Cheng-Hung Lin Professor and Chair, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Branch

Professional Activities:

1. Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (2018-07～)
2. Chair, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (2022-07～)
3. Secretary-General, Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery (2023-01～)

Education:

• 1990-1997 School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
• 2017-2021 Master of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Postgraduate Education:

• 2005-07~2006-06 Clinical Fellow, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2009-07~2010-12 Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
• 2010-12~2011-06 Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Personal Profile:

• Clinical practices focus on hand and extremity reconstruction, especially in the field of reconstructive microsurgery
• Received American Transplant Congress Young Investigator Award, The Transplantation Society Travel Award, AST Annual Scientific Exchange Young Innovator Award in 2011, and AST Cutting Edge of Transplantation Young Innovator Award in 2014
• Received Best Reconstruction Option of the Year Award (Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery) in 2012, Best Salvage in the Hand Award (Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand) in 2013, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® Best Paper Award in 2021
• Selected for the inaugural Fu-Chan Wei Young Microsurgeon Lecture Award (Taiwan Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery) in 2017
• Director of Clinical Trial for Hand & Upper Extremity Allotransplantation at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and performed the 1st bilateral forearm transplantation and the 1st arm transplantation in Taiwan
• Led the “Shoelace Wound Closure Device” team to win The 16th National Innovation Award (2019), and product launch on the market in 2023

Publications:

• Authored more than 130 original publications in peer-reviewed journals (h-index: 27), written five textbook chapters and two video chapters on reconstructive microsurgery subjects, co-edited one book and written two book chapters on vascularized composite allotransplantation subjects.