Name: Kon-Ping Lin, M.D.

Date of Birth:    26 Jun. 1957

Place of Birth:   Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Marriage:          Married

Nationality:       Taiwan, R.O.C.

Current Position:

1.  Visiting Staff in Neurological Institute, Taipei -Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (No.201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd., Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan 11217, R.O.C.)

2.  Assistant Professor of Yang-Ming Medical University

3.  Clinical professor of National Defense Medical University

Education:

Sep 1975 - Jun 1982 College of Medicine, Kaoshung Medical College,
Kaoshung, Taiwan     

Training:

Oct 1989 – present: Visiting Staff in Neurological Intitute VGH-Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

Jan 1999 - Jul 1999: Research Fellow in Department of Hematology Oncology, Medical  School, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Oct 1989 - Sep 1988: Visiting Fellow in Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Aug 1988 - Jul 1987: Fellow in EMG Laboratory, Department of Neurology VGH-Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

Jun 1987 – Jul 1982: Resident in Department of Neurology VGH-Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

Specilist Certificate:

Specialist of Neurology, Neurological Society, R.O.C (Taiwan)

Expertise:

Neuromuscular disorders, Neuromuscular electrophysiology, Neuromuscular pathology, Neuromuscular moleculogenetics.

Focus:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseases, Familial amyloidosis, Diabetic neuropathies, Immune-mediated neuropathies, Motor neuron diseases, Myasthenia Gravis, Myopathies