Moderator Profile

Executive Summary：
Dr. Tu-Hsueh Yeh received his MD degree from Taipei Medical College and got his PhD degree from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University in 2005. He has worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Neurofibromatosis Center, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA
Dr. Yeh’s main clinical interests include Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders, as well as headache and pain. His main research interests include neurogenetics particularly on Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders, establishment of experimental animal model for neurodegenerative diseases, and investigation on neuroprotective mechanisms and therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. He is also collaborating with researchers in hospital to investigate the molecular and genetic mechanisms of brain tumors.
Currently he is an Associated Professor (2017-) and the director (2020-) of Department of Neurology in Medical College, Taipei Medical University. He has served as the Chairman of Department of Neurology (2017-2023) and now the Director of Department of Medical Education in Taipei Medical University Hospital (2023-) and Vice-President of Teaching in Taipei Neuroscience Institute (2024-). In addition, Dr. Yeh actively participates the public affairs. He served as the director of Taiwan Neurological Society (2015-2021), Taiwan Movement Disorder Society (2019-), Taiwan Headache Society (2011-), and member of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (2012-). To be worth mentioning, he had been appointed as the Chief of the Health Care Improvement Project, Taiwan Medical Mission in the Kingdom of Eswatini in Africa (2022-2023).