Ching Tzao
Institutional Affiliation
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital
Specialty
Background
- National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (M.D. 1986)
- Tri-Service General Hospital, General Surgical Residency (1986-1989)
- Tri-Service General Hospital General Thoracic Residency (1989-1991)
- Attending Thoracic Surgeon('93~), Director, Experimental Surg.(2005~), Tri-Service General Hospital
- Board Certified Specialist in Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery (No. 131,Taiwan, R.O.C., 1994~)
- Board Certified Specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (No. 301, Taiwan, R.O.C., 1994~)
- State University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A. (Ph.D. in Pathology awarded, 1999)
- Associate Professor of Surgery, National Defense Medical Center (2005~)
- Visiting surgeon scientist, Duke University Medical Center, USA (09/2007~)
- Member of International Society of Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) (2007~)
Interests
- Lung and Esophageal Surgery
- Thoracic Surgical Oncology
- Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) and Lung Transplantation
- Mediastinal Surgery and Tracheal Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine
- Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
- Medical Multimedia Production and Medical Education
- Tennis, Golf and Photography
Last Modified: 17-Nov-2007
