Neurosurgery professor Lin Shinn-zong of China Medical University in Taichung City has been named a Charter Fellow of U.S.-based National Academy of Inventors.
Lin, who doubles as superintendent of CMU Beigang Hospital, is the first scholar in Taiwan to obtain such an honor, the university said Jan. 2. In 2010 he received the Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair from the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair, CMU added.
The NAI recognized Lin for his more than 20 international patents, long-term dedication to the development of drugs for malignant brain tumors and invention of a brain positioning system for brain surgeries, CMU said.
His most valued accomplishment is the successful transplant of embryonic cells to a patient with Parkinson’s disease, the university stressed.
“This is an encouragement and a responsibility,” Lin said, adding that although he faces challenges and frustrations in the development of new drugs, he is happy to help patients alleviate their pain by way of transforming academic innovation into clinical treatment.
The NAI selection committee elected 98 innovators worldwide, including eight Nobel Prize winners, the academy said, adding that those named “have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
The awards ceremony will be held Feb. 22 in Tampa, Florida. (THN)
Write to Grace Kuo at mlkuo@mofa.gov.tw