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Being as  a part of the global healthcare system, it's my duty to contribute what I know/expertise to the medical community. Here are the papers/talks I've given on International Conferences these years...

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery for left atrial myxoma.  2nd Asian Pacific Workshop & Symposium on Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery combined with 1st International Symposium on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.  Dec 9 ~ 11, 1997.

Thoracoscopic wedge resection of pulmonary endometriosis? Report of a suspected case.   2nd Asian Pacific Workshop & Symposium on Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery combined with 1st International Symposium on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.  Dec 9 ~ 11, 1997.

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery in excision of left atrial myxoma.  2nd Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Interest Group International Symposium. Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Hong Kong.  Nov 20, 1998.

Intraoperative Balloon Angioplasty as an Adjuvant Procedure to Surgical Thrombecotmy for Thrombosed Hemodialysis Graft (Poster). 5th International congress of the Asian Vascular Society. Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore, May 23~26, 2002. 

Positive Experience of Fast Track Postoperative Recovery Program for Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Open-repair. Aortic Surgery (PowerPoint Presentation). Aortic Surgery Symposium IX, Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, New York, U.S.A., April 22-23, 2004.

The optimal method of dialysis graft surgical thrombectomy. (Poster) 16th Congress of the Mediterranean League of Angiology & Vascular Surgery, Crete, Greece, June 9-12, 2006.

Impact of Cuffed, Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Dialysis Grafts on Graft Outlet Stenosis. (Poster) 16th Congress of the Mediterranean League of Angiology & Vascular Surgery, Crete, Greece, June 9-12, 2006.

An Investigation of Balloon Angioplasty Versus Surgical Revision of the Thrombosed Dialysis Graft Outlet Stentosis After Graft Thrombectomy. 7th International Congress of the Asia Society for Vascular Surgery, Shangri-La Hotel,  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 16-19, 2006. 

Emergent Endovascular Treatment of Iatrogenic Iliac Artery Disruption in Lumbar Disc Surgery: a Case Report. Multidisciplinary European Endovascular Therapy (MEET 2007) Congress, Hotel Martinez, Cannes, French Riviera, June 13-17, 2007. 

Invited lecture: Outcomes of Surgical Salvage of Thrombsed Forearm Arteriovenous Graft for Hemodialysis. 2007 Asian Chapter Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Taipei, Taiwan, September 5-8. 2007 

Balloon Angioplasty Versus Surgical Revision for Thrombosed Dialysis Graft Outlet Stenosis After Graft Thrombectomy. 8th International Vascular and Endovascular Course joint with International Society for Vascular Surgery. Milano, Italy. 14-16 October 2007.

Invited lecture: Dialysis graft creation and management: Keep it simple. 8th ICASVS, ShanHai,November 1st –3rd, 2007. 

Patency Rates of Cuffed and Non-cuffed Extended Polytetrafluoroethlylene Grafts as Dialysis Access- A Prospective Study. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis XI  Symposium, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA. May 7-9, 2008.

Case discusseion: AAA with aortocaval fistulae. 2008 Endovascular Summit Meeting. (Cook) Westin Resort, Macau, China. July 12th 2008.

Debate: Should EVAR be considered the first line treatment for AAA? (Contra) LINC Asia-pacific 2009. Hong Kong, Jan 12-14, 2009. 

Use of cover stents for hemodialysis access-related venous stenoses and occlusions untreatable with balloon angioplasty. International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy. Hollywood. Florida, U.S.A., Jan 18-22 2009.

Case discussions- anatomy challenges & Case discussions- late complication. Gore 2nd regional Aortic workshop (RAW) 28-31 May 2009, Capella Hotel, Singapore

Lecture: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) in Taiwan. The 10th Annual Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery, Busan, Korea. Oct 14-17, 2009

Lecture: Practical Approach of Using Gore Viabahn Endoprosthesis. The 10th Annual Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery, Busan, Korea. Oct 14-17, 2009

Lecture: Perfect dialysis access graft. Are we there yet? VEITH symposium, Newyork, USA. Nov 18-22, 2009

Lecture: Anatomical suitabilities of AAAs for EVAR in ethnic Chinese: Which graft is best for most?  VEITH symposium, Newyork, USA. Nov 18-22, 2009

Lecture: Patient specific device selection for endovascular AAA repair.  LINC Asia-Pacific 2010, Hong Kong, Jan 25-27, 2010

Poster: Granulation tissue formation following airway stenting: The influence of the stent diameter. European Society for Surgical Research 2010. 45th annual conress. Centre Medical universitiaire CMU, Geneva, Switzerland. 9-12 June 2010

Invited lecture: The Role of infra-renal fixation in EVAR. The 11th Annual Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery. June 29-July 2, 2010 Kyoto, Japan

Invited lecture: Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Ethnic Chinese. Endoascuology 2010. Oct 13-17 ShanHai, China.

Invited lecture: Difficult iliac anatomy with EVAR. Cook Satellite Symposium.  Endoascuology 2010. Oct 13-17 ShanHai, China. 

SFA revascularisation: exemplary case reviews. LINC asia-pacific 2011. Hong Kong 

Invited lecture: An easy way to speed up the contralateral gate cannulation in EVAR procedures. LINC Asia-pacific 2011, Hong Kong

Invited lecture: The optimal choice for SFA intervention: Viabahn, bare stent or DES?. LINC Asia-pacific 2011, Hong Kong

Oral presentation: Endoscopic Transoral Surgical Lung Biopsy in Dog. 19th European Conferen ce on General Thoracic Surgery. 05-08 June 2011. Marseille, France. 

Invited lecture: An easy way to speed up the contralateral gate cannulation in EVAR procedures. International Endovascular Advance 2011 & 4th Annual Meeting and Scientific Congress of Taiwan Society for Vascular Surgery. September 23-25, Fleur de Chine Hotel, Nantou, Taiwan

Invited lecture: Endovascular slavage of failed and failing dialysis grafts. Hong Kong Surgical Forum, 14 Jan 2012, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Invited lecture: Thrombolysis in peripheral arterial disease. Hong Kong Surgical Forum, 14 Jan 2012, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Invite d lecture: No contrast procedure of AAA stent graft implantation. LINC Asia-pacific 2012, Hong Kong

June 30, 2012. Lecture: strategies on SFA intervention. Joint Vascular Symposium . Asan medical center. Seoul . Korea

June 30, 2012. Lecture: multidisciplinary approach to treat PVD patient in Taiwan. Joint Vascular Symposium . Asan medical center. Seoul . Korea

Lecture: Strategies on superficial femoral artery intervention. Kuala Lumpur Vascular Access Conference 2012. 5-6th October 2012. Crown Plaza Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia 

Lecture: percutaneous aortic intervention in Taiwan. Annual meeting 2012 Asian Society for Vascular Surgery. 20th-22 nd Oct. Melbourne. Australia.

Lecture: the incidence and characteristics of AAA disease in Taiwan and the unique challenge in treatment. The aortic dissection and aneurysm disease educational lecture by Maimonides Medical Center. Nov. 13 2012. New York, USA

Lecture: AV Access complication management. Cross the strait hemodialysis access summit. Nov. 30 2012. Swissotel grand hotel, shanghai. China

Invited lecture :Minimal invasive Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). 5th international congress Aorta surgery and Anesthesia "How to do it?". Ospedale San Rafaelle. Milano. Dec. 13-15th. 2012

Lecture: building blocks of guide wires. Asian PCR Sin Live. Jan 23-6. Singapore 

Lecture: percutaneous EVAR/TEVAR. Asian PCR Sin Live. Jan 23-6. Singapore

CASE PRESENTATION, My worst nightmare: complication session. Asian PCR SinLive. Jan 23-6. Singapore

Lecture: Vascular procedures in Taiwan. How we do it! Symposium translational research in vascular surgery. 8 feb. 2013. VU medisch centrum. Amsterdam , Netherlands 

Lecture: Tibial angioplasty-the new frontier in limb salvage. 19th Asian Congress of Surgery & 1st Sinhealth Surgical Congress. 20-21 July 2013 Singapore

Application of excluder in complex aortic aneurysm。7 th China Southern Endovascular Congress (SEC2013)25-28 July 2013 Guan Zou, China

Ultrasound Guided Vein Puncture: Advantage and Practical Guide. 1st Asia MACOVA. 2-4 Aug. 2013. Taipei, taiwan.

SFA CTO strategy. 1st annual Asia peripheral vascular leadership meeting 2013. Severance hospital. Seoul.

Lecture. Role of intermittent pneumatic compression IPC in the management of patients with chronic venous insufficiency :the evidence. Asia Venous thrombosis forum/ clinical advisory board meeting 2013. 12th Oct. 2023. Seoul, Korea (Lotte Seoul Korea)

Lecture. Management of dialysis graft outlet stenosis. 14th Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery. Oct. 26-29 2013. Istanbul. Turkey

Lecture: viabahn for femoral instent re-stenosis. Leipzig Interventinal Course (LINC) 2014. January 28-31, 2014. Leipzig, Germany.

Lecture: new technology solutions for EVAR in challenging AAAs. 4th pan Arab angiology & vascular surgery congress & educational seminar. Sheraton Creek Hotel. Dubai, UAE. Oct 23-25, 2015.

Faculty, Scientific Committee of LINC AP, Hong Kong/ live demonstration by CGMH intervention team ( PAOD, AAA. Dialysis access) Moderator of LNC AP. Hong Kong. Mar. 9-11, 2015.

Invited speech: 1. Endovascular repair for peripheral arterial injuries. 2. Keys to successful dialysis graft creation. The Korean society for vascular surgery.  KSVS 2015 Gwangju, Korea. March 11, 2015

Associate faculty, lecture: Outpatient percutaneous endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm Repair. Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics C3 2015. Hilton Bonnet Creek Orlando, Florida, USA. June. 14-18, 2015.

Lecture: Endovascular treatment for traumatic peripheral arterial injuries.2015. AMSSM international scientific symposium. Grand Hyatt, Macau, China. June. 27-28, 2015.

Lecture: Minimal invasive EVAR-Does sheath matter? Lecture: A simple and effective method to salvage thrombosis AVG.  the 16th congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery (ASVS) . Bangkok, Thailand. Dec 1-4, 2015.

Lecture: Preclose technique using suture mediated closure devices. Abbott luncheon symposium, LINC AP 2016,  HongKong. Mar. 8, 2016.


Lecture:Endovascular salvage of thrombosed AVFs and AVGs. Precongress Hemodialysis Workshop of ASVS 2016. Oct. 20 2016. Singapore 

Lecture: Dos and Don’ts for endovascular intervention for hemodialysis access. Lecture: covered stent for notorious dialysis access lesions, is it a magic bullet? Moderator: Vascular Access 3: Matters relating to Central vein  and access preservation. ASVS (Asian society for vascular surgery) 2016. Oct. 21-23 2016. Singapore 


Internation faculty. Lecture: Long Complex SFA intervention with Gore Viabahn Stentgraft. Moderator: EVT Live 4. ARIA (Alliance for Interventioal Cardiology Advancement) 2016, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2016.  Fukuoka, Japan

Lecture: Experience in Taiwan : Tips and Tricks of Viabahn use. Gore Viabahn workshop. 29 Nov. Fukuoka, Japan

Lecture: How to do re-intervention for Viabahn. small meeting with Japan physician by Gore. 30 Nov. 2016. Fukuoka, Japan

Lecture: Viabahn Clinical Trial results and PAD Treatment Algorithms. Gore ECD (evening clinical discussion) with Kyushu University Vascular Surgery. Fukuoka, Japan. 1 Dec. 2016 Fukuoka, Japan


Lecture: Experience in Taiwan: Tips and Tricks of Viabahn use. Gore ECD with Interventional Cardiologists in Fukuoka area. 2 Dec, 2016. Fukuoka, Japan

International faculty, Lecture: Endovascular repair of ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm in challenging anatomy . LINC Asia-pacific 2017. March 14-16, 2017. 

Lecture: Synergies in dialysis access- is it possible? Lecture: What not to do in dialysis access intervention. Dialysis Access Synergy DASy, March 30-April 1. Singapore. 

Lecture: Intervention of Long, Complex SFA lesions with the Gore Viabahn Stent-Graft. Evening clinical Discussion, by Gore. May 11 , 2017. Fukuoka, Japan. 

Lecture: Endoluminal bypass with the Gore Viabahn for long SFA lesions. Gore Sponsored Teatime Seminar in Kokura live 2017.  May 12. Kokura, Japan

Lecture: Intervention of Long, Complex SFA lesions with the Gore Viabahn Stent-Graft. Evening clinical Discussion, by Gore.  May 12, 2017. Kokura, Japan. 

Lecture: Stent Graft versus Balloon Angioplasty for Treatment of Hemodialysis Prosthetic Graft Outlet Stenosis- a Prospective Randomized Study. International Forum session of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting 2017. May 31-June 3, 2017. San Diego, USA

Special lecture: Structures, Specifics and Challenges of vascular access surgery in Asia. Duisburger Dialyseshunt-Tagung 2017/10/12-13.Johanniter Krankenhaus Rheinhausen.  Duisbeurger, Germany. 

Lecture Juxta-anastomotic stenosis- jump graft versus angioplasty.
Lecture:  Endovascular techniques in graft salvage.
​Session chair: Access 7 Managing Complications. Oct. 25-28. 18th Congress of Asian Society for Vascular Surgery and the 12th Asian Venous Forum. In conjunction with the 4th Kuala Lumpur Vascular Access Conference. Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 



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