3. Hung MS*, Lin YC *, Mao JH, Kim IJ, Xu Z, Yang CT, Jablons DM, You L. Functional polymorphism of the CK2alpha intronless gene plays oncogenic roles in lung cancer. PLoS One. 5(7):e11418, 2010. *Co-First author.
  4. Lin YC, You L, Xu Z, He B, Yang CT, Chen JK, Mikami I, Clement G, Shi Y, Kuchenbecker K, Okamoto J, Kashani-Sabet M, Jablons DM. Wnt inhibitory factor-1 gene transfer inhibits melanoma cell growth. Human Gene Therapy, 18(4):379-86, 2007.
  5. Lin YC, You L, Xu Z, He B, Mikami I, Thung E, Chou J, Kuchenbecker K, Kim J, Raz D, Yang CT, Chen JK, Jablons DM. Wnt signaling activation and WIF-1 silencing in nasopharyngeal cancer cell lines. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 341(2):635-40, 2006.
Full Publications List

Board Certification:
1.Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine (TSIM, No. 5004).
2.Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, No. 474.
3.Taiwan society of Critical Care Medicine, No. SC1013.
4.Taiwan Clinical Oncology Society, No. 152.
5.台胸學會超音波專字第0409號.
6.Taiwan Society of Sleep Medicine, No. 23.
7.Taiwan Society of Tuberculosis and Lung disease, No. D448.
8.American Thoracic Society, No. 064054.
9.Taiwan Association of Medical Education
10.OSCE國家考官

Ongoing Projects:
Impact of Particulate Matters in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Inflammatory Markers, Epigenetics, and Clinical manifestations , 2013/10/01~2016/09/30