Shih-Jen Tsai, MD

Senior attending physician, Section of Adult Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor, National Yang-Ming University
 

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Birth Date: 09/13/1961   Taiwan

Professional Summary

Dr. Shih-Jen Tsai is Chair of the department of psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Tsai is also a professor at National Yang-Ming University in Taipei where he teaches "Psychopharmacology". He has nearly 30 years of experience in psychiatric practice and research in psychiatric genetics, psychopharmacology and neuroimage. Notably, Dr. Tsai has authored more than 70 peer-review scientific articles about neurotrophic factors.

Current position：

Chair of Psychiatry Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital（2016.07~）

Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University (2010.10~)

Education：

MD, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University (1979.09 ~ 1986.06)

Experience：

Physician officer, second lieutenant (1986.09 ~ 1988.08)

Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (1988.09 ~ 1993.10)

Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (1993.11 ~2004.4)

Instructor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University (1995.7 ~1998.7)

Assistant professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University (1998.8 ~2004.9)

Associate professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University (2004.10 ~2010.9)

Fellow at University of California, San Francisco, USA (2004.7 ~ 2005.6)

Certification：

Certified by Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry

Expertise：

Psychopharmacology, Psychiatric genetics, Schizophrenia, Depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder, Insomnia

Publications (Google Scholar):

https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?user=pfWHCtUAAAAJ&hl=zh-TW&oi=ao