Chi-Wei Lee MD., MSc., PhD.

• Resident, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Taiwan. (August, 1^st 1992 ~ July, 31^st 1993)
• Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Taiwan. (August, 1^st 1993 ~ July, 31^st 1996)
• Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Taiwan. (August, 1^st 1996 ~ July, 31^st 1998)
• Medical Attendant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), Taiwan. (October, 1^st 1998 ~ June, 20^th 2003)
• Senior Medical Attendant, Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital (EDH), Taiwan. (February, 1^st 2004 ~ November, 30^th 2007)
• Department Chief, Division of Internal Medical Emergency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Taiwan. (December, 1^st 2007 ~ July, 31^st 2011)
• Affiliated Research Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH), Taiwan. (January, 1^st 2012 ~  September, 30th 2021.)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. (August, 1^st 2017 ~ July, 31st 2022)
• Associate Professor, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. (August, 1^st 2022 ~ )
• Editor of the Journal of Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab (2021 ~ ) 

• Board Certificates:

1. Specialist in Emergency Medicine
2. Specialist in Critical Care Medicine
3. Specialist in Internal Medicine
4. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Emergency Medicine
2. Internal Medicine
3. Clinical Toxicology
4. Medical Applications of Mass Spectrometry

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. The Excellent Mentor Award 2023 (College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University)
2. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Pathology 2023 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
3. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Toxicology 2022 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
4. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Introduction to Internal Medicine 2022 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
5. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Pathology 2022 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
6. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Toxicology 2021 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
7. The Excellent Mentor Award 2020 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
8. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Pathology 2019 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
9. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Introduction to Emergency Medicine 2019 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
10. The Outstanding Research Award 2019 (National Sun Yat-sen University - Kaohsiung Medical University)
11. The Excellent Mentor Award 2020 (College of Science, National Sun Yat-sen University)
12. The High-Quality Publication Prize 2019 (Research Center of Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University)
13. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Introduction to Internal Medicine 2019 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
14. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Pathology 2018 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
15. The Best Article Award 2018 in "Chemistry"  (Chemical Society, Taiwan)
16. The Superior Teaching Performance Award on Seminar 2017 (National Sun Yat-sen University)
17. The Best Medical Attendant Award 2010 (Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital)
18. The Best Medical Attendant Award 2003 (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital)
19. The Best Medical Attendant Award 2002 (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital)
20. The Best Medical Attendant Award 2000 (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital)
21. The Best Chief Resident Award 1997 (Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital)
22. The Best Resident Award 1993 (Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital)
23. The Best Intern Award 1992 (Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital)

PUBLICATIONS

Corresponding Author*

1. Hung Su, Zong-Han Jiang, Yi-Wen Hsu, Yu-Chi Wang, Yun-Yi Chen, Deng-Chyang Wu, Jentaie Shiea*, Chi-Wei Lee*, Rapid identification of mushroom toxins by direct electrospray probe mass spectrometry for emergency care, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2024, 342343.
2. SC Yang, CW Lee*. Man with swollen arm. Emergency Medicine Journal 2024;41:82-102.
3. SC Yang, CW Lee*. Physiological effects of N95 respirators on rescuers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Heliyon (2023) August 05, e18970.
4. Lee CW, Su H, Shiea J*. Potential applications and challenges of novel ambient ionization mass spectrometric techniques in the emergency care for acute poisoning. TrAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2022 157:116742.
5. H Su, MZ Huang, J Shiea, CW Lee*. Thermal Desorption Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Emergency Toxicology. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 2022;e21784.
6. Su CY, Peng CY, Liu HL, Yeh IJ, Lee CW*. Comparison of Effects of N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks to Physiological and Psychological Health among Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 17;18(24):13308.
7. Su H, Lin HH, Su LJ, Lin CC, Jiang ZH, Chen SJ, Shiea J, Lee CW*. Direct immersion solid-phase microextraction combined with ambient ionization tandem mass spectrometry to rapidly distinguish pesticides in serum for emergency diagnostics. J Food Drug Anal. 2022 Mar 15;30(1):26-37.
8. Jeng JY, Jiang ZH, Cho YT, Su H, Lee CW, Shiea J. Obtaining molecular imagings of pesticide residues on strawberry surfaces with probe sampling followed by ambient ionization mass spectrometric analysis. J Mass Spectrom. 2021 Apr;56(4):e4644.
9. Che-Yu Su, Tsung-Yu Tsai, Cheng-Yen Tseng, Keng-Hao Liu*, Chi-Wei Lee*. A Deep Learning Method for Alerting Emergency Physicians about the Presence of Subphrenic Free Air on Chest Radiographs. J. Clin. Med. 2021,10, 254.
10. Shih-Chia Yang, Chi-Wei Lee*. Man with Swollen Eye. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2021 Jul;38(7):494-510.
11. Shih-Chia Yang, Chi-Wei Lee*. An Unusual Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Journal of Emergency Medicine.  Volume 59, Issue No. 3, September 2020.
12. Chin-shen Lin, Chi-wei Lee*. A deadly needle-tract: Inward exsanguination. World J Emerg Med, Vol 13, No 1, 2022.
13. Shiea J, Bhat SM, Su H, Kumar V, Lee CW, Wang CH*. Rapid quantification of acetaminophen in plasma using solid-phase microextraction coupled with thermal desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2020;34(S1):e8564
14. Che-Yu Su, Chi-Wei Lee, Chun-Yen Huang*. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm presented as Cullen's sign and Grey Turner’s sign. Anatol J Cardiol 2020; 23: E-4-6.
15. Chin-Hsiung Wang, Hung Su, Jo-Han Chou, Jia-Ying Lin, Min-Zong Huang, Chi-Wei Lee, Jentaie Shiea. Multiple Solid Phase Microextraction Combined with Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Trace Chemical Compounds in Aqueous Solution. Analytica Chimica Acta. Volume 1107, 22 April 2020, Pages 101-106.
16. Cheng SC, Lee RH, Jeng JY, Lee CW, Shiea J*. Fast screening of trace multiresidue pesticides on fruit and vegetable surfaces using ambient ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta. 2020 Mar 15;1102:63-71.
17. Su H, Yeh IJ, Wu YH, Jiang ZH, Shiea J, Lee CW*. Rapid identification of organophosphorus pesticides on contaminated skin and confirmation of adequate decontamination by ambient mass spectrometry in emergency settings. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2019 Aug 28:e8562.
18. Su H, Lin YP, Yang SC, Kuo CH, Wu DC, Shiea J, Lee CW*. Rapid detection of non-volatile household pesticides in drained gastric juice by ambient mass spectrometry for emergency management. Anal Chim Acta. 2019 Aug 20;1066:69-78.
19. Su H, Liu KT, Chen BH, Lin YP, Jiang YM, Tsai YH, Chang FR, Shiea J, Lee CW*. Rapid identification of herbal toxins using electrospray laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for emergency care. J Food Drug Anal. 2019 Apr;27(2):415-427.
20. Cheng SC, Bhat SM, Lee CW, Shiea J*. Simple interface for scanning chemical compounds on developed thin layer chromatography plates using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta. 2019 Feb 21;1049:1-9.
21. Cheng SC, Tsai YD, Lee CW, Chen BH, Shiea J*. Direct and rapid characterization of illicit drugs in adulterated samples using thermal desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Food Drug Anal. 2019 Apr;27(2):451-459.
22. Sy-Chyi Cheng, Suhail Muzaffar Bhat, Chi-Wei Lee, Jentaie Shiea*. Thin layer chromatography combined with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for characterizing herbal compounds. Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Process. 434 (2018) 264–271.
23. Su CH, Hung SC, Chen WI, Yang LH, Lee CW, Hsieh CH*. Determinant factors of mortality in terminally ill patients with do-not-resuscitate orders. Formos J Surg 2018;51:213-8.
24. Lee CW*, Su H, Lee RH, Lin YP, Tsai YD, Wu DC, Shiea J*. Point-of-care identification of organophosphates in gastric juice by ambient mass spectrometry in emergency settings. Clin Chim Acta. 2018 Jul 3;485:288-297.
25. Chi-Wei Lee, Hung Su, Jentaie Shiea*. The potential of ambient mass spectrometry in rapid identification of intoxicating compounds. Chemistry (The Chinese Chemical Society, Taipei) Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 29-44.
26. Lee CW, Chao YY, Shiea J, Shen JH, Lee HH, Chen BH*. Ambient mass spectrometry for rapid diagnosis of psychoactive drugs overdose in an unstable patient. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Mar;36(3):530.e1-530.e5.
27. Liu KT, Lee CW*. Clinical judgment perplexed by initially undisclosed use of herbal medicine and unexpected cross-reactivity of immunoassay. Malaysian J Pathol. 2017 Aug; 39(2):189-92.
28. Chi-Wei Lee, Hung Su, You-Da Cai, Ming-Tsang Wu, Den-Chyang Wu, Jentaie Shiea*. Rapid Identification of Psychoactive Drugs in Drained Gastric Lavage Fluid and Whole Blood Specimens of Drug Overdose Patients Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2017; 6(2): S0056.
29. Sy-Chyi Cheng, Hung Su, Ruei-Hao Lee, You-Da Tsai, Chi-Wei Lee, Jentaie Shiea*.  Rapid Characterization of Pesticides and Drugs in Biofluids and on Solid Samples with Thermal Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Taiwan J. Forensic Medicine 2016; (16), Vol. 8, No. 2, December:28-41.
30. Lee CW, Su H, Wu KD, Shiea J, Wu DC, Chen BH, Shin SJ*. Rapid point-of-care identification of oral medications in gastric lavage content by ambient mass spectrometry in the emergency room. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2016 Jun 15;30(11):1295-303.
31. Lee CW, Su H, Chen PY, Lin SJ, Shiea J, Shin SJ, Chen BH*. Rapid identification of pesticides in human oral fluid for emergency management by thermal desorption electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom. 2016 Feb;51(2):97-104.
32. Chiang, CY; Lee, CW; Tsai, TC; Li, CJ; Lee, WH; Wu, KH*. Dynamic internet-mediated team-based case management of high-frequency emergency department users [online]. Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 3, May 2014: [161]-166.
33. Lin, H.-H., Juan, C.-W., Lin, L.-Y., Lee, C.-W., Huang, C.-J*. Prevalence of Hematuria among Emergency Department Healthcare Workers. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 5 (2014), 1207-1213.
34. Wu KH, Cheng FJ, Li CJ, Cheng HH, Lee WH, Lee CW*. Evaluation of the effectiveness of peer pressure to change disposition decisions and patient throughput by emergency physician. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;31(3):535-9.
35. Cheng SY, Wang HT, Lee CW, Tsai TC, Hung CW, Wu KH*. The characteristics and prognostic predictors of unplanned hospital admission within 72 hours after ED discharge. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Oct;31(10):1490-4.
36. Liu KT, Yang SC, Yeh IJ, Lin TJ, Lee CW*. Transient hyperammonemia associated with postictal state in generalized convulsion. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2011 Oct;27(10):453-456.
37. Liu KT, Lin TJ, Lee CW, Chen HC, Chang YY*. Characteristics of undiagnosed liver abscesses on initial presentation at an emergency department. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2010 Aug;26(8):408-14.
38. Liu KT, Lee CW, Yang SC, Yeh IJ, Lin TJ, Su CS*. Postictal transient hyperammonemia as an indicator of seizure disorder. Eur Neurol. 2010;64(1):46-50. Epub 2010 Jul 3.
39. Chi Wei Lee*, Chih Ying Yang, Hsiao Yen Liu. Migration of a broken Kirschner pin presenting as a palpable neck mass: a case report and review of literature. Journal of Taiwan Emergency Medicine. 2008;10(1): 8-11.
40. Chi Wei Lee, Meng Yi Lin, Wen Chien Lee, Ming Huei Chou, Chih Sung Hsieh, Shin Ye Lee, Jiin Haur Chuang*. Characterization of plasma proteome in biliary atresia. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2007 Jan;375(1-2):104-9.
41. Chi Wei Lee, Jiin Haur Chuang*, Nyuk Kong Chang, Hsiu Chuan Wang, Pei Wen Wang, Chao Cheng Huang, Mao Meng Tiao, Sing Kai Lo. Effect of Glucocorticoid Pretreatment on Oxidative Liver Injury and Survival in Jaundiced Rats with Endotoxin Cholangitis. World Journal of Surgery. 2006 Nov;30: 2217-26.
42. Y-S Tsai, C-W Lee*. Intra-abdominal hemorrhage due to vigorous vomiting masked by the coexistence of Mallory-Weiss syndrome. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006 Sep;24(5):629-30.
43. Y-S Tsai, I-T Tsai, C-W Lee*. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: a case report. Journal of Taiwan Emergency Medicine. 2006;8: 14-6.
44. Lin, Jiun-nong; Yang, Chih-ying; Lee, Chi-wei; Tsai, Yen-shuo*. Clinical Image: Liver Abscess. Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. 2005;16(3): 120-2.
45. C-W Lee*, Y-S Tsai, T-W Wong, C-C Lau. A loophole in international quarantine procedures disclosed during the SARS crisis.  Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2004;4: 22-8.
46. 李啟偉*, 蔡彥碩. 蛋白質體學(Proteomics)在醫用毒物學上之應用. 臺灣醫界. 2004;47(10):15-8.
47. C-W Lee*, C-T Kong, G Chew. Holiday Heart Syndrome induced by Alcohol Ingestion; In: Journal of Taiwan Emergency Medicine. 2003;6: 67-71.
48. C-W Lee*. Letter to the Editor: Latest SARS Evidence. The Scientist. April, 9th 2003. (https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/latest-sars-evidence-51847)
49. W-B Liao*, C-W Lee. Influential Factors Affecting Prognosis of Snakebite Patients Management: Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Experience. Journal of Chang Gung Medical Journal. 2000;23: 577-83.
50. C-W Lee*, Y-C Huang. Nasogastric Infusion Funnel. Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. 1998;9(2): 67-71.
51. C-W Lee*, Y-C Huang. Anaphylactic Shock Induced by Intravenous Injection of Vitamin K2: Case Report and Review of Literature. Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. 1997;8(4): 176-9.
52. B-H Chen*, K-W Li. Evaluation of Serum-Free Phenytoin. Journal of Biomedical Laboratory Science. 1994;6: 65-72.