Education:

Medical Degree: College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1986-1993)
Residency: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Taiwan, 1995-2000
Clinical Fellow: Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2001
Visiting scholar, Department of HPB and transplantation surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 2007
Approved Liver & Kidney transplant surgeon (living & deceased donor) in Taiwan

Affiliation, Academic appointment:

Chair, Department of Surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Chief, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital (since 2004)

Academic Society Membership:

Immediate past President, Taiwan Association for Endoscopic Surgery
Immediate past President, Taiwanese Hernia Society
Executive Board member, Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology
Board member, Taiwan Pancreas Society
Board member, Taiwan Peritoneal Oncological Association
Board member, Taiwan Robotic Surgery Association
Instructor, Taiwan association for Endoscopic Surgery
Instructor, Surgical Oncology, Taiwan Surgical Association
Instructor, Taiwanese Hernia Society
Member of Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Member of International Laparoscopic Liver Society (ILLS)
Member of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Member of Asia-Pacific Hernia Society (APHS)
Member of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)
Member of International Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatical Association (IHPBA)
Member of American Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatical Association (AHPBA)
Member of International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
Member of American Hernia Society (AHS)

Biography

Dr. Chen graduated from the Medical college, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1993 and completed surgical resident training at Department of surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital in 2000.
For further training, he visited the minimally invasive surgical center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 2001 and the division of HPB and liver transplantation, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan in 2007.
Currently, he is the chair of department of surgery, chief of the division of general surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, which is a tertiary refer center with 1150 beds in northern Taiwan.
Dr. Chen’s main interests are hepatobiliopanreatic surgery, liver and kidney transplantation, herniology by minimally invasive and open approach. He initiated the first robotic HPB surgery program in Taiwan in 2010 and started the first laparoscopic donor hepatectomy for adult living donor liver transplantation in Taiwan in 2012. In addition to being an active member of many international societies, Dr. Chen also served as the President of Taiwan Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Taiwanese Hernial Society and board members of various domestic societies.