Curriculum Vitae

Author: Sheng-Ta Tsai

Sheng-Ta Tsai, MD, PhD

Doctor Tsai has devoted his life to Parkinson’s disease, movement disorder, stroke care, and neurocritical disease. He is a member of the movement disorder group led by Professor Chon-Haw Tsai. He has joined the deep brain stimulation intra-operative multichannel microelectrode recording (MER) and has performed basic studies for Parkinson’s disease. He is also a stroke neurologist performing intra-arterial thrombectomy for hyperacute large artery occlusion patients. And in the intensive care unit, he takes care of patients with severe stroke, status epilepticus, or severe central nervous system infection. Doctor Tsai has won high reward in the improvement of patients, including the regaining consciousness. In the intensive care unit, he often says to patients, “Our goal is your being able to walk back home without others’ assistance.”

Current position:

Aug 2019 - Present  Attending doctor, China Medical University Hospital

                         Assistant professor, China Medical University

Education: 

China Medical University, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, Master and Ph.D. Program (Aug 2018- Sep 2021)

School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Sep 2005-Jun 2012)


Employment:

July 2024- Present         Visiting scholar, Neural Engineering and Precision Surgery Laboratories, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Jan 2024 – July 2024 Visiting scholar, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Aug 2014 – Jul 2019 R1-R5, China Medical University Hospital

Aug 2013 – Jul 2014 PGY, Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Certificate:
Doctor in Taiwan, No. 049345, Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare
Neurologist in Taiwan, No. 1232, Taiwan Neurological Society

Certificated intra-arterial thrombectomy doctor in Taiwan, No. 051
Acupuncture doctor, No. 2555, Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture (CMAA)

Specialist in Critical Care Medicine in Taiwan, No. 03334

Diabetes Combined Care Accreditation of Taichung City, Taiwan

Academic Teaching Rank Accreditation Certificate Assistant Professor, No. 154759


SCI papers: (IF= Impact factor; R/C= Ranking/ Category, updated according to the 2025 JCR release; *corresponding author)

Systemic review and meta-analysis: (3)

1.       Chia-Chun Yang, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Berne Ting, Ying-Chih Cheng, Chin-Kun Wang, Jane Pei-Chen Chang, *Kuan-Pin Su. Psychological Outcomes and Quality of Life of Fibromyalgia Patients with Vitamin D Supplementation—A Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(7), 2750. IF= 2.9. (R/C= 65/332, Medicine, General & Internal)

2. Sheng-Ta Tsai, Srinivasan Nithiyanantham, Senthil Kumaran Satyanarayanan, *Kuan-Pin Su. Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on the Concept of Mind-Body Interface. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2023;1411:435-458. IF= 3.650. (R/C= 33/94, Biology)

3. Sheng-Ta Tsai, Ming-Kuei Lu, Shao San, *Chon-Haw Tsai. The Neurologic Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Systemic Review. Front. Neurol. 2020 May 19;11:498. IF= 2.8. (R/C= 121/286, Clinical Neurology)

 Original articles: (10)

1.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, Zi-Lun Lai, Ming-Kuei Lu, Marina Walther-Antonio, Yi-Yao Hsu, Dy-San Chao, Chia-Yang Chen, Sara Vettleson-Trutza, John S Kuo, Chia-Chun Yang, Ching-Chu Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Der-Yang Cho, *Chon-Haw Tsai. Elevated Lactobacillus salivarius and genus Akkermansia in fecal samples of Taiwanese patients with Parkinson’s disease and diabetes mellitus. Sci. Rep. 15, 42261 (2025). IF= 3.9. (R/C= 25/136, Multidisciplinary science. 2.         Hojin Shin, Kristen M. Scheitler, Juan M. Rojas Cabrera, Abhinav Goyal, Joshua B. Boesche, Aaron E. Rusheen, Jason Yuen, Barbara Hanna, Una Karanovic, Sara Vettleson-Trutza, Jennifer Tang-Cabrera, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Mohamed Elgohary, Sara Hussein, Shiyuan Wei, Lei Yuan, Malcolm McIntosh, Allen Rech, Marie Reyes, Warren O. Dennis, Tyler J. Van Buren, Diane R. Eaker, Graham Cameron, Matt E. Hainy, Beverly J. Berghuis, Christopher J. Kimble, Kevin E. Bennet, Basel Sharaf, Tyler S. Oesterle, Xiaoke Chen, Zhenan Bao, Jaeyun Sung, Dong Pyo Jang, Charles D. Blaha, Yoonbae Oh, *Kendall H. Lee. A multimodal platform for real-time neurochemical and electrophysiologic monitoring for intraoperative neurosurgical applications. Biosens. Bioelectron. Volume 293, 2026, 118151. IF= 10.5. (R/C= 3/79, Biophysics) 3.         Wei-Chun Wang, Shang-Yu Chien, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Yu-Wan Yang, Dang-Khoa Nguyen, Ya-Lun Wu, Ming-Kuei Lu, Ting-Hsuan Sun, Jiaxin Yu, Ching-Ting Lin, Chien-Wei Chen, Kai-Cheng Hsu, Chon-Haw Tsai. Automated delineation of acute ischemic stroke lesions on non-contrast CT using 3D deep learning: A promising step towards efficient diagnosis and treatment. Biomed. Signal Process. Control 2024; 93:106139. IF= 4.9. (R/C= 32/124, Engineering, Biomedical) 4.         Kuei-Ming Lin, Chen-En Wang, Hong-Ji Liao, Wei-Laing Chen, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Shih-Hao Wu, Jia-Lun Huang, *Chia-Wei Lin. A comparison of in-hospital stroke and community-onset stroke outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy at a tertiary level hospital in Taiwan. Neurol. Asia 2024; 29(1): 19- 25. IF= 0.3. (R/C= 280/286, Clinical neurology) 5.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, Chia-Chun Yang, Hsien-Yin Liao, and *Yi-Wen Lin. Electroacupuncture Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain via Neuronal/Microglial Inactivation and Toll-like Receptor 4 in the Mouse Brain: Precise Interpretation of Chemogenetics. Biomedicines 2024; 12(2): 387. IF= 3.9. (R/C= 114/320, Biochemistry and molecular biology) 6.         Yu-Chen Chiu, Jia-Li Yang, Wei-Chun Wang, Hung-Yu Huang, Wei-Liang Chen, Pao-Sheng Yen, Ying-Lin Tseng, Hsiu-Hsueh Chen, *Sheng-Ta Tsai. Predictors of unfavorable outcome at 90 days in basilar artery occlusion patients. World J. Clin. Cases 2022; 10(12): 3677-3685. IF= 1.0. (R/C= 170/329, Medicine, General and Internal) 7.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, Tzu-Hsuan Wei, Yu-Wan Yang, Ming-Kuei Lu, Shao San, Chon-Haw Tsai, *Yi-Wen Lin. Transient receptor potential V1 modulates neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease dementia: Molecular implications for electroacupuncture and rivastigmine. Iran. J. Basic Med. Sci. 2021; 24: 1-10. IF= 2.7. (R/C= 98/195, Medicine, Research & Experimental) 8.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, *Fu-Yu Lin, Pei-Shan Chen, Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Chin-Chi Kuo. Three-year mortality in cryptococcal meningitis: Hyperglycemia predict unfavorable outcome. PLoS One. 2021 May 28;16(5):e0251749. IF= 2.6. (R/C= 44/136, Multidisciplinary Sciences) 9.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, Wei-Chun Wang, Yu-Ting Lin, Wei-Shih Huang, Hung-Yu Huang, Chun-Ju Wang, En-Zu Lin, Wei-Ling Kung, Yuh-Cherng Guo, Kang-Hsu Lin, Ming-Kuei Lu, Pao-Sheng Yen, Wei-Laing Chen, Ying-Lin Tseng, Chin-Chi Kuo, Der-Yang Cho, Chun-Chung Chen, *Chon-Haw Tsai. Use of a smartphone application to speed up interhospital transfer of acute ischemic stroke patients for thrombectomy. Front. Neurol. 2021; 12: 606673. IF= 2.8. (R/C= 121/286, Clinical Neurology) 10.     Sheng-Ta Tsai, Chun-Hung Tseng, Mei-Chen Lin, Hsien-Yin Liao, Boon-Khai Teoh, Shao San, Chon-Haw Tsai, Hung-Yu Huang, *Yi-Wen Lin. Acupuncture reduced the medical expenditure in migraine patients: Real-world data of a 10-year national cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Aug 7;99(32):e21345. IF= 1.4. (R/C= 144/332, Medicine, General and Internal)   Letter to the editor published as formal journal paper: (1) 1.                 Kristen M Scheitler, Juan M Rojas-Cabrera, Sara A Vettleson-Trutza, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Guillermo K Pons-Monnier, Mohamed M El-Gohary, Ron Scheer, Youngjong Kwak, Damiano G Barone, Charles D Blaha, Tyler S Oesterle, Hojin Shin, Kendall H Lee, Yoonbae Oh. Application of a Human Stereotactic System for Image-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Neurosurgery in a Swine Model. Brain Stimul. 2025 Jul 11:S1935-861X(25)00275-X. IF= 8.4. (R/C= 13/286, Clinical Neurology)

Case report published as formal journal paper: (7)

1.         Shin-Kuang Jiang, Wei-Liang Chen, Chun Chien, Chi-Syuan Pan, *Sheng-Ta Tsai. Rapid progressive vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia with cerebral venous thrombosis after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccination: A case report. World. J. Clin. Cases 2022 Sep 16; 10(26): 9462-9469. IF= 1.0. (R/C= 170/329, Medicine, General and Internal) 2.         Camerdy Yue Yang, *Sheng-Ta Tsai. Glutamic acid decarboxylase 65-positive autoimmune encephalitis presenting with gelastic seizure, responsive to steroid: A case report. World J. Clin. Cases 2021; 9(19): 5325-5331. IF= 1.0. (R/C= 170/329, Medicine, General and Internal) 3.         Ta-Wei Guu, Sheng-Ta Tsai, and *Kuan-Pin Su. Autoimmune psychosis in Taiwan: A case report and review of literature. Brain. Behav. Immun.-Health. 2020 Feb 25;3:100055. IF= 3.5. (R/C= 81/183, Immunology) 4.         *Sheng-Ta Tsai, Wei-Shih Huang, Shin-Kuang Jiang, Hsien-Yin Liao. Cervical spinal epidural abscess following needle-knife acupotomy, with an initial presentation that mimicked an acute stroke: A case report. Hong Kong J. Emerg. Med. 2020;27(2):99-102. IF= 0.8 (R/C= 39/56, Emergency Medicine) 5.         Sheng-Ta Tsai, Jheng-Zong Tien, Yin-Lan Lin, Yen-Cheng Lai, *An-Ti Chang. Gastrointestinal: Refractory paralytic ileus cured by immunotherapy, a case of natural killer cell neoplasm-induced polyneuropathy. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2020 Dec 10. IF= 3.4. (R/C= 47/148, gastroenterology and hepatology) 6.         Shao Hor, Chih-Yu Chen, *Sheng-Ta Tsai. Propofol pump controls nonconvulsive status epilepticus in a hepatic encephalopathy patient: A case report. World J. Clin. Cases. 2019 Sep 26;7(18):2831-2837. IF= 1.0. (R/C= 170/329, Medicine, General and Internal) 7.         Shao San, Chia-der Lin, Sheng-Ta Tsai, Chao-Chun Lin, *Po-Chang Wu. Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease Presented as Recurrent Otitis Media and Mixed Hearing Loss Treated with Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab: A Case Report. Arch. Rheumatol. 2018 Nov 30;34(2):233-237. IF= 1.1 (R/C= 49/58, Rheumatology)