Chih-Cheng Hsieh MD

Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Nationality: Taiwan

Current title: Attending Surgeon of Thoracic Surgery

Address: 201 Shih-Pai Road, Sec 2, Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital

 

Education:

1985-1992  MD degree, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei

2005-2007  Master degree, Institute of Hospital and Health Case Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei

2009-Present  Candidate of Ph.D. Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei

 

Professional career:

1990-1992  Internship, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei

1992-1994  Resident, Nan-Tze Veterans Hospital, Kaohsiung

1994-1998  Resident, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital Taipei

1998-1999  Chief Resident, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital Taipei

1999-2000  Clinical Fellow, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital Taipei

2000-2011  Lecturer of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

2001-Present  Attending Surgeon, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital Taipei

2003-2004  Research Fellow, Southern California University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2009-2011  Secretary in General, Taiwan Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

2011-2015  Member of council, Taiwan Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

2011-Present  Assistant Professor, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

2012/01-02  Fellow, Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan

 

Board Certification and Membership:

1992 Doctor of Medicine, Department of Health, Taiwan

1998 Board of General Surgery, Department of Health, Taiwan

1999 Board of Taiwan Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

1999 Board of Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

2000 Board of Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology

2000 Board of Taiwan Association for Surgery of Trauma

2000 Board of Taiwan Association for Endoscopic Surgery

1. Member of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)

 

Personal specialist and interest:

Esophageal cancer

Esophageal functional disease (GERD, achalasia)

Lung cancer

Thoracic oncology

Minimal invasive thoracic surgery, including robotic surgery

Panendoscopic procedures (EMR, ESD, POEM)

 

Recent publications:

1. Tseng YC, Hsieh CC, Huang HY, Huang CS, Hsu WH, Huang BS, Huang MH, Hsu HS. Is thymectomy necessary in nonmyasthenic patients with early thymoma? J Thorac Oncol. 2013(Jul); 8(7): 952-8 (SCI)

2. Hsu PK, Chien LI, Huang CS, Hsieh CC, Wu YC, Hsu WH, Chou TY. Comparison of survival among neoadjuvant chemoradiation responders, non-responders and patients receiving primary resection for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: does neoadjuvant chemoradiation benefit all? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013(Sep); 17(3): 460-6 (SCI)

3. Yu YC, Hsu PK, Yeh YC, Huang CS, Hsieh CC, Chou TY, Hsu HS, Wu YC, Huang BS, Hsu WH. Surgical Results of Synchronous Multiple Primary Lung Cancers: Similar to the Stage-Matched Solitary Primary Lung Cancers? Ann Thorac Surg. 2013(Dec); 96(6): 1966-74 (SCI)

4. Duann CW, Hung JJ, Hsu PK, Huang CS, Hsieh CC, Hsu HS, Wu YC, Hsu WH. Surgical outcomes in lung cancer presenting as ground-glass opacities of 3cm or less: A review of 5 years' experience. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association: JCMA. 2013(Dec); 76(12): 693-7 (SCI)

5. Huang CS, Chen PT, Cheng SH, Chen CK, Hsu PK, Hsieh CC, Shih CC, Hsu WH. Relative contraindications for percutaneous tracheostomy: from the surgeons' perspective. Surg Today 2014(Jan);  44(1): 107-14 (SCI)

6. Ko HK, Hsu WH, Hsieh CC, Lien TC, Lee TS, Kou YR. High expression of high-mobility group box 1 in the blood and lungs is associated with the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers. Respirology 2014(Feb); 19(2): 253–61(SCI)

7. Sun YH, Lin SW, Hsieh CC*, Yeh YC, Tu CC, Chen KJ. Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Different Subtypes of Large-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014(Sep); 98(3): 1013-9 (SCI)

7. Lu MK, Chang FC, Wang WZ, Hsieh CC*, Kao FJ. Compact light-emitting diode lighting ring for video-assisted thoracic surgery. J Biomedical Optics 2014(Oct); 19(10): 105004(SCI)

8. Liu CY, Yu YC, Hsieh CC*, Wang YH, Chou TY. Intrapulmonary lipomatosis. Thorax 2014(Nov); 69(11): 1061-2 (SCI)

9. Hsu PK, Huang CS, Hsieh CC, Wu YC, Hsu WH. Role of right upper mediastinal lymph node metastasis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after tri-incisional esophagectomies. Surgery 2014(Nov);156(5):1269-77 (SCI)

10. Tseng YC, Hsieh CC*, Chen JW, Feng CK. Chylothorax after video-assisted thoracoscopic anterior release for severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Thoracic Medicine 2014(Dec); 29(6): 365-70

11. Sun YH, Lin SW, Chen CH, Liang WY, Hsieh CC*. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2015(Jul); 19(7): 1216-22 (SCI)

12. Tai CJ, Wang CK, Tai CJ, Tzao C, Lien YC, Hsieh CC, Hsieh CI, Wu HC, Wu CH, Chang CC, Chen RJ, Chiou HY. Evaluation of safety and efficacy of salvage therapy with sunitinib, docetaxel (tyxane) and cisplatinum followed by maintenance vinorelbine for unresectable /metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Medicine 2015(Dec); 94(52): e2303 (SCI)