Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Chen-Chang Yang Professor & Chair
Institute of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Adjunct Attending Physician & Chair, Department of Clinical Toxicology & Occupational Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 201 Shih-Pai Road Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-28717121 Email: ccyang@vghtpe.gov.tw; ccyang2@ym.edu.tw
Education and experience
Harvard School of Public Health, USA        Doctor of Public Health Harvard School of Public Health, USA        Master of Public Health National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan  Doctor of Medicine Board certified internist Board certified occupational medicine specialist
Professional experience
Professional Experienc Chair, Institute of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine,National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan  Joint Professor, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan  Head, Department of Environmental & Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan  Chief, Division of Clinical Toxicology & Occupational Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Adjunct Attending Physician, Division of Clinical Toxicology & Occupational Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Director, Taiwan National Poison Control Center Committee Member, Food Safety Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Advisory Committee Member (Food Safety, Health and Nutrition), Ministry of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Advisory Committee Member (Monitoring Board of Food Safety Protection Fund), Ministry of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Advisory Committee Member [Healthcare Promotion of Yucheng (polychlorinated biphenyl poisoning) Victims], Ministry of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Advisory Committee Member (Drug Safety), Taiwan FDA, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Advisory Committee Member, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Committee Member, Food Safety Council, Taipei City, Taiwan?
Research interest and expertise
Expertise: clinical toxicology, environmental & occupational medicine, food safety, internal medicine, pharmacoepidemiology, toxicoepidemiology, public health and toxicology
Research interest: acute poisonings (pesticide poisoning, pharmaceutical poisoning, natural toxin related poisoning, etc.), environmental and occupational medicine (work-related poisoning, psychological impacts of low-dose rate radiation exposure, quality of life, etc.), pharmacoepidemiology (adverse drug effects, safety of Chinese herbs, effectiveness and safety of antidotes, etc.) and toxicoepidemiology (outcome predictors of various poisonings)
Scientific society activities and editorial activities
Past President, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT) Board Director, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT) Secretary General, Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX) Treasurer, Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX) Councilor, Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX) Board Director, Toxicology Society of Taiwan (TSTA) Board Director, Taiwan Environmental & Occupational Medical Association (TEOMA) Editor: Clinical Toxicology (Phila) Editor, Journal of the Chinese Medical Association Editor, International Scholarly Research Notices (formerly known as ISRN Toxicology) Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology Editor, Enliven: Toxicology & Allied Clinical Pharmacology Reviewer of more than 30 international scientific journals, such as Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Toxicology, Drugs and Aging, Drug Safety, Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Food & Chemical Toxicology, Human & Experimental Toxicology, Medicine, Nephrology, Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, PLoS One, Substance Use & Misuse, and Toxicon
Awards
Cum Laude, National Yang-Ming Medical College Best Case Report, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine Excellent Teaching Award, National Yang-Ming University Medical Research Paper Award, the Chinese Medical Association Research Excellence Award, National Yang-Ming University

 

Selected publications (publications in last 5 years)

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1. Mao YC, Wang JD, Hung DZ, Deng JF, *Yang CC. Hyperammonemia following glufosinate poisoning: a potential marker of severe neurotoxicity. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2011;49:48-52. (SCI)

2. Yen PN, Yang CC, Chang WC, Hwang JS, Lee HC, *Lin IF. Quality of life in a cohort with prolonged low-dose rate radiation exposure from γ-radiation contaminated buildings in Taiwan. Int J Rad Biol 2011;87:453-460. *co-first author (SCI)

3.   Lin CC, Phua DH, Deng JF, *Yang CC. Aconitine intoxication mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Hum Exp Toxicol 2011;30:782-785. (SCI)

4. Mao YC, Tsai WJ, Wu ML, Ger J, Deng JF, *Yang CC. Acute hemolysis following iodine tincture ingestion. Hum Exp Toxicol 2011;30:1716-1719. (SCI)

5. Mao YC, *Yang CC. Hyperammonemia following glufosinate poisoning: a potential marker of severe neurotoxicity. (Authors’ reply) Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2011;49:512. (SCI)

6. Yang KC, Ku HL, Wu CL, Wang SJ, Yang CC, Deng JF, Lee MB, *Chou YH. Striatal dopamine transporter binding for predicting the development of delayed neuropsychological sequelae in suicide attempters by carbon monoxide poisoning: a SPECT study. Psychiatry Res 2011;194:219-223. (SCI)

7. Wu TE, *Yang CC, *Chen HS. Does atropine therapy increase intraocular pressure in myopic children? Optom Vis Sci 2012;89:E161-E167. (SCI)

8. Wu YH, Wu ML, Lin CC, Chu WL, Yang CC, *Deng JF. Determination of caprolactam and 6-aminocaproic acid in human urine using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012;885-886: 61-65. (SCI)

9.   Mao YC, Wu ML, Hung DZ, Tsai WJ, Wang LM, Ger J, Deng JF, *Yang CC. Acute human glufosinate poisoning. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2012;50:396-402. (SCI)

10. *Yang CC. Acute human toxicity of macrocyclic lactones. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2012;13:999-1003. (SCI)

11. Chen CJ, Hung DZ, Hsu CH, Wu ML, Deng JF, Chang TY, Shih HC, Liu CC, Wang CY, Wen YS, Wu JK, Huang MS, *Yang CC. Drug abuse related accidents leading to emergency department visits in two medical centers. J Chin Med Assoc 2012;75:234-239. (SCI)

12. Chen YC, Fan JS, Hsu TF, Huang HH, Cheng KW, *Yen DHT, Huang MS, Lee CH, Chen LK, *Yang CC. Detection of patients presenting with adverse drug events in the emergency department. Intern Med J 2012;42(6):651-657. (SCI)

13. Hsieh CF, Huang SL, Chen CL, Chen WT, Chang HC, Wu ML, *Yang CC. Increased risk of chronic kidney disease among users of non-prescribed Chinese herbal medicine in Taiwan. Prev Med 2012;55:155-159. (SCI)

14. Lin YC, Yang CC, Chen YJ, Peng WV, Li CY, *Hwu CM. Utilization of statins and aspirin among patients with diabetes and hyperlipidemia: Taiwan, 1998-2006. J Chin Med Assoc 2012;75:567-572. (SCI)

15. Tsai HL, Chang JW, Yang HW, Chen CW, Yang CC, Yang AH, Liu CS, Chin TW, Wei CF, *Lee O. Amelioration of paraquat-induced pulmonary injury by mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Transplant 2013; 22:1667-1681. (SCI)

16. Chiu YH, Hou SK, How CK, Li LH, *Kao WF, Yang CC, Chou SL, Shaiu YT, Lam C, Chen RJ. Influence of a 100 km ultra-marathon on hepatitis B carrier runners. Int J Sports Med 2013;34:841-845. (SCI)

17. Yen PN, Yang CC, Chang WS, Huang JH, Chang TC, Gou GL, *Lin IF. Late effects on the health-related quality of life in a cohort population decades after environmental radiation exposure. Int J Rad Biol 2013;89:639-644. (SCI) *co-first author

18. Wu ML, Deng JF, Chen Y, Chu WL, *Hung DZ, *Yang CC. Late diagnosis of an outbreak of leanness enhancing agent related food poisoning. Am J Emerg Med 2013;10:1501-1503. (SCI)

19. Wu ML, Yang CC, Ger J, Tsai WJ, *Deng JF. Acute hydrofluoric acid exposure reported to Taiwan Poison Control Center, 1991-2010. Hum Exp Toxicol 2014;33:449-454. (SCI)

20. Chen YC, Fan JS, Chen MH, Hsu TF, Huang HH, Cheng KW, *Yen DHT, Lee CH, Huang CI, Chen LK, *Yang CC. Risk Factors associated with adverse drug events among older adults in emergency department. Eur J Intern Med 2014;55:49-55. (SCI)

21. Hsieh CF, Huang SL, Chen CL, Chen TW, Chang HC, *Yang CC. Non-aristolochic acid prescribed Chinese herbal medicine and the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: results from a population-based follow-up study. BMJ Open 2014;4:e004033. (SCI)

22. Chang JCY, Ger J, *Yang CC. Late diagnosis of MDMA-related severe hyponatremia. Case Reports in Internal Medicine 2014;1:153-157.

23. Yen PN, Lin IF, Chang WS, Wang JD, Chang TC, Gou GL, Hwang JS, Liu IC, Chen YT, *Yang CC. Risk factors of depression tendency after prolonged low-dose-rate environmental radiation exposure. Int J Rad Biol 2014;90:859-866. (SCI)

24. Yen PN, Lin IF, Chang WP, Chang TC, Kuo KL, *Yang CC. Longitudinal change in health-related quality of life was a determinant of depressive symptoms in a cohort with prolonged low-dose-rate radiation exposure from γ-radiation contaminated buildings in Taiwan. Prog Nuclear Sci Technol (accepted for publication)

25. Wu ML, Yang CC, *Deng JF, Wang KY. Hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, acute kidney injury and fatal dysrhythmias after consumption of palytoxin-contaminated goldspot herring. Ann Emerg Med 2014;64(6):633-636. (SCI)

26. Chiu YH, Lai JI, Wang SH, How CK, Li LH, *Kao WF, Yang CC, Chen RJ. Early changes of the anemia phenomenon in male 100-km ultramarathoners. J Chin Med Assoc 2015;78(2):108-113. (SCI)

27. Yang KC, Wang SJ, Hsieh WC, Lirng JF, Yang CC, Deng JF, Lin CL, *Chou YH. Longitudinal changes in the dopamine transporter and cognition in suicide attempters with charcoal burning. Psychiatry Res 2015;231:160-167. (SCI)

28. Chen CY, Liu CJ, Feng JY, Loong CC, Liu C, Hsia CY, Hu LY, Lin NC, Hu YW, Yeh CM, Chen TJ, *Yang CC. Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis after liver transplantation in an endemic area: a nationwide population-based matched cohort study. Am J Transplant 2015;15:2180-2187. (SCI)

29. Mngomezulu N, *Yang CC. Quality of life and its correlates in diabetic outpatients in Swaziland. Int Health 2015;7(6):464-471. (SCI)

30. Chen YJ, Yang CC, Huang LC, Chen LK, *Hwu CM. Increasing trend in emergency department visits for hypoglycemia from patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Taiwan. Prim Care Diabetes 2015;9:490-496. (SCI) *co-first author

31. Wang TH, Wu ML, Wu YH, Tsai WJ, Lin KP, Wang CL, Yang CC, *Deng JF. Neurotoxicity associated with exposure to 1-bromopropane in golf-club cleansing workers. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2015;53:823-826.(SCI)

32. Hou SK, Chiu YH, Tsai YF, Tai LC, Hou PC, How CK, Yang CC, *Kao WF. Clinical impact of speed variability to identify ultramarathon runners at risk for acute kidney injury. Plos One 2015;10(7):e0133146. (SCI)

33. Yang CF, Yang CC, Liao HC, Huang LY, Chiang CC, Ho HC, Lai CJ, Chu TH, Yang TF, Hsu TR, Soong WJ, Niu DM. Very early Treatment for infantile-onset Pompe disease contribute to better outcomes. J Pediatr 2016;169:174-180. (SCI)

34. Mao YC, Liu PY, Lai WC, Huang ST, Hung DZ, Yang CC. Bacteriology of Naja atra Snakebite Wound and Its Implications for Antibiotic Therapy. Am J Trop Med Hyg (accepted for publication) (SCI) * Correspondent 

35. Chen HL, Deng JF, Wu ML, Yang CC. National Antidote Network in Taiwan, 2001-2020. March 10-13, 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting & Symposium of American College of

   Medical Toxicology (ACMT), March 11-13, 2022. San Antonio, TX, USA.

      36. Shiah M, Chen HL, Yang CC. Olanzapine poisoning in Taiwan: a poison center-based study. September 16-18, 2022. San Francisco, CA, USA.

      37. Tseng HJ, Yang CC. Detergent and disinfectant related poisonings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology International Scientific Congress (Virtual Meeting), November 17-18, 2022.

      38. Mohan J, Chen NY, Chen HL, Deng JF, Yang CC. Quetiapine poisoning in Taiwan: A poison center-based study. Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology International Scientific Congress (Virtual Meeting), November 17-18, 2022.

39. Lee KJ, Yang CC. Salvia divinorum abuse among teenagers and young adults: an emerging phenomenon in Taiwan. Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology International Scientific Congress (Virtual Meeting), November 17-18, 2022.