Professor Chen is Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation. He concurrently holds the position of Professor of Medicine at Tzu Chi University. He is the current present of Taiwan Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society. He is currently appointed to be a member for scientific committee and GC in ANMA, and AGA UGI council. He graduated from the Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University in 1992 and subsequently obtained a postgraduate medical degree at the University of New South Wales (PhD of Medicine), Australia in 2009. He also gained experience working overseas as researcher at the Gastrointestinal Motility Research Center, Lynn Health Science Institute, Oklahoma, USA (2000-2001), and at Division of Gastroenterology, St George’s Hospital, New South Wales, Australia (2006-2007).
His major interests in the research include esophageal physiology, the pathogenesis of GERD, and GI motility. Professor Chen has published over 150 articles in renowned medical journals, such as Gastroenterology, GUT and American Journal of Gastroenterology, and wrote book chapters on GRED and GI motility. In addition, Professor Chen has presented numerous scientific presentations at local and international conferences, and has garnered several research distinction awards at Digestive Disease Week in the United States.
