Dr. Kang-Cheng Su
Contact Information
Phone
Email
+886-2-27812121 Ext. 8928
kcsu@vghtpe.gov.tw
Educations
2012
M.S., Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of
Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
1999
M.D., Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei,
Taiwan
Experiences
2009
Attending physician, Department of Chest Medicine, TVGH
2008
Attending physician, Fenglin Veterans Hospital, Hualien
2001
Resident of Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General
Hospital
Research Interests
1. Airway inflammation
2. Critical Medicine
Honors and Awards
Selected publications
1. Kang-Cheng Su, Yu-Chung Wu, Chun-Sheng Chen, Ming-Hui Hung, Yi-Han Hsiao,
Ching-Min Tseng, Shi-Chuan Chang, Yu-Chin Lee, Diahn-Warng Perng. Bile acids
increase alveolar epithelial permeability via MAP kinase, cytosolic phospholipase
A2, cyclooxygenase-2, PGE2, and junctional proteins. Respirology 2013 (accepted
on Jan. 3,2013).
2. KC Su, CC Tsai, KT Chou, CC Lu, YY Liu, CS Chen, YC Wu, YC Lee, DW Perng.
Spontaneous breathing trial needs to be prolonged in critically ill and elderly
patients requiring mechanical ventilation. J Crit Care. 2012 Jun;27(3):324.e1-7.
3. Chao-Yu Liu, Chueh-Chuan Yen, Kang-Cheng Su, Yu-Chung Wu. Gorham's Disease
complicated with bilateral chylothorax and successfully treated with
Interferon-alpha-2a. Thorac cancer 2012, Accepted manuscript online: 30 May
2012 (Corresponding)
4. Chou KT, Chen CS, Su KC, Hung MH, Hsiao YH, Tseng CM, Chen YM, Lee YC, Perng
DW. Hospital outcomes for patients with stage III and IV lung cancer admitted to
the intensive care unit for sepsis-related acute respiratory failure.J Palliat Med.
2012 Nov;15(11):1234-9.
5. Perng DW, Su KC, Chou KT, Wu YC, Chen CS, Hsiao YH, Tseng CM, Chen YH,
Hsueh TY, Lee YC. Long-acting β(2) agonists and corticosteroids restore the
reduction of histone deacetylase activity and inhibit H(2)O(2)-induced mediator
release from alveolar macrophages. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Aug;25(4):312-8.
6. Perng DW, Chang KT, Su KC, Wu YC, Chen CS, Hsu WH, Tsai CM, Lee YC.
Matrix metalloprotease-9 induces transforming growth factor-β(1) production in
airway epithelium via activation of epidermal growth factor receptors. Life Sci.
2011 Aug 1;89(5-6):204-12.
7. Su KC, Tsai CC, Kuo LC, Kuo SH, Perng DW. Budesonide/formoterol combination as
a maintenance and rescue therapy: physicians' perspectives.J Asthma. 2009
Sep;46(7):647-51.
8. Wu YC, Hsu PK, Su KC, Liu LY, Tsai CC, Tsai SH, Hsu WH, Lee YC, Perng DW.
Bile acid aspiration in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest. 2009
Jul;136(1):118-24.
9. Perng DW, Tao CW, Su KC, Tsai CC, Liu LY, Lee YC. Anti-inflammatory effects of
salmeterol/fluticasone, tiotropium/fluticasone or tiotropium in COPD. Eur Respir J.
2009 Apr;33(4):778-84.
10. Perng DW, Chang KT, Su KC, Wu YC, Wu MT, Hsu WH, Tsai CM, Lee YC. Exposure
of airway epithelium to bile acids associated with gastroesophageal reflux symptoms: a
relation to transforming growth factor-beta1 production and fibroblast proliferation.
Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1548-56.
11. Su KC, Lay SL, Perng RP, Chang SC, Chen YM.Lung cancer may develop
subsequently or coincidently with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Lung Cancer. 2007
Oct;58(1):144-8.
12. Perng DW, Wu CC, Su KC, Lee YC, Perng RP, Tao CW. Inhaled fluticasone and
salmeterol suppress eosinophilic airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease: relations with lung function and bronchodilator reversibility. Lung. 2006
Jul-Aug;184(4):217-22.
13. Perng DW, Wu CC, Su KC, Lee YC, Perng RP, Tao CW. Additive benefits of
tiotropium in COPD patients treated with long-acting beta agonists and corticosteroids.
Respirology. 2006 Sep;11(5):598-602.
Lab Members
Research assistants: Cha-Lin, Su
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