Kuo-Hsin CHEN Taiwan

Dr. Chen graduated from the College of Medicine, 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 2008. Currently, he serves as the chairman of department of surgery at Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, which is a tertiary referral center with 1350 beds in northern Taiwan. Dr. Chen’s main interests are hepatobiliopanreatic surgery, especially by minimally invasive approach, 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. With personal experience of more than 2,300 MIS liver, more than 350 MIS pancreatic resection and reports of many Taiwan first procedures, including first laparoscopic PD, right hepatectomy and resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, Dr. Chen is one of the most active MIS HBP surgeons in Taiwan. In addition to being an active member of many international societies, Dr. Chen is the Honary President of Taiwan Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Taiwanese Hernial Society and board member of various domestic and international societies.