Chun-Yu Chen Chief, Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

Chun-Yu Chen, MD, PhD, serves as an Attending Surgeon at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, where he has been affiliated since 2015. As of 2024, Dr. Chen holds the Chief of the Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases position and formerly led the Division of Traumatology. As an assistant professor with a strong focus on upper extremity surgery, hand/wrist/elbow arthroscopy, microsurgery, and soft tissue reconstruction, he has significantly contributed to the fields of upper limb trauma and wide-awake surgery. Dr. Chen completed his medical degree at the National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at I-Shou University. He further honed his expertise through clinical visits to Nara Medical University Hospital, Japan, and the University of Michigan's Comprehensive Hand Center, USA. His leadership extends to roles such as Teaching Secretary-General at the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand and Deputy Secretary-General of the Taiwan Orthopaedic Trauma Association in 2022-2024. Dr. Chen has co-authored hand/wrist surgery textbooks, such as Wide Awake Hand Surgery and Therapy Tips(Thieme, 2021) and Operative Techniques: Hand and Wrist Surgery, 4th edition (Elsevier, 2021). He has also published over 40 scientific articles in international journals(https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?user=MMXPuZ8AAAAJ&hl=zh-TW), including the first article about WALANT for wrist and ankle plating.