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Chairperson

Yuh-Feng Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Yuh-Feng Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Current Position (from 2026):

Chief, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Hospital Staff Appointments:

Division Chief, Section of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 2022~2025

Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, 2000~2022

Consulting Staff, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Armed Forced Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 2000~2004

Attending Staff, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999~2000

Education:

Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, 2005~2011

M.S., Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, 1992~1994

M.D., National Defense Medical Center, 1984~1991

Nuclear Medicine Residency, Tri-Service General Hospital, 1995~1999

Certificates and Licenses:

Associate Professor

Medical License of Taiwan

Diploma Board of Nuclear Medicine

Diploma Board of Occupational Medicine

Academic Appointments:

President, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Taiwan (R.O.C.), 2022~2025

Chief Editor, Annuals of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging,

      2014~2022

Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology

      Associate Professor, 2022~present

School of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University

Associate Professor, 2012~2022

Assistant Professor, 2007~2012

Instructor, 2000~2007

Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical Center

Instructor, 1997~2000

Honors and Awards

Best Poster Award of the Annual Conference of Society of Nuclear Medicine, Taiwan, 2025, 2024, 2018

Best Paper Award, Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2009

Best Poster Award, 9th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2006

Young Investigator Award, 22nd World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2003

Young Investigator Award, Tri-Service General Hospital, 1999

 

Publications in SCI Journals:

  1. Chuang TL and Wang YF. Bone Scintigraphy and Laboratory Clues to Osteomalacia in a Middle-Aged Man with Hip Fractures. Clin Nucl Med. 2025; 50:751-755
  2. Lin KH, Wei TC, Shen SH, Huang William JS, Chuang MH, Peng NJ, Huang WT, Wang YF. [18F]PSMA-1007 PET/MR as a Precision Biomarker for Early Detection of Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer at Very Low PSA Levels. Biomarker Insights, 2025 Mar 12:20:11772719251324307.
  3. Chuang TL and Wang YF. Atypical Foot Swelling in Metastatic Endometrial Carcinoma: Role of FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2025;50: 64–65
  4. Chuang TL, Chen PL, Koo M, Chuang MH, Wang YF. The Impact of Body Mass Index and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia on Bone Health of Middle-Aged and Older Men. Obesity Science & Practice. 2025 Jan 8;11(1):e70037.
  5. Chuang TL, Koo M, Lee YM, Tung CH, Wang YF. Association Between Quantitative Sialoscintigraphy and Antibody Profiles in Patients with Sjogren or Sicca Syndrome. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2025 Feb 1;50(2):109-118.
  6. Chuang TL, Li WL, Hs YC, Chen JC, Wang YF. Development of Quantitative Norms for Normal Lung Uptake Based on Three-Dimensional Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography.  J Med Biol Eng. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40846-024-00905-4
  7. Lee TH, Wang YF, Peng NJ, Peng SJ. Voxel-based evaluation for [18F] Florbetaben brain β-amyloid positron emission tomography of healthy control, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024; 14(12):9146-9156
  8. Lin KH, Chen YW, Wang LW, Wang YF, Hu LH, Ting CH, Lee TH, Lee JC, Peng NJ. Prognostic assessment of 18F-boronophenylalanine positron emission tomography (BPA-PET) in salvage boron neutron capture therapy for malignant brain tumors. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2024; 14(6):4177-4188.
  9. Lin ST, Wang YF, Chuang TL. Bone Scan with SPECT/CT Demonstrated Phthisis Bulbi. Clin Nucl Med. 2024; 49(10):953-955.
  10. Yao SF, Huang WJ, Wei TC, Wang YF, Lin KH, Hu LH, Ting CH, Lee TH, Yeh SH, Peng NJ. Survival outcomes of radium-223 therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer following national health insurance reimbursement in Taiwan. J Chin Med Assoc. 2024; 87(7):734-740.
  11. Chuang TL and Wang YF. Skull Base Aspergillus Infection Mimicking Tumor Recurrence: A Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Case Study. Clin Nucl Med. 2024; 49(8):750-753.
  12. Chuang TL, Koo M, Wang YF. The impact of diabetes, anemia, and renal function in the relationship between osteoporosis and fasting blood glucose among Taiwanese women: a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health, 2024; 24(1):23-36.
  13. Ting YT, Hsieh TC, Wang YF, Kuo YC, Chen YJ, Chan PK, Kao CH. Performance of ChatGPT incorporated chain-of-thought method in bilingual nuclear medicine physician board examinations. Digital Health, 2024; 10:1-10.
  14. Wu CH, Lu YH, Lee TH, Tu CY, Fuh JL, Wang YF, Yang BH. Feasibility evaluation of middle-phase 18F-florbetaben positron emission tomography imaging using centiloid quantification and visual assessment. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2023; 13(8):4806-4815.
  15. Hu LH, Kuo Y, Chang FP, Wang WT, Yang BH, Huang WS, Wang YF. Hyperphosphatemia-Related False-Positive 99m Tc-Pyrophosphate Myocardial Scan: A Case Report with Endomyocardial Biopsy Result. Clin Nucl Med. 2023; 48(11):e544-e546.
  16. Lee TH, Wang YF, Hu LH, Peng NJ, Chang CY, Huang WS. Follow‑up Tc‑99 m pyrophosphate cardiac scan for patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis treated with tafamidis. Jpn J Radiol. 2023; 41(8):882-888.
  17. Wang YF, Lo CY, Chen LY, Chang CW, Huang YT, Huang YY, Huang YH. Comparing the Detection Performance between Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer - A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Nucl Med. 2023; 48(7):e321-e331.
  18. Chuang TL and Wang YF. Frontal Hypoperfusion and Cerebellar Hyperperfusion in Transient Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration. Clin Nucl Med. 2023; 48(7):627-629. 
  19. Chuang TL, Wang YF, Koo M, Chuang MH. Association of Trabecular Bone Score-Adjusted Fracture Risk Assessment Tool with Coronary Artery Calcification in Women. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(1):178.
  20. Chuang TL, Chou SC, Chen YR, Wang YF. Bone Scan with SPECT/CT Demonstrated C1 to C2 Involvement in Rheumatic Arthritis. Clin Nucl Med. 2022; 47(7):661-663.
  21. Koo M, Chuang TL, Wang YF. Research trends in trabecular bone score: A bibliometric review from 2008 to 2019. Tzu Chi Med J. 2021; 33(3):307-313.
  22. Chuang TL, Chuang MH, Wang YF, and Koo M. Age-Specific Normative Values of Lumbar Spine Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) in Taiwanese Men and Women. J Clin Med. 2021; 10(20):4740
  23. Chuang TL, Chen JC, Chen YR, Wang YF. FDG PET/CT of Benign Psammomatous Meningioma Effacing the Medulla. Clin Nucl Med. 2021; 46(3):252-254.
  24. Chuang TL, Lin CH, Wang YF. Effects of Vegetarian Diet on Bone Mineral Density. Tzu Chi Med J. 2021; 33(2):128-134.
  25. Chuang TL, Koo M, Wang YF. Association of Bone Mineral Density and Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients with Osteopenia and Osteoporosis. Diagnostics. 2020; 10(9), doi:10.3390/diagnostics10090699
  26. Chen PL, Chuang TL, Chou SC, Liao JG, Wang YF. Association between Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density. Ann Nucl Med Sci. 2020; 33: 28-36
  27. Chuang TL, Chuang MH, Koo M, Lin CH, Wang YF. Association of bone mineral density and trabecular bone score with cardiovascular disease. Tzu Chi Med J. 2020; 32(3): 234-239
  28. Chuang TL, Lin JW, Wang YF. Bone Mineral Density as a Predictor of Atherogenic Indexes of Cardiovascular Disease, Especially in Non-Obese Adults. Dis Markers. 2019: 1045098
  29. Chuang TL, Hsu TW, Chou SC, Wang YF. Car Accident with Airbag Deployment Trauma Showed Special Pattern in Bone Scan. Clin Nucl Med. 2019; 44(5):429-430
  30. Chuang MH, Chuang TL, Koo M, Wang YF. Low Hemoglobin Is Associated with Low Bone Mineral Density and High Risk of Bone Fracture in Male Adults: A Retrospective Medical Record Review Study. American Journal of Men's Health. 2019; 13(3): 1557988319850378.
  31. Chuang TL, Chuang MH, Lin CH, Chou SC, Wang YF. Significant association factors of bone mineral density in Taiwan adults. Tzu Chi Med J. 2019; 32(4):367-372
  32. Chuang TL, Ho KW, Wang YF. A Bizarre Bone Scan of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. Clin Nucl Med. 2018; 43(6):433-435
  33. Chuang TL, Li YD, Hsiao FT, Chuang MH, Wang YF. FRAX® Fracture Risks Are Associated with Coronary Artery Calcification Score. Dis Markers. 2017:1592598. doi: 10.1155/2017/1592598
  34. Chuang MH, Chuang TL, Huang KY, Wang YF. Age‑adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index scores predict major adverse cardiovascular events and all‑cause mortality among systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Tzu Chi Med J. 2017; 29(3):154-158
  35. Chuang MH, Chuang TL, Koo M, Wang YF. Trabecular Bone Score Reflects Trabecular Microarchitecture Deterioration and Fragility Fracture in Female Adult Patients Receiving Glucocorticoid Therapy: A Pre-Post Controlled Study. Biomed Res Int. 2017: 4210217. doi: 10.1155/2017/4210217.
  36. Chuang TL, Hsu BB, Chi CL, Wang YF. Gallium SPECT/CT in evaluation of IgG4-related disease: A case report and literature review. Medicine. 2016; 95(37):e4865
  37. Hung GU, Wang YF, Su HY, Hsieh TC, Ko CL, Yen RF. New Trends in Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2016; 32(2): 156-66
  38. Chuang TL, Hsiao FT, Li YD, Wang YF. TBS Predict Coronary Artery Calcification in Adults. Biomed Res Int. 2016:8391589. doi:10.1155/ 2016/8391589
  39. Wang YF, Chuang MH, Chuang TL, Huang KY, Lyu SR, Huang CY, Lee CC. CHADS2 Scores in the Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Cushing’s syndrome. Int J Endocrinol. 2014: 138653.  doi: 10.1155/2014/138653
  40. Chuang TL, Hsu CS, Wang YF. (131)I SPECT/CT demonstrated ovarian endometrioma. Clin Nucl Med. 2014; 39(2):193-5.
  41. Wu CC, Hsu TW, Chang CM, Yu CH, Wang YF, Lee CC. The effect of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on gastric cancer survival. PLoS One. 2014; 25;9(2):e89655
  42. Chuang TL, Wang YF. Gallium SPECT/CT for permanent catheter infection. Clin Nucl Med. 2013; 39(3):283-5
  43. Chen YC, Chiu JS, Wang YF. NP-59 SPECT/CT imaging in stage 1 hypertensive and atypical primary aldosteronism: a 5-year retrospective analysis of clinicolaboratory and imaging features. Scientific World Journal. 2013:317934. doi:10.1155/2013/317934.
  44. Chuang TL, Lai CL, Chang SM, Wang YF. Pulmonary carcinosarcoma: 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging. Clin Nucl Med. 2012; 37: 1105-1107
  45. Chen YC, Su YC, Chiu JS, Wang YF. Protein-losing gastropathy in peritoneal dialysis as a wolf in sheep's clothing: Tc-99m human serum albumin SPECT/CT diagnosis. Clin Nucl Med. 2012; 37: e16-18.
  46. Chuang MH, Wang YF, Chen M, Cham TM. Effectiveness of Implementation of a New Drug Storage Label and Error-Reducing Process on the Accuracy of Drug Dispensing. J Med Syst. 2012; 36:1469-1474.
  47. Wang YF, Fu CM, Chuang MH, Cham TM, Chung MI. Magnetically Directed Targeting Aggregation of Radiolabelled Ferrite Nanoparticles. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2011: 851520. doi:10.1155/2011/851520.
  48. Wang YF, Chen YC, Li DK, Chuang MH. Technetinum-99m Labeled Autologous Serum Albumin - A Personal-exclusive Source of Serum Component. J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011:413802. doi:10.1155/2011/ 413802.
  49. Chen YC, Su YC, Wei CK, Chiu JS, Tseng CE, Chen SJ, Wang YF. Diagnostic Value of I-131 NP-59 SPECT/CT Scintigraphy in Patients with Subclinical or Atypical Features of Primary Aldosteronism. J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011: 209787. doi:10.1155/2011/209787.
  50. Chen YC, Su YC, Chiu JS, Wei CK, Wang YF. Peritoneo-scrotal shunting diagnosed by Tc-99m DTPA SPECT/CT imaging. Kidney Int. 2010; 78: 523
  51. Chuang MH, Lin CL, Wang YF, Cham TM. Development of Pictographs Depicting Medication Use Instructions for Low-Literacy Medical Clinic Ambulatory Patients. J Manage Care Pharm. 2010; 16:337-345
  52. Wang AY, Kuo CL, Lin JL, Fu CM, Wang YF. Study of magnetic ferrite nanoparticles labeled with 99mTc-pertechnetate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem. 2010; 284:405-413
  53. Chen YC, Chiu JS, Wang YF. Response to ‘Pitfalls of technetium-99m-labeled human serum albumin scintigraphy for protein-losing enteropathy’ Kidney International. 2009; 76: 911-912.
  54. Chen YC, Chiu JS, Wang YF. Response to ‘Limited significance of iodomethylnorcholesterol uptake in adrenal visualization’ Kidney International. 2009; 76: 678
  55. Fu CM, Wang YF, Guo YF, Wang LS, Chuang MH, Cham TM. Pharmacokinetics of intravenously injected Tc-99m labeled ferrite nanobeads. J Appl Phy. 2009; 105:07B311
  56. Chen YC, Su YC, Tzeng JE, Wei CK, Chiu JS, Wang YF. The Case | A woman with persistent chest pain and palpitations after coronary stenting. Kidney International. 2009; 75:1361-1362
  57. Chiu JS, Wang YF, Su YC, Wei LH, Liao JG, Li YC. Artificial neural network to predict skeletal metastasis in patients with prostate cancer. J Med Syst. 2009; 33:91-100
  58. Wang YF, Chuang MH, Cham TM, Chung MI. Stability of the mixture of technetium-99m human serum albumin and lidocaine hydrochloride for clinical application. Nucl Med Commun. 2009; 30:494-7
  59. Chen YC, Chiu JS, Chuang MH, Chung MI, Wang YF. Chronic edema from protein-losing enteropathy: scintigraphic diagnosis. Kidney International. 2009; 75:1124
  60. Chen YC, Wei CK, Chen PF, Tzeng JE, Chuang TL, Wang YF. Seeing Invisible: I-131 NP-59 SPECT/CT for Negligible Primary Hyperaldosteronism. Kidney International. 2009; 75: 663
  61. Liao JG, Chiu JS, Shu YC, Huang PY, Wang YF, Chang JB. Evaluation for the Retention of F-18 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose onto Injection Syringes. J Nucl Med Tech. 2008; 5:15-20
  62. Wei LH, Chiu JS, Chang SY, Wang YF. Predicting Bone Metastasis in Prostate Cancer Patients: Value of Prostate Specific Antigen. Tzu Chi Med J. 2008; 20: 291-295
  63. Wang YF, Tseng KC, Chiu JS, Chuang MH, Chung MI, Lai NS. Outcome of surgical resection for protein-losing enteropathy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Rheumatol. 2008; 27(10): 1325-8.
  64. Wang YF, Chiu JS, Chuang MH, Chiu JE, Lin CL. Bone mineral density of vegetarian and non-vegetarian adults in Taiwan. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2008; 17(1): 101-6
  65. Chen YK, Wang YF, Chiu JS. Diagnostic trinity: Graves' disease on F-18 FDG PET. Clin Nucl Med. 2007; 32:816-7
  66. Jong GP, Wang YF, Tsai FJ, Tsai CH, Wu CL, Liu RH, Hsieh D JY, Ko FY, Huang CY, Lee SD. Immunoglobulin E and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Patients with Different Stages of Coronary Artery Diseases. Chinese J Physiol. 2007; 50:277-282
  67. Chuang MH, Lin CL, Wang YF, Chung MI, Cham TM. Southern Taiwan Findings from the Institute for Safe Medication Practice Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals Survey. Tzu Chi Med J. 2007; 19(2):74-83
  68. Wang YF, Chuang MH, Chiu JS, Chan TM, Chung MI. On-site Preparation of Technetium-99m Labeled Human Serum Albumin for Clinical Application. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2007; 211:379-85
  69. Wang YF, Lin CW, Chiu JS. Unexpected visitor: hepatic visualization on radionuclide venography. Clin Nucl Med. 2007; 32: 229-30
  70. Wang YF, Hu TM, Wu CC, Yu FC, Fu CM, Lin SH, Huang WH, Chiu JS. Prediction of target range of intact parathyroid hormone in hemodialysis patients with artificial neural network. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2006; 83(2): 111-9
  71. Wang YF, Cherng SC, Chiu JS, Su YC, Sheu UT. Application of upper-extremity radionuclide venography as a diagnostic approach for Port-A catheter thrombosis. J Chin Med Assoc. 2006; 69(8): 351-7
  72. Wang YF, Lin TK, Chen CW, Chiu JS, Lin CL.  Reverse redistribution in thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy: diagnostic accuracy improved by simultaneous gated SPECT wall motion study. Tzu Chi Med J. 2006; 8:101-8.
  73. Chiu JS, Tzeng JE, Wang YF. Infection hunter gallium scintigraphy for hemodialysis access graft infection. Kidney Int. 2006; 69(8):1290
  74. Chiu JS, Chen CA, Lee CH, Li YC, Lin YF, Wang YF, Yu FC. Neural network technology to predict intracellular water volume. Int J Clin Pract. 2006; 60:1231-8
  75. Fu CM, Wang YF, Guo YF, Lin TY, Chiu JS. In vivo bio-distribution of intravenously injected Tc-99m labeled ferrite nanoparticles bounded with biocompatible medicals. IEEE T MAGN. 2005; 41: 4120-4122
  76. Chiu JS, Li YC, Wang YF. Assessing the quality of predictive models for classification. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96:323-324
  77. Chiu JS, Chong CF, Lin YF, Wu CC, Wang YF, Li YC. Applying artificial neural network to predict total body water in hemodialysis patients. Am J Nephrol. 2005; 25: 507-513
  78. Chiu JS, Wang YF, Chen CA, Lin SH, Lin YF, Chu P. Rocks in the head: extensive intracranial calcification. Int Med J. 2005; 35: 362-363
  79. Fu CM, Wang YF, Chao YC, Hung SH, Yang MD. Directly Labeling Ferrite Nanoparticles with Tc-99m Radioisotope for Diagnostic Applications. IEEE T MAGN. 2004; 40: 3003-3005
  80. Su JL, Lee MS, Su YC, Sheu YT, Wang YF. Establishment of an Anthropometric Database of Taiwanese Adults by Nuclear Medicine Whole-Body Bone Scan. Tzu Chi Med J. 2004; 16: 249-256
  81. Lin CL, Wang YF, Chang SC, Shen SC, Chuang MH. Introduction and Promotion of the Use of Child-Resistant Packing of Medicines in Taiwan. Tzu Chi Med J. 2004; 16: 217-225
  82. Chuang MH, Wang YF, Lin CL, Lee CH. Assessment of a Pharmacy-Based Drug Use Follow-Up Program for Ambulatory Patient with Chronic Disease. Tzu Chi Med J. 2004; 16: 173-183
  83. Chuang MH, Tsao WL, Wang YF. Comparison of the Stabilization of Technetium-99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime in Different Preparations. Tzu Chi Med J. 2003; 15: 363-368
  84. Wang YF, Lai NS, Shine CN. Bone Scintigraphic Findings in the Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe: Case Report. Tzu Chi Med J. 2003; 15: 195-198
  85. Wang YF, Hsieh CC, Chuang MH, Huang YS. Radionuclide brain scintigraphy of Enterovirus type 71-induced cerebral ventriculitis. Tzu Chi Med J. 2002; 14: 389-393
  86. Wang YF, Lin TK, Chuang MH. Myocardial infarction: An incidental finding on bone scintigraphy. Tzu Chi Med J. 2002; 14: 49-53
  87. Cherng SC, Wang YF, Fan YM, Yang SP, Huang WS. Iliofemoral vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism associated with a transient ischemic attack in a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome. Clin Nucl Med. 2001; 26: 84-85.
  88. Cherng SC, Huang WS, Wang YF, Yang SP, Lin YF. The role of lung scintigraphy in the diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome with pulmonary embolism. Clin Nuc Med. 2000; 25: 167-172

 

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