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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Fa-Yauh Lee, MD.
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Teh-Ia Huo,MD.
Professor, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univerisity, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Der-Cherng Tarng, MD,PD.
Chief, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,
Professor, Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Nephrology

Peng-Hui Wang, MD, PhD. 
Professor and Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Glycobiology

Editorial Board

Yee Chao, MD, PhD.
Professor, Director of Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipie, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Medical Oncology

Harn-Shen Chen, MD, PhD. 
Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Diabetes, Endocrinology

Yi-Jen Chen, MD. PhD.
Professor, Chief, Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Director, Department of OBS & GYN, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology

Chin-Wen Chi, PhD.
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Cancer, Cell Biology, Hormones and receptors, Pharmacology

Chern-En Chiang, MD, PhD.
Professor of Medicine, General Clinical Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Cardiology

Shih-Hwa Chiou, MD, PhD.
Director, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Translational Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Stem Cell Biology

Yi-Hong Chou, MD. 
Chair Professor, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Professor of Radiology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Ultrasonography

Teh-Ying Chou, MD, PhD, MBA.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Paipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Thoracic Pathology, Molecular Pathology, Precision Medicine

Ming-Chih Hou, MD. 
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Hui-Chi Hsu, MD.
Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Hema-Oncology

William J. Huang, MD, PhD. 
Professor and Director, Department of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan 
Subject area of expertise: Urology, Andrology, Surgery

Yi-Hsiang Huang, MD, PhD.
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Shinn-Jang Hwang, MD, FACG, FTCFP
Vice Superintendent, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor, Department of Family Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine, Taipei Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Family Medicine

Mei-Jy Jeng, MD, PhD 
Professor and Chief, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Pediatrics

Lieber Po-Hung Li, MD, PhD.
Director, Section of Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital
Professor, Division of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University
Subject area of expertise: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Hsu Ma, MD, PhD.
Vice Superintendent, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Subject area of expertise: Plastic Surgery; Stem cell; Tissue engineering​

Tung-Ping Su, MD. 
Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei,Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Psychiatry

Shen Kou Tsai, MD. 
Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, 
Professor, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei,Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Anesthesiology

Chang-Youh Tsai, MD, PhD.
Professor and Chair, Division of Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Subject area of expertise: Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

Shuu-Jiun Wang, MD.
Professor, The Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Neurology

Tai-Tong Wang, MD. 
Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Subject area of expertise: Neurology

Jeng Wei, MD.,M.S.D. 
Director , Cheng Hsin General Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Nation Defense Center and Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Coronary artery bypass surger, Valvular heart surgery, Surgery for aortic aneurysm and dissection, Heart Transplantation

Wei-Hsian Yin, MD, PhD.
Professor, Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease

Assistant Editors

Ching-Chih Chang, MD. 
Associate Professor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Jei-Wen Chang, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor,  Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Chih-Yen Chen, MD, PhD. 
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Obesity

Tzeng-Ji Chen, Dr. med.
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Family Medicine

Han-Shui Hsu MD, PhD.
Chief and Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplantation, Surgical Nutrition, Oncology

Yi-Shin Huang, MD.
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Po-Shen Ko, MD. 
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Hematology, Oncology

Liang-Yu Lin, MD, PhD. 
Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Endocrinology

Chun-Yu Liu, MD, PhD. 
Directer, Division of Transfusion, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Medical Oncology, Hematology

Tsung-Chieh Yang, MD. 
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Chueh-Chuan Yen, MD, PhD.
Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, College of Medicine, School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Clinical Research, Department of Medical Research; Attending physician, Division of Medical Oncology, Center for Immuno-oncology, Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Hematology, Medical Oncology, Cancer Genomics, Sarcoma, Urothelial cancer, colorectal cancer

Advisory Board

Deh-Ming Chang, MD, PhD, FACR. 
Professor, Division of Allergy/Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 
Subject area of expertise: Rheumatology

Luke S. Chang, MD, Academician. 
Professor Emeritus, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering , Beijing, China
Subject area of expertise: Urology

Shih-Ann Chen, MD. 
Director , Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung , Taiwan; Professor , School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei,Taiwan 
Subject area of expertise: Cardiology

Wei-Ming Chen, MD.
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Orthopaedics

Jin-Shiung Cheng, MD. 
Vice Superintendent, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital; Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Chang-Ming Chern, MD, MPH. 
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, & National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Neurology

Wan-Yuo Guo, MD, PhD. 
Director, Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Ultrasonography

Shou-Yen Kao, DDS, MHA, DMSc. 
Vice-superintendent, Taipei Veterans General Hospital ; Professor, Department of Dentistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Oral Oncology, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry

Kuang-Chung Ko, MD. 
Deputy Superintendent,Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Liver cirrhosis and liver cancer,Hospital Management

Steve Hsu-Sung Kuo, MD, MPH, PhD. 
Ambassador at Large, Republic of China (Taiwan); Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Clinical Epidemiology, Health Policy, Global Health

Chen-Hsen Lee, MD., FACS.
Professor of surgery, National Yang Ming ChiaoTung University; Past President, International Associstion of Endocrine Surgeons(IAES)  and Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Endocrine Surgery

Liang-Shong Lee, MD. 
School General Counsel, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Attending Physician,Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital-Ministry of Health and Walfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Neurosurgery

Kung-Yee Liang, PhD.  
President, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Fang-Yue Lin, MD, PhD.
Superintendent, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Cardiac surgery, arrhythmia surgery, experimental cardiac electrophysiology, vascular surgery

Yaoh-Shiang Lin, MD.
Professor, Superintendent, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Head & Neck Surgery, Laryngology, Otorhinolaryngology

Kwang-Juei Lo, MD, PhD. 
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Gastroenterology, Hepatology

Wing-Yiu Lui, MD. 
Professor, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: General Surgery

Fang-Ku P'eng, MD. 
Professor, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 
Subject area of expertise: Surgery

Wayne H.H. Sheu MD. PhD. 
Superintendent, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University School of Medicine and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei Taiwan 
Subject area of expertise: Diabetes, Endocrinology

Huey-Kang Sytwu, MD, PhD.
Distinguished Investigator, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Immunology, Genetics

Chien-Sung Tsai, MD. 
Professor of Surgery, National Defense Medical Center,Taipei,Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Surgery

Mei-Yung Tsou, MD, PhD.
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Anesthesiology, Cardio-thoracic anesthesia

Chih-Hung Wang, M.D.,Ph.D. 
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical Center,Taipei,Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Otorhinolaryngology

Shung-Haur Yang, MD.
Superintendent, National  Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital; Professor of Surgery, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Subject area of expertise: Rectal Surgery

International Advisory Board

James Appleyard, MD FRCP FRCPCH. 
President, International College of Person Centered Medicine, London, UK
Subject area of expertise: Pediatrics

Ida Y.D. Chen, MD, PhD. 
Professor, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA, USA 
Subject area of expertise: Biomedical

Cheng T. Cho, MD. 
Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Lawrence ,USA
Subject area of expertise: Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

Chi-Hin Cho, MD, PhD. 
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Subject area of expertise: Pharmacology

Jonathan I. Epstein, MD. 
Professor, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
Subject area of expertise: Pathology

Mineko Fujimiya, MD, PhD. 
Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan 
Subject area of expertise: Anatomy

Akio Inui, MD. 
Professor, Korimoto campus of Kagoshima university, Kagoshima, Japan
Subject area of expertise: Psychosomatic medicine

Michael A. Levine, MD, PhD.
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Subject area of expertise: Chemistry

David Robertson, MD. 
Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
Subject area of expertise: Pharmacology, Neurology

Ayalew Tefferi, MD. 
Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Subject area of expertise: Hematology

Statistics Advisor

Biostatistics Task Force
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Editors Emeriti

Shou-Dong Lee
2002-2017

Shing-Jong Lin
1999-2002

Mau-Song Chang
1993-1999

Tsuen Chang
1991-1993

King-Nien Ching
1986-1990

Benjamin N. Chiang
1982-1986

Shou-Hwa Han
1979-1981

Sien-Yao Chow
1975-1979

S.K. Wang
1971-1975

H.G. Li
1958-1971

L.C. Yen
1954-1958

Editorial Secretaries

Daphne Hsu

Terri Wei