Chung-Kan Tsao

Dr.Tsao
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Specialties 

  • Microsurgery, Head and Neck reconstruction
  • Esophageal reconstruction
  • ALT flap created voice tube for speech reconstruction after total laryngectomy.

Fluent Languages

  • Mandarin ，English ，Taiwanese Hokkien

Current Position

  • Professor, Chang Gung Memorial hospital, Chang Gung University, Taiwan.
    Attending physician, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Education

  • Chung Shan Medical University , Medical deparment 
  • Chang Gung University, Dental and Craniofacial department,  Master degree of Medical Science,

Experience

  • 2006: Visiting Scholar, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico
  • 2006: Visiting Observer, Division of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Los Angles, California
  • 2018-2020: Board of Supervisors, TSPS (Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery) committee, Taiwan 
  • 2015 - Present: Board of Directors, TSRM (Taiwan Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery) committee, Taiwan 

Certifications

  • Taiwan Surgical Association
  • Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery
  • Taiwan Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Taiwan Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

Publications 

  • The combined ALT–groin flap for the mutilated and degloved hand
  • A technical pearl to ensure reliable harvest of the anterolateral thigh myocutaneous flap.
  • Role of multiple free flaps in head and neck reconstruction.
  • An ectopic approach for engineering a vascularized tracheal substitute.
  • Reconstruction of the buccal mucosa following release for submucous fibrosis using two radial forearm flaps from a single donor site
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