Dr. Yan-Chiao Mao is an emergency physician and medical toxicology consultant at Taichung Veterans General Hospital. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Medicine, National Defense Medical University. During his PhD training at National Yang Ming University, his research focused on snakebite envenomation. He is currently pursuing a second PhD at Taipei Medical University, where his research focuses on analytical toxicology. Dr. Mao’s work primarily focuses on the clinical care of patients with snakebite envenomation, poisoning, and medication overdose; undergraduate and postgraduate education in toxicology; and clinical research. He also leads the Department of Medical Toxicology at Taichung Veterans General Hospital in the development of analytical methods for drugs and toxins.