Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/28
By: Wang Shu-fen and Ko Lin

Photo courtesy of Chen Chao-long

Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Chen Chao-long (陳肇隆), a leading expert on liver transplants in Taiwan, said Monday he has agreed to serve as Kaohsiung’s “health care ambassador,” a role aimed at promoting the city’s medical sector to the world.

An honorary superintendent of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chen told CNA that he was offered the role by Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), who asked if he was interested on Jan. 25.

“If it means doing good for Kaohsiung, then I’m up for it,” he said.

Chen’s medical achievements have gained worldwide recognition. He performed the first successful liver transplant in Asia in 1984 and performed the first living donor liver transplant in Taiwan in 1994.    [FULL  STORY]