Chen Chao-long
{{Short description|Taiwanese transplant surgeon}}
{{distinguish|Chen Tsiao-long}}
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| name= Chen Chao-long
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| native_name = {{nobold|陳肇隆}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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| nationality = Taiwanese
| field = Transplantation surgery
| work_institution = Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
| alma_mater = Kaohsiung Medical University
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| known_for = Performed the first human liver transplant in Asia (1984)
Performed the first living donor liver transplantation in Taiwan (1994)
Performed the first split-liver transplant in Asia (1997)
Performed the first dual-graft living donor liver transplantation in Taiwan (2002)
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Chen Chao-long ({{zh|t=陳肇隆|p=Chén Zhàolóng|poj=Tân Tiǎu-liông}}; born 29 September 1950) is a Taiwanese transplant surgeon.
Early life and education
Chen was born in Kaohsiung on 29 September 1950.{{cite book |title=Republic of China Yearbook 2010 |date=2010 |publisher=Government Information Office |page=351 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnAmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA351|isbn=9789860252781 }} He earned his medical degree at Kaohsiung Medical University and trained in surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children, followed by a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked with Thomas Starzl. He has taught at China Medical University and Chang Gung University.{{cite news |title=Chao-Long CHEN MD, PhD |url=http://www.chang-gung.com/en/doc-info.aspx?id=57 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |publisher=Chang Gung Memorial Hospital}}
Career
Chen has performed several groundbreaking surgeries.{{cite news |title=Speaking up on Taiwan's name brings positive response for renowned doctor|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/05/14/2003503204 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 May 2011}}{{cite journal |last1=Palaniappan |first1=Nagarajan |last2=Chen |first2=Chao-Long |title=Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Cumulative Insights from Taiwan |journal=Cell & Tissue Transplantation & Therapy |date=August 2016 |pages=5–10 |doi=10.4137/CTTT.S25959}}{{cite journal |last1=Pillai |first1=Vinod G. |last2=Chen |first2=Chao-Long |title=Living donor liver transplantation in Taiwan—challenges beyond surgery |journal=Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr |date=April 2016 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=145–150 |pmc=4824741 |doi=10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2015.08.03 |pmid=27115009}} ResearchGate has compiled over 300 of Chen's publications.{{cite news |title=Chao-Long Chen's research while affiliated with Chang Gung University and other places |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39023396_Chao-Long_Chen |accessdate=30 January 2019}} According to Google Scholar, his works have been cited 16,000 times.{{cite news |title=Chao-Long Chen |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LIXAvzUAAAAJ |accessdate=30 January 2019 |publisher=Google Scholar}} Semantic Scholar considers 188 of his works to be highly influential.{{cite news |title=Chao-Long Chen |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Chao-Long-Chen/34841304 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |publisher=Semantic Scholar}}
= 1980s–2000s =
He led the first successful liver transplant in Asia in March 1984 at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital's Linkuo branch.{{cite news |title=Liver transplants: A surgical Asian first brings new hope |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12,29,33,45&post=22644 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Free China Review |date=1 June 1984}}{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=CL |last2=Wang |first2=KL |last3=Lee |first3=MC |last4=Chuang |first4=JH |last5=Jan |first5=YY |last6=Lin |first6=JN |last7=Chen |first7=MF |last8=Chang |first8=CH |last9=Lin |first9=DY |last10=Liaw |first10=YF |last11=Au |first11=C |last12=Chu |first12=NS |last13=Lee |first13=TY |last14=Wong |first14=KM |last15=Hui |first15=YL |last16=Tan |first16=PPC |title=Liver transplantation for Wilson's disease-report of the first successful liver transplant in Taiwan |journal=Jpn J Transplant |date=1987 |volume=22 |pages=178–184 |url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/20001408598/ |authorlink10=Liaw Yun-fan}} By February 1991, six liver transplants had been performed at Chang Gung, and Chen presented findings on the surgery in Asia at that year's International Symposium on Treatment of Liver Cancer.{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Chao-Long |last2=Wang |first2=Kuei-Liang |last3=Hui |first3=Yu-Ling |last4=Shieh |first4=Wen-Bin |title=Liver transplantation in Taiwan: the Chang Gung experience |journal=Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology |date=January 1992 |volume=31 |pages=S162–S165 |doi=10.1007/BF00687128|pmid=1458566 |s2cid=33814409 }}
In 1993, Chen established a liver transplant program at Chang Gung's Kaohsiung branch.{{cite book |last1=Chen |first1=Yaw-Sen |last2=Chen |first2=Chao-Long |last3=de Villa |first3=Vanessa H. |last4=Wang |first4=Chih-Chi |last5=Wang |first5=Shih-Ho |last6=Liu |first6=Po-Ping |last7=Cheng |first7=Yu-Fan |last8=Huang |first8=Tung-Liang |last9=Jawan |first9=Bruno |last10=Eng |first10=Hock-Liew |title=Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation |chapter=Living-Donor Liver Transplantation in Taiwan |date=2002 |pages=13–21 |doi=10.1007/978-4-431-67889-2_3|isbn=978-4-431-68005-5 }}{{cite journal |last1=Yong|first1=Chee-Chien |last2=Chen |first2=Yaw-Sen |last3=Wang |first3=Shih-Hor |last4=Lin |first4=Chih-Che |last5=Liu |first5=Po-Ping |last6=Liu |first6=Yeuh-Wei |last7=Yang |first7=Chin-Hsiang |last8=Hung |first8=Kuo-Chen |last9=Chiang |first9=Yuan-Cheng |last10=Lin |first10=Tsan-Shiun |last11=Cheng |first11=Yu-Fan |last12=Huang |first12=Tung-Liang |last13=Jawan |first13=Bruno |last14=Eng |first14=Hock-Liew |last15=Chen |first15=Chao-Long |last16=Chih-Chi |first16=Wang |s2cid=28525937 |title=Deceased-Donor Liver Transplantation: 10 Years' Experience at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center |journal=Chang Gung Medical Journal |date=March 2005 |volume=28 |issue=3 }} The next year, Chen oversaw Taiwan's first living donor liver transplantation.{{cite journal |last1=Kawarasaki |first1=H. |last2=Iwanaka |first2=T. |last3=Tsuchida |first3=Y. |last4=Kanamori |first4=Y. |last5=Tanaka |first5=K. |last6=Utsuki |first6=T. |last7=Komuro |first7=H. |last8=Chen |first8=C. L. |last9=Kawasaki |first9=S. |last10=Ishizone |first10=S. |last11=Matsunami |first11=H. |last12=Makuuchi |first12=M. |title=Partial liver transplantation from a living donor: experimental research and clinical experience. |journal=Journal of Pediatric Surgery |date=April 1994 |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=518–522 |doi=10.1016/0022-3468(94)90081-7 |pmid=8014806}} In 1997, Chen performed Asia's first split-liver transplantation.{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=CL |last2=Liu |first2=PP |last3=Chen |first3=YS |last4=Wang |first4=CC |last5=Chiang |first5=YC |last6=Goto |first6=S |last7=Cheng |first7=YF |last8=Huang |first8=TL |last9=Eng |first9=HL |last10=Cheung |first10=HK |last11=Jawan |first11=B |title=Initiation of split-liver transplantation in Taiwan. |journal=Transplantation Proceedings |date=November 1998 |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=3249 |doi=10.1016/S0041-1345(98)01014-8 |pmid=9838435}} This was followed by Taiwan's first dual-graft living donor liver transplantation in 2002.{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Chin-Hsiang |last2=Chen |first2=Chao-Long |last3=Wang |first3=Chih-Chi |last4=Concejero |first4=Allan M. |last5=Wang |first5=Shih-Ho |last6=Liu |first6=Yueh-Wei |last7=Yong |first7=Chee-Chien |last8=Lin |first8=Tsan-Shiun |title=Dual grafts in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation: A single center experience in Taiwan |journal=Surgery |date=February 2009 |volume=145 |issue=2 |pages=212–218 |doi=10.1016/j.surg.2008.09.008 |pmid=19167977}} This body of work led to acknowledgement of Chen as "the father of liver transplants in Asia."{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=Eric Chu claims DPP dirty tricks, Internet smears |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/23/2003630732 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 October 2015}} In 2003, Chen was appointed superintendent of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. In this position, Chen led the hospital as it faced the 2003 SARS outbreak.{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Yu-Tzu |title=Dentist's death causes anxiety in south |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/05/12/205629 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=12 May 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Yu-tzu |title=SARS worries grow in Kaohsiung |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/05/15/0000210610 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 May 2003}} As superintendent, he led several medical teams to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in Latin America to perform surgeries.{{cite news |translator-last1=Wu |translator-first1=Taijing |title=Kaohsiung medical team returns from Guatemala |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2010/11/06/2003487795 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 November 2010}}{{cite news |title=Kaohsiung doctor to train nation's allies in liver transplants |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/01/2003612516 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 March 2015}} He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2007.{{cite news |title=Chao-Long Chen, MD, PhD (Hon) |url=http://hbsn.amegroups.com/user/view/19239 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition}}
= 2010s–present =
In 2015, Chen Chao-long led Chen Shui-bian's medical team alongside Lai Wen-ter.{{cite news |title=Chen visits hospital for medical exam |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/01/10/2003608911 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 January 2015}} He remained superintendent of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital through 2015. By 2016, Chen had become honorary superintendent.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=I-chia |title=Buddhist Master Hsing Yun stable after acute stroke |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/11/03/2003658487 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 November 2016}} In June of that year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare recognized Chen in the inaugural conferment of a global health care award.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Lilian |last2=Chen |first2=Wei-ting |title='Father of liver transplants' Chen Chao-long honored |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201606250024.aspx |accessdate=30 January 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=25 June 2016}} In January 2019, Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu appointed Chen healthcare ambassador for the city.{{cite news |title=Health ambassador picked |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/01/30/2003708929 |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 January 2019}}
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