Prof. Chung Tei CHOU (Taiwan)

Education : 1967-1973 National Defense Medical Center

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

1977-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 1984-1991 1991-1998 1998-2006

Resident in Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei Chief Resident in Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei Research Fellow in Rheumatology at Hospital of U. of Pennsylvania Chief, Rheumatology division, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei Chief, Rheumatology Division, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Chief of Div. Of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan.

Faculty Appointments :

1974-1977 1977-1991 1991-1997 1998- 1998- 2000-

Lecturer in Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei Associate professor in Medicine, National Defense Medical Center Associate professor in medicine, China Medical College, Taichung Professor of Medicine, China Medical College Hospital Professor of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center Professor of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University

Hospital and Administrative Appointments :

1984-1991 1991-1998 1991-1998 1991-1998 1998-2001 1998-2006 2000-2006 2007-

Chief, Rheumatology Div., Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei. Chief, Rheumatology Div., China Medical College Hospital, Taichung Chief, Dept. of Medical Education, China Medical College Hospital Chief, Dept. of Medical Research, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. President, Rheumatology Association (R.O.C.) Chief, Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan. President, The Arthritis Foundation Present Visiting Staff, Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan

Specialty Certification :
1. Chinese Board of Internal Medicine
2. Subspecialty Board in Rheumatology
3. Subspecialty Board in Immunology

Licensure : Taiwan, ROC

Awards :
1. Best paper in J. of Rheumatology ( ROC) in 1984
2. Best paper in J. of Rheumatology (ROC) in 1991
3. Best paper in J. of Microbiology and Immunology (ROC) in 1992

Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies :
1. Members of Executive Committee, Rheumatology Association, ROC
2. Secretary General, Rheumatology Association, ROC (1988-1992)
3. Members of Executive Committee, Immunology Society, ROC
4. Members of Executive Committee, Rheumatology Society, ROC (1998-)
5. President, Arthritis Foundation (2000-)

Journal Editorial Board
1. Current Rheumatology Reviews
2. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology (Asia-pacific League against Rheumatology)
3. The Open Orthopaedics Journal

Chairman of Special Interesting Group for Alternative Therapy in Rheumatic Disease in Asia-Pacific league against Rheumatism (APLAR)

Vice-chairman of Ankylosing Spondylitis committee, Asia-Pacific League against Rheumatism