Introduction
The Division of Chest Medicine is a big family inheriting the past outstanding tradition and works hard to maintain the scope established by Professor Sze-Piao Yang and Professor Chi-Chung Lin in early stage. In recent years, Professor Kwen-Tay Luh, Professor Sow-Hsong Kuo and Professor Pan-Chyr Yang strengthen the organization and focus on the clinical service, education and medical research. The Division of Chest Medicine is not only responsible for the medical care of chest subspecialty’s outpatient and ward, but also actively involves in the medical care of critical ill patients in Intensive Care Unit and the Respiratory Care Center. We also cooperate closely with oncology department, chest surgery department and provide integrated care to patients. We also make our every endeavor in the procedure of bronchoscopy and chest ultrasonography. As for medical education, we are always students’ favorite selective. As for medical research, we focus on the infectious disease, lung cancer, chest ultrasound, respiratory physiology and critical care from clinical research to the molecular biology.
Service
Except for the chest and critical care, we are also responsible for the procedure of bronchoscopy, chest ultrasonography, pulmonary function and respiratory therapy, etc. As for the health education, Professor Sow-Hsong Kuo promotes the asthma health education for public with great exertion and we finished the Manual of Asthma Health Education by all the members in the Chest Division.
Teaching
We designed elaborately the teaching program including the X-ray, basic pulmonary diseases and pulmonary function tests. We organized d the sketch of Chest X-ray at 5:00 pm everyday, the seminar of chest and critical cases in Thursday evening. We initiate the "primary care" program for the medical students of sexth grade, and achieve students' positive appraise. As to the training for our fellows, we enhance the training of practice and interpretation for pulmonary function tests, respiratory care, critical care and outpatient service.
Research
Our recent research focus on: The development and clinical application of Gene Microarray technique, the research of tumor angiogenesis in lung cancer, the relevant gene for tumor metastasis, the chip for detecting metastasis of cancer cells; the research of molecular biology for mucin of lung cancer; the research of ion channel of pleural mesothelial cell; the research of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome; the research of pulmonary tuberculosis, etc. We are sure that the research groups dedicated to their research and routine work will acquire great success in the future.