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Der-Yuan Chen
Der-Yuan Chen

Vice Superintendent

Der-Yuan Chen

Vice Superintendent
Dr. Der-Yuan Chen, is a specialist of Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology. He earned as an excellent Dr. of CMUH (2022), the Master Award from Taiwan College of Rheumatology (TCR) (2023) and Asia-Pacific League of Associations of Rheumatology (APLAR) (2024).
He serves as the director/vice superintendent of Rheumatology/Immunology Center of CMUH. He served as President of TCR (2014-2016).
His research interests include immunopathogenesis of autoimmune diseases (SLE, RA) and autoinflammatory disease (AOSD), an association of infection with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, and the safety profile of biological/targeted synthetic DMARDs. With an excellent achievement in SLE research, he has won the SLE Academic Research Award from the Society of Immunology and participated in the development of APLAR guidelines for SLE treatment (Lancet Rheumatology 2022). He has thirty-five AOSD-related papers published in SCI journals, including Ann Rheum Dis and Arthritis Rheumatol, and also by Kelly's textbooks of Rheumatology. He has been awarded an outstanding researcher by various organizations. With 265 peer-reviewed publications in SCI Journals (~2025.01), He was listed as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2020-2024 [Citation: 11,100, H-index: 55 and i10-index: 209 (Google Scholar, 2025.01)]
Specialty

Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, Gouty arthritis, Osteoporosis,Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Dermatomyositis or polymyositis, Scleroderma, Vasculitis, Urticaria, Allergic rhinitis, Auto-inflammatory diseases (such as Adult-onset Still’s disease)

Education

Ph.D., Institute of Clinical Medicine,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
M.D., School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Experience

Resident,Department of Internal Medicine,Taipei Veterans General Hospital Chief Resident,Section of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology,Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Attending Physician,Section of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology,Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Attending Physician,Section of Allergy Immunology and Rheumatology,Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Chief,Section of Allergy Immunology and Rheumatology,Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Director,Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
President,Taiwan Rheumatology Association
Director,Department of Internal Medicine,Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Assistant Professor,Faculty of Medicine,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Associate Professor,Faculty of Medicine,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Professor,Faculty of Medicine,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
President,Taiwan Rheumatology Association
Professor,Faculty of Medicine,China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Vice Superintendent,Center of Rheumatology and Immunology,China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Attending Physician,Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal medicine,China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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