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About us

The Department of Medical Genetics has a comprehensive system for diagnosing and treatinggenetic diseases, offering prenatal diagnosis and examination, consultation, diagnosis and treatment for genetic disorders and inborn errors of metabolism. We are equipped with a full range of diagnostic tools for genetic disorders and are actively engaged in international collaboration. Our professional medical team offers quality and comprehensive genetic counseling service, aiming at helpingpatients and their families to reduce the adverse effects of diseases and to prevent their recurrence.

  1. Dedicatedand innovative medical services:Our newborn screening program wasthe first in the world to develop newborn screening for Pompe disease, spinal muscular atrophy, and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC)deficiency, as well asthe second in the world to screen for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID). We are committed to the continuous development of new testing techniques for early diagnosis, offering patientsgenetic counseling and treatment.
  2. Comprehensive care of rare disease patients:The Pompe disease care team in the Department was the winner of the 2017 SNQ (the Symbol of National Quality) and the Silver Award of National Biotechnology and Medical Care Quality.
  3. Groundbreaking next-generation sequencing (NGS) in genetic diagnosis:We have taken a groundbreaking approachof applying AI towhole-genome sequencingfor rapidprognostication of developing latent diseases, for precision medicine, and for prediction of the rate of drug metabolism and the likelihood of allergic reactions. We received the 2018 SNQ and the Gold Award in Smart Health in Healthcare Quality Improvement Campaign (HQIC) from the Joint Commission of Taiwan, for collaborating with the NTUH Information Technology Office in developing a NGS system to acceleratethe procedure of genetic diagnosis.
  4. Integrated outpatient services featuring whole-person care (WPC):We opened integrated care clinics for tuberous sclerosiscomplex (TSC) and Down syndromein 2010 and 2013 respectively , with the integrated care clinic for TSCawardedthe 2016 SNQ.                                    

Reference

Phone : +886-2-2312-3456Department of Medical Genetics
Fax No.: +886-2-2381-3690
Tel: 886-2-2312-3456

  • ​Paternity Test please #271914    
  • ​Laboratory of Cytogenetics #271909; #271907
  • ​Newborn Screening Cente r#271930, #71929
  • Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Diagnosis #271910
  • Laboratory of ​Biochemical Genetics #271939
  • Genetic Counselor #271923

​Historical Background
“Genetic Health Promotion Center" was proposed and funded by “Ministry of Health"

1986.1.10: The center should be a constant organization in the hospital by the order of “Ministry of Education"
1987.8.  1:“Department of Medical Genetics" was born
2001.6. 1:  Expansion of the infra-structure and functions of the department into two divisions:
(1) Division of Clinical Genetics
(2) Division of Gene Medicine