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Education

  • 1976 M.D. School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
  • 1989 Ph.D. Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
  • 1976-1977 Resident, Internal Medicine (Neurology), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1977-1980 Resident, Surgery (Neurosurgery), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1980-1981 Chief Resident, Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1984-1988 Fellow, Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.A.

Experience

  • 2017.12-2023.11 Superintendent, Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University
  • Chair Professor, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1976-1977 Resident, Internal Medicine (Neurology), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1977-1980 Resident, Surgery (Neurosurgery), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1980-1981 Chief Resident, Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
  • 1984-1988 Fellow, Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and  Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.A.
  • 1987-1988 Instructor, Surgery (Neurosurgery), Harvard Medical School,Boston, U.S.A.
  • 1989-1991 Associate Professor, Neurosurgery (Non-tenure), National Taiwan University
  • 1991-1998 Associate Professor, Neurosurgery (Tenure), National Taiwan University
  • 1998-2013 Professor, Neurosurgery (Tenure), National Taiwan University
  • 2004-2011 Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University
  • 2011-2013 Deputy Director, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, National Taiwan University
  • 2013- Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University
  • 2013-2016 Chair Professor, College of Medicine, Catholic Fu-Jen University
  • 2016- Chair Professor, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
  • 1982-1983 Chief, Department of Neurosurgery, King Fahd Hospital (Jeddah General Hospital), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • 1998-1999 Vice-President, Provincial Taoyuan Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
  • 1999-2000 President, Municipal Chung-Hsin Hospital of Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2000-2001 Director, Taipei Stroke Center
  • 2000-2002 Secretary General, International College of Surgeons
  • 2001-2003 President, Taiwan Stroke Society
  • 2001-2004 President, Asian-Oceanian Society for Skull Base Surgery
  • 2003-2005 Founding President, Taiwan Society for Skull Base Surgery
  • 2005-2007 President, Taiwan Neurosurgical Society
  • 2003-2006 President, International Congress on Cerebrovascular Surgery
  • 2007-2011 President, Asian-Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons
  • 2009-2013 Second Vice President, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
  • 2011-2013 President-elect, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
  • 2013- President, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 
  • 2005- Academician, World Academy of Neurosurgery
  • 2006- Academician, American Academy of Neurosurgery

Awards

  • 2012 Professor Tien-Chen Kao Memorial Award of Formosan Medical Association (annual award of life-long achievement to a Taiwanese surgeon) 

Teaching

  • Superintendent, Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University
  • Chair Professor, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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