Faculty

Current Position

Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Attending Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Academic Degrees

D.Phil., Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
M.Sc., Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford

M.D., National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Experience

Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Research fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Teaching Fellow, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Research fellow, Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, USA

Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Research Interests

Neuroscience, Pain/Migraine, Brain Tumor/Spine Research, Epidemiology

Selected Publications

1. Peng TC, Lin CF, Kuan AS, Wu HM, Lee CC, Lin CJ, et al. Repeated stereotactic radiosurgery for residual intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2025;167(1):123.
2. Kuan AS, Wang YF, Chen SP, Chuang YF, Wang SJ. Sex differences in pain, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in patients with migraine. Headache. 2025;65(6):983-9.
3. Kuan AS, Chen SP, Wang YF, Wang SJ. Prolonged headache with vaccine- and dose-specific headache pattern associated with vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with migraine. Cephalalgia. 2023;43(10):3331024231208110.
4. Kuan AS, Chiang CL, Wu HM, Yang HC, Chen CJ, Lin CJ, et al. Improved survival and intracranial tumor control of EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients with newly developed brain metastases following stereotactic radiosurgery and EGFR-TKI: a large retrospective cohort study and meta-analyses. J Neurooncol. 2023;164(3):729-39.
5. Wu HY, Lam CT, Kuan AS, Chen TJ, Wu CS, Tsai MC. Pachymeningeal en plaque metastasis from gastric cancer mimicking subdural hematoma: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023;6(4).
6. Yang HC, Wu HM, Peng SJ, Lee CC, Chen YW, Kuan AS, et al. The Irradiated Brain Volume Within 12 Gy Is a Predictor for Radiation-Induced Changes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021;111(3):785-93.
7. Kuan AS, Chen TJ, Chen YC. Taipei Veterans General Hospital secure open-source telemedicine system-TeleCARE. J Chin Med Assoc. 2021;84(8):743-4.
8. Wang YF, Yu CC, Kuan AS, Chen SP, Wang SJ. Association between suicidal risks and medication-overuse headache in chronic migraine: a cross-sectional study. J Headache Pain. 2021;22(1):36
9. Wang Y-F, Tzeng Y-S, Lipton R, Kuan AS, Chen S-P, Cheng H-m, et al. Systolic Blood Pressure is Positively Correlated With Headache Frequency: A 3-Month Follow-Up Study on 441 Migraine Patients. Research Square (Preprint); 2020.
10. Tsai CK, Liu YC, Kuan AS, Lee KL, Yeh CM, Lee YT, et al. Risk and impact of invasive fungal infections in patients with multiple myeloma. Ann Hematol. 2020;99(8):1813-22.
11. Liu MN, Yeh HL, Kuan AS, Tsai SJ, Liou YJ, Walsh V, et al. High-Frequency External Muscle Stimulation Reduces Depressive Symptoms in Older Male Veterans: A Pilot Study. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2020:891988720915524. 
12. Liu CJ, Lin SY, Yang CF, Yeh CM, Kuan AS, Wang HY, et al. A new prognostic score for disease progression and mortality in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma. Cancer Med. 2020;9(6):2134-45.
13. Liu CJ, Hong YC, Kuan AS, Yeh CM, Tsai CK, Liu YC, et al. The risk of early mortality in elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Med. 2020;9(4):1572-80.
14. Kuan AS, Chen TJ, Lee WC. Barriers to health care services in migrants and potential strategies to improve accessibility: A qualitative analysis. J Chin Med Assoc. 2020;83(1):95-101.
15. Kuan AS, Chen TJ. Healthcare data research: The inception of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital Big Data Center. J Chin Med Assoc. 2019;82(9):679.
16. Kuan AS, Chen SP, Wang YF, Fuh JL, Cheng CY, Peng KP, et al. Risk factors and psychological impact of syncope in migraine patients. Cephalalgia. 2019;39(14):1838-46.
17. Lin CH, Yang CF, Yang HC, Fay LY, Yeh CM, Kuan AS, et al. Risk Prediction for Early Mortality in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Primary CNS Lymphoma. J Cancer. 2019;10(17):3958-66.
18. Kuan AS, Green J, Kitahara CM, De Gonzalez AB, Key T, G KR, et al. Diet and risk of glioma: combined analysis of 3 large prospective studies in the UK and USA. Neuro Oncol. 2019;21(7):944-52.
19. Zhou CD, Kuan AS, Reeves GK, Green J, Floud S, Beral V, et al. Coffee and pancreatic cancer risk among never-smokers in the UK prospective Million Women Study. Int J Cancer. 2019;145(6):1484-92.
20. Key TJ, Balkwill A, Bradbury KE, Reeves GK, Kuan AS, Simpson RF, et al. Foods, macronutrients and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: a large UK cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2019;48(2):489-500
21. Tsai CK, Huon LK, Ou SM, Kuan AS, Yeh CM, Lee YT, Liu YC, Chen TJ, Liu JH, Liu CJ. Risk and impact of tuberculosis in patients with multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2017;58(11):2598-606.
22. Kuan AS, Tseng SH, Weng CC, Chen Y. Colonic perforation after nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in a 2.7-year-old boy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015;60(5):e41-3.
23. Kuan AS, Chen SC, Yeh CM, Hung MH, Hung YP, Chen TJ, Liu CJ. Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Gastric Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(37):e1336.
24. Hung N, Shen CC, Hu YW, Hu LY, Yeh CM, Teng CJ, Kuan AS, Chen SC, Chen TJ, Liu CJ. Risk of cancer in patients with iron deficiency anemia: a nationwide population-based study. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0119647.
25. Yu Y, Kuan AS, Chen TY. Calcium-calmodulin does not alter the anion permeability of the mouse TMEM16A calcium-activated chloride channel. J Gen Physiol. 2014;144(1):115-24. 26. Ni YL, Kuan AS, Chen TY. Activation and inhibition of TMEM16A calcium-activated chloride channels. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e86734. 
27. Kuan AS, Teng CJ, Wu HH, Su VY, Chen YT, Chien SH, Yeh CM, Hu LY, Chen TJ, Tzeng CH, Liu CJ. Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with ovarian cancer: a nationwide population-based study. BMC Med. 2014;12:53.
28. Kuan AS, Chen YT, Teng CJ, Wang SJ, Chen MT. Risk of meningioma in patients with head injury: a nationwide population-based study. J Chin Med Assoc. 2014;77(9):457-62.