National Taiwan University

Wang-Tso Lee's Lab

Wang-Tso Lee
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Research Field

Medicine

Introduction

Dr. Wang-Tso Lee is now professor and superintendent of National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital and professor of Department of Pediatrics and Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He finished University medical education in College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, and got the PhD degree from Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University. Dr. Lee did neurology research in Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA, and also went to several institutes in USA and Canada as visiting scholar in the past. He is interested in epilepsy, movement disorders, and neurotransmitter diseases. He conducts a lot of clinical trials, including those related to epilepsy and neurogenetic diseases. His Lab is focusing on in vitro and in vivo studies related to neurogenetic and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Dr. Lee is interested in epilepsy, movement disorders, and neurotransmitter diseases. He conducts a lot of clinical trials, including those related to epilepsy and neurogenetic diseases. His Lab is focusing on in vitro and in vivo studies related to neurogenetic and neurodevelopmental disorders.


Research Topics

Neurogenetic and neurodevelopmental disorders with in vitro and in vivo models. There are also a lot clinical studies related to pediatric neurology.


Honor

2025 Taiwan Pediatric Association Award

2025 National Helathcare Quality Award (Outstanding Medical Category) for Rett syndrome

2024 Yukio Fukuyama Memorial Lecture, Japanese Society of Child Neurology

2023 Medical Excellent Award (Taipei Medical Association)

2022 Outstanding Epilepsy Research Award from Taiwan Epilepsy Society

2018 First prize for Epilepsy Research Paper Award from Taiwan Epilepsy Society

2017 Award for Honorable Mention in AOCCN 2017


Educational Background

M.D., School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

EMBA, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan


Job Description

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Preferred Intern Educational Level

Medical student

Skill sets or Qualities

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