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Summary
- Seiya Tokunaga, DO, is an internal medicine specialist based in Long Beach, CA. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Mary Medical Center from 2018 to 2021, following his graduation from A. T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2018. Dr. Tokunaga is currently a hospitalist at St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach since 2022, and previously served in the same role at St. John's Regional Medical Center from 2021 to 2022. He has contributed to multiple research publications, notably in prestigious journals such as Elife, Nature Communications, Neuron, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on topics related to RNA metabolism, ALS, muscular atrophy, and related neurological conditions.
Education & Training
St Mary Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2021
A. T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2018
Certifications & Licensure
CA State License 2019 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 51 citationsOverriding FUS autoregulation in mice triggers gain-of-toxic dysfunctions in RNA metabolism and autophagy-lysosome axis.Shuo-Chien Ling, Somasish Ghosh Dastidar, Seiya Tokunaga, Wan Yun Ho, Kenneth Lim
Elife. 2019-02-12 - 149 citationsTranslational profiling identifies a cascade of damage initiated in motor neurons and spreading to glia in mutant SOD1-mediated ALSShuying Sun, Ying Sun, Shuo-Chien Ling, Laura Ferraiuolo, Melissa McAlonis-Downes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015-12-15 - 186 citationsALS-causative mutations in FUS/TLS confer gain and loss of function by altered association with SMN and U1-snRNP.Shuying Sun, Shuo-Chien Ling, Jinsong Qiu, Claudio P. Albuquerque, Yu Zhou
Nature Communications. 2015-01-27
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