Programme leadership profile

Professor Hung-Chi Chen

Advanced Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship

China Medical University Hospital — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Taichung, Taiwan

Appointment evidence

Published role and affiliation

Professor Hung-Chi Chen is identified in the directory evidence for Advanced Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at China Medical University Hospital — Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Leadership as published
Professor Hung-Chi Chen is named as the surgeon who trains fellows directly (not formally titled programme director)
Evidence reviewed
15 Oct 2026

Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.

Training context

Published programme focus

These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.

Associated training route

Clinical fellowship

Advanced Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship

Reconstructive microsurgery fellowship run through CMUH's training department and International Center, covering free-flap and intestinal-flap reconstruction (including oesophageal and voice reconstruction), lymphedema surgery, congenital malformations and prevention of microsurgical complications.

Location
Taichung, Taiwan
Duration
Not stated on the overview page. The programme's Rules & Regulations document states that visiting scholars attending for under 3 months are observers and those under 6 months observe and may scrub in when assistance is required, and that the first month is an assessment of surgical competency.
Clinical participation
Clinical training under Professor Hung-Chi Chen described; microvascular anastomosis laboratory training offered. Confirm permitted operative role and Taiwanese clinical permission
International applicants
International fellows explicitly described (the hospital states over 120 international fellows trained, about 15 trainees a year)
Funding
Not publicly listed
Application timing
Not publicly listed

Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Current intake not confirmed

Eligibility, training and application

Eligibility

Not stated on the overview pages; separate observership and licensed-practitioner application forms are linked from the official training page

Published training

  • Free-flap microreconstruction
  • Intestinal flaps for oesophageal and voice reconstruction
  • Lymphedema surgery
  • Microvascular anastomosis laboratory training
  • Rare congenital malformation treatment

Application route

Contact the training-department coordinator listed on the official page. After an acceptance letter, the department states it assists with visa, accommodation and living arrangements.

Published application documents

  • Observership Application or Licensed Practitioner Application form, linked from the CMUH International Training Programmes page (form contents not reproduced)

Published contact note: Ms Luna Lin — 032284@tool.caaumed.org.tw; +886-4-22052121 ext. 12961

Direct programme page · Source reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Official sources

Source review: 15 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.

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