Dr. Yu-Jen Chen's Curriculum Vitae

Yu-Jen Chen, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician

⚫  Life Rehabilitation Clinic 

Address: No. 17, Lane 265, Section 4, Xinyi Rd, Daan District, Taipei City
Tel: 02-2703-0336

Biographical summary

Yu-Jen Chen, M.D., is a board certified physiatrist with expertise in musculoskeletal disorders and sports medicine.

Dr. Chen attended medical school at National Yang Ming University in Taiwan. He obtained training in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan. He also had training in family medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital.

Dr. Chen's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries. With musculoskeletal ultrasound examination and guidance, treatment options including prolotherapy (Plate-rich plasma; Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft), shockwave therapy, physical modalities and therapeutic exercises would be suggested to relieve your pain and restore physical activity.

Titles

• Attending physician; Life Rehabilitation Clinic
• Attending physician; New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital
• Chief Media Officer / Lecturer; Sports Medicine Association R.O.C
• Vice secretary general; Taiwan academy of early intervention

Languages

English / Mandarin / Taiwanese

Expertise / Focused fields

Sports medicine

Musculoskeletal pain

• Rotator cuff injury
• Adhesive capsulitis
• Osteoarthritis
• Ligament sprain
• Tendinitis
• Trigger finger
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Tennis/golf elbow
• Sciatica

Ultrasound-guided injection

• Joint injection
• Tendon injection
• Facet joint injection
• Epidural injection
• Nerve block
• Nerve hydrodissection

Regenerative medicine

• Platelet-rich plasma
• Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft
• High concentration glucose

Pediatric Rehabilitation

• Developmental delay 
• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
• Adolescent scoliosis
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Experience

• Attending physician, Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare (2018 - 2020)
• Lecturer, National Quemoy University, Kinmen, Taiwan (2019 - 2020)
• PM&R board certified specialist, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2018)

Education

Degrees

• Medical Doctor (M.D.); National Yang Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan (2011)

Residencies

• Chief Resident; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2016 - 2018)
• Resident; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan (2014 - 2016)
• Resident; Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan (2013 - 2014)
• Post Graduate Year Resident; National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan (2012 - 2013)

Board Certifications

• Taiwan Pain Society (2022)
• Taiwan Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2018)
• Taiwan Osteoporosis Association (2018)
• Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture (2013)

Professional memberships

• Sports Medicine Association (R.O.C)
• Taiwan Association of Prolotherapy and Regenerative Medicine
• Taiwan Pain Society
• Taiwan Society of Neuromusculoskeletal Ultrasound
• Taiwan Academy of Early Intervention

Awards and honors

• Best Academic Essay Prize; Lien I-Nan Foundation for Promotion of Education and Research in Rehabilitation Medicine (2019)
• Best of Posters; Intermittent theta burst stimulation enhances upper limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial. 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM 2018)
• Best of Oral Academic study presentation; Cerebral desaturation in heart failure: potential prognostic value and physiologic Basis. Annual Conference of Taiwan Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2017)

Publications

1. Huang, S.C., Chen, C.P., Fu, T.C., Chen, Y.J. Integration of Brain Tissue Saturation Monitoring in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Heart Failure. J. Vis. Exp. (152), e60289, doi:10.3791/60289 (2019). Corresponding author
2. Chen, Y. J., Huang, Y. Z., Chen, C. Y., Chen, C. L., Chen, H. C., Wu, C. Y., . . . Chang, T. L. (2019). Intermittent theta burst stimulation enhances upper limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Neurology, 19(1), 69. doi:10.1186/s12883-019-1302-x. First author
3. Chen, Yu-Jen, MD; Wu, Yi-Cheng, MD; Tu, Yu-Kang, PhD; Cheng, Ju-Wen, MD; Tsai, Wen-Chung, MD, PhD; Yu, Tung-Yang, MD. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2019 May;98(5):343-352.Autologous blood-derived products compared to corticosteroids for treatment of plantar fasciopathy a systematic review and meta-analysis. First author
4. Chen Y-J, Wang J-S, Hsu C-C, Lin P-J, Tsai F-C, Wen M-S, et al. (2018) Cerebral desaturation in heart failure: Potential prognostic value and physiologic basis. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196299. First author

Activities

• 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM 2018)
• Sideline Doctor; Asian Cup, Asian Football Confederation (2017)
• 11th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM 2017)
• ACRM 94th Annual Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research (2017)
• 5th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (AOCPRM 2016)