Special Expertise

Molecular biology; molecular genetics;internal medicine; liver disease; transnasal endoscopy; digestive medicine; visible light catalyst

• Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Director, Research Center for Hepatology, Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Councilmember, The Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan.

• M.D., Faculty of medicine, Taipei University, Taiwan.
• Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK.

• The 1st to 3rd years’ residency, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
• The 4th & 5th years’ residency, Department of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical College Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Chief Staff, IRB, BuddhistTzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Vice Chief, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Director, Endoscope room, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
• Researcher, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK.
• Researcher,MaxDelbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany.
• Postdoc, Liver Research Unit, NIH, USA

Special Expertise

• Psychopharmacology
• Molecular genetics
• Pharmacogenetics
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Substance use disorder

• Director, Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
• Associate Professor, School of Medicine & Department of Human Development, Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan

Medical school

• Ph.D. Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan
• M.D. College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taiwan

Background

• Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
• Resident,  Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan

Special Expertise

• Family Medicine,Evidence-based Medicine

• Chairman, Department of Family Medicine; Chairman, Center of  Preventive Medicine

Medical school

• National Taiwan University--MD
• Harvard University—Ph.D. Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Background

• Resident, Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital

Special Expertise

• Corneal disease and surgery
• Laser refractive surgery
• Cataract surgery
• Retinal disease and surgery

• Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien
• Director and Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tzu Chi University

Medical school

• PhD, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University
• MD, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Background

• Ophthalmology Resident, National Taiwan University Hospital
• Clinical Fellow, National Taiwan University Hospital
• Part-time Visiting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital
• Member and Lecturer, Laser and Photonics Medicine Society of The R.O.C.
• Member, Chinese Taipei Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
• Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Member, European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons

Special Expertise

• General Otolaryngology
• Head & Neck Surgery

• Director, Department of Otolaryngology, Buddist  Tzu Chi General Hospital

Medical school

• M.D., National Taiwan University

Background

• Jul. 1989 to Jun. 1993: Resident of Otolaryngologic department in NTUH                          
• Nov. 1995 Research in House Ear Institute, L.A., U.S.A.　

Special Expertise

• Clinical expertise: Anesthesia
• Research interests: Pharmacology & Physiology
• Publication: Articles published in:  Circulation, Blood, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Blood, and many others.

• Anesthesiology Attending physician

Medical school

• Professor Dr. Hsiang-Ning Luk, MD, MS, PhD

Background

• MD; National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
• MS: National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
• PhD: Leuven University, Belgium

Special Expertise

• Pain Medicine: Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Arthralgia, Herpetic Neuralgia, Trigeminal Neural Pain, Chronic Pain Ultrasound Guidance, C-arm Guidance Treatment, hyperplasia therapy
• Anesthesiology: nerve anesthesia, regional nerve block, postoperative analgesia, respiratory treatment, postoperative nausea and vomiting

• Director of clinical anesthesia and pain
• Anesthesia attending physician
• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Tung Chi University
• Deputy editor of Taiwan Pain Medicine Journal
• National Examination Medical Clinical Skills Test (OSCE) examiner

Medical school

• Doctor of Medical Science, Tung Chi University

Background

• Hospital anesthesia resident
• The hospital anesthesia attending physician
• American Rutgers University School of Medicine pain medicine

Special Expertise

• Gene transfer and stem cells
• Anesthesiology
• Pharmacology
• Immunology
• Inflammation and pain and other mechanisms
• Comparative Genomics Experimental Mouse Model
• Animal Experiment Platform Construction and International Certification

• Department of Anesthesiology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital
• Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital Anesthesia Department Director
• Professor Ding Ding
• China Experimental Animal Society vice chairman
• AAALAC Council Member of the International Laboratory Animal Management Appraisal Association
• As the national science and technology Taiwan laboratory animal evaluation and accreditation system regulations committee committee
• As the Taiwan National Examination and Design Department of national professional and technical higher test questions proposition
• Acting as Director of the Laboratory Animal Safety Code (ABSL1-3) of the Taiwan Disease Control Board
• Member of the National Experimental Institute (since 2010)

Medical school

• 1986, Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, M.S. NO:04627 1999, Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville USA, M.S.
• 2002, Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville USA, Ph.D.
• 2002-2003, Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Health Science Center, University of Virginia, USA, Research Associate.
• 1984, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, M.D. NO:040832

Background

• Assistant Professor: Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan ROC, 2004
• Associate Professor: Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan ROC, 2006
• Associate Professor: Institute of Clinical Medical Science & Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan ROC, 2006
• Professor: Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan ROC, 2015
• Professor: Institute of Clinical Medical Science & Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan ROC, 2015
• Employment Record :
• Residency : Department of Anesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Tri-Service General Hospital, NDMC, Taipei, Taiwan. Sept. 1986 - Jul. 1989
• Surgery Chief Residency: Department of Surgery, 811 Naval Hospital, PenHoo, Aug 1989 – Jul 1990
• Chief Residency : Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, NDMC, Taipei, Taiwan, Aug 1990 – Jul 1991
• Attending Anesthesiologist : Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, NDMC, Taipei, Taiwan, Aug 1991 to Dec. 1995 Attending Anesthesiologist: Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung
• Medical Center, CGU, Taipei, Taiwan, since Jan. 1996
• Director, Division of Experimental Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan ROC, since 2004

Reviewer for:    Neurogastroenterology and Motility
                           Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
                           Dis Esophagus             
                           Digestion
                           Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
International Journal of Clinical Practice
BMC Gastroenterology
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Journal of Gastroenterology

2002-now Director, Gastrointestinal motility laboratory, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
2008-now Fellow of American Gastroenterology Association
2011-2013 Chief, Digestive Disease and Function Unit, Tzu Chi Medical Center, Hualien, Taiwan
2013-now    Chief, Department of Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
2014-now    Professor, Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
2016 Member of the committee of Science, Asia Neuorogastroenterrology and Motility Association
2017 Director, Taiwan Neuorogastroenterrology and Motility Association
2017-now Chief, Division of gastroenterology, Department of  Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital,  Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
2018 Deputy Secretary General, the Gastroenterology Society of Taiwan

Medical school

1985-1992   National Yang-Ming University (NYMU), M.D.
2006-2007   University of New South Wales, Australia, PhD of Medicine. (Ian J Cook)

Background

1992-1995  Resident, Department of Medicine, Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital
1995-1996  Chief Resident, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital
1996-2001 Attending physician, Department of  Medicine, Taipei County San Chong Hospital
2000-2001   Research fellow,　GI Motility Center, Lynn Institute for Healthcare Research, Oklahoma, USA. (William C. Orr)
2006-2007  Research fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, The St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia
2002-now    Attending physician, Division of gastroenterology, Department of  Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital,  Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan

Special Expertise

• Clinical anesthesia
• Nerve anesthesia
• Intraoperative neurological function monitoring
• Postoperative pain control
• Pain medicine
• Neuroprotective Basic Medicine Research

• Vice superintendent, Director of Medical Education, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan (since Aug. 2013)
  Chairman, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University.
• (since Aug. 2012) Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Tzu Chi University. (since 2007) 
  2007~ Professor, in Anesthesiology at Buddhist Tzu Chi University

Medical school

• 1989 M.D.: Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
• 2005~2008 Ph.D.: undergraduate student, Institute of Medical Sciences, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan.

Background

• 1991-1995 Resident in Anesthesiology at National Cheng Kung University Medical Center. 1995 to 2003 Attending Physician in Anesthesiology at National Cheng Kung University
• Medical Center.
• 2003 to date Attending Physician in Anesthesiology at Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and University
• 2002-2003 Fellowship in Division of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• License:
• 1995 Board Certified in Anesthesiology. 1996 Board Certified in Pain Medicine Academic Appointment:
• 1996 to 2001 Academic instructor in Anesthesiology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College.
• 2001 to 2004 Associate professor in Anesthesiology, National Cheng Kung University Medical School.
• 2004 to 2007 Associate Professor in Anesthesiology at Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and University