Speaker Profile

Executive Summary：
Po-Lin Chen is currently the Director of Stroke Center of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. Dr. Chen completed his medical training at Kaohsiung Medical College and his training in Neurology at Taichung Veterans General Hospital. He also completed the degree of Master of Science from the Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Chen was involved in several worldwide randomized controlled trials, including RESPECT-ESUS and THALES. His primary research interest is in clinical Neurology and autonomic function. His main publications include topics on autonomic functions in stroke subtypes, blood pressure in acute ischemic stroke, imaging parameters in predicting stroke outcomes, etc. Dr. Chen dedicates himself to stroke treatment and is currently the Director of Taiwan Stroke Society. He drafted several guidelines in stroke management in Taiwan, including thrombolytic therapy and antithrombotics. In the future, he plans to dig more into the real-world data of well-designed, prospective registries to improve stroke care.