Presentations

March 12th, 2018

I was very pleased to give the first live interview on Facebook for the Formosa Cancer Foundation last Friday. Over the 25-minute live broadcast, we talked about the care for post breast cancer patients, with special emphasis on breast reconstruction and breast cancer-related lymphedema. Microsurgical deep inferior epigastric perforator flap is the state-of-art technique for breast reconstruction with a natural permanent and symmetric breast mound. The lymphoscintigraphy and indocyanine green lymphography are the importa... Read More

February 25th, 2018

It has been a pleasant experience to demonstrate 6 flap dissections in a fresh cadaver and gave 2 speeches for the residents and fellows, and one Grand Round during my visit to Stanford. The brilliant discussion, intellectual exchange and educational interaction with the faculty, fellows, and residents were inspirational. Thanks to their enthusiasm and support. ... Read More

January 18th, 2018

As a surgeon, it is my duty and ultimate goal to restore patient’s physical functions, cosmesis and their quality of life. I attended my second lymphedema microsurgery panel discussion – “An algorithmic approach to deciding which lymphedema surgery a patient needs” in the morning, January 14. This topic is exceptionally important to me as the focus is on the patients’ needs, instead of from the surgeons’ perspectives. When I evaluate the procedures for my lymphedema patients, there are two key factors: 1. maximal... Read More

January 17th, 2018

As the field of reconstructive microsurgery has been emerging so rapidly and limb lymphedema treatments continue to be in high demand recently, the challenge and dedication of finding the best approaches for lymphedema treatment are never-ending for me as a micro-surgeon and lymphedema researcher. I had 4 podium presentations and 3 posters of lymphedema microsurgery presented by the fellows from CGMH - Olivia Ho, Anton Fries, and Marco Pappalardo. I am so proud to have them part of my team. Congratulations and Great Jobs! ... Read More

January 14th, 2018

I am very happy to attend the 2018 American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting and honored to be one of the panel presenters of Vascularized submental lymph node flap transfer at the Lymphatic Surgery Symposium on a beautiful afternoon January 12, at Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks to the organizing committee for the invite to be part of the inspiring and innovative section for the lymphatic surgery covering topics from basic science, imaging to the most advanced treatments. I learned a lot from the other... Read More

December 31st, 2017

This was my third trip to China to deliver my speeches on microsurgical breast reconstruction and lymphedema microsurgery this year. The meeting was held at He Fei, An Hui Province, December 30th. There were more than 150 attendees at this meeting. I was so glad to see the enthusiasm of young residents and even physicians that expressed their interests to learn these two techniques, special the lymphedema microsurgery from me at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. It is my honor and privilege to share my innovation and knowled... Read More

December 30th, 2017

2017 was an incredible year for me! I feel humbled and privileged to be invited as a visiting professor to present my latest researches and papers at several renown medical centers this year. Those prestigious institutions included William Zomboni Visiting Professor of American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery; University of Maastricht, Netherland; University of Basel, Germany; University of Vienna, Austria; Asan Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Michigan, Ann... Read More

December 17th, 2017

I was honored of being invited to present 2 lectures on the topics of “Breast Reconstruction Development and Updates” and “Lymphedema Treatment for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema”, at Shenzhen, December 16 – 17 for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Breast Surgery Subspecialist of Physician Association of Guangdong, 4th China Breast Surgery Society and 2017 South China Breast Cancer Summit. This event brought together a national audience to discuss and share the leading-edge breast conservative surgery and lymphedema m... Read More

November 29th, 2017

I was traveling to Guangzhou and attended the “Sharing of Taiwan Biomedical Industry” with other 9 organizations from Taiwan, which was hosted by Taiwan Trade Center on November 23rd. It brought quite a lot of media and journalists participating with great success. I gave two talks, Delayed Breast Reconstruction and Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for Lymphedema, both were well received. Some of the patients who had undergone the microsurgical breast reconstruction or vascularized lymph node flap transfer from me came... Read More