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Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition​

Over the last decades, Division of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition had performed well in teaching, clinical services, and research. As the prevalence of hepatobiliary disease is high in Taiwan, and with the recent understanding of children's hepatobiliary diseases and the development of various treatment methods, all had made this field of medicine even more important. The team was awarded the National Taiwan University Research Excellence Team Award in 2008. The department director professor Chang Mei-Hwei was awarded the honor of Academician of the Academia Sinica, and Distinguished Achievement Award of AASLD in 2017.

Doctor
Name Experiences
MEI-HWEI CHANG (張美惠)
Professor

Education

  1. M.D., Department of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC


Career and E​xperience
  Current Positions:

  1. 1990- Now, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2006- Now, Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2009- Now, Chairperson, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2013- Now, Distinguished Chair Professor, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

  Experiences:

  1. 1996- 2003, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2004- 2004, Visiting Professor, laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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Research field

  1. Pediatric Hepatology
  2. Pediatric Gastroenterology
  3. Hepatitis
  4. Hepatoma
  5. Cancer Prevention


​Awards

  1. Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2017
  2. Distinguished Achievement Award, American Association for the Study of Liver diseases 2017
  3. Canadian Association for the Study of Liver/Canadian Liver Foundation Sass-Kortsak Award 2015
  4. Academician, Academia Sinica 2014
  5. The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Medical Sciences 2013
  6. Health Promotion Contribution Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare 2013
  7. Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Award 2010
  8. National Chair Professor of Medicine, Ministry of Education, Taiwan 2010-2012
  9. Outstanding Asian Pediatrician Award 2006
  10. Academic Award, National Department of Education, Taiwan 2006
  11. Outstanding Achievement Award in Science and Technology Award of the Executive Yuan, ROC 2005
  12. Taiwan Pediatric Association Award 2004
  13. Research Award of the China Culture Foundation, NSC, Taiwan 2004
  14. Sheila Sherlock Award of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2002
  15. Jin-Yu Professorship Award of the National Taiwan University 2001
  16. ISI Citation Classic Award 2001
  17. Special Contract Researcher Award of National Science Council 1999-2001, 2002-2004
  18. Hou Ching-Duei foundation Outstanding Research Award 1999
  19. Harvard Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - The Marvin L. Dixon Memorial Visiting Professorship 1997
  20. Min-Nin Wang's Research Contribution Award 1994
  21. Green Apricot Foundation Research Award 1991
  22. Outstanding Research Award of the National Science Council (NSC) 1990-1991,1992-1993,1995-1996, 1997-1998
  23. Professor Juei-Low Sung's Research Award 1989
  24. Top-Ten Outstanding Female Youth of Taiwan 1986
Yen-Hsuan Ni (倪衍玄)​
Associate Dean of Department of Pediatric Professor

Education

  1. Ph.D., Medical Science, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 1997
  2. M.D., College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 1986

​Career and Experience
  Current Positions:

  1. 2018- Now, Chairman, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. Now, Professor of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. Now, Chairman , Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. Now, Associate Dean for Educational Affair, College of Medicine and Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

  Experiences:

  1. 1995- 1997, Postdoc Research Fellow, GI division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Connecticut, United States
  2. 2009- 2011, Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2011- 2012, Chairman, Department of Medical Education, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2008- 2011, Editor-in-Chief, Pediatrics and Neonatology , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  5. 2012- Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology , Yuzhong District, China
  6. 2010- 2013, President, Taiwan Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  7. 2014- Acting Associate Dean for Student Affair, National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan, ROC


​Research field

  1. Pediatric Liver Diseases: Viral Hepatitis and NAFLD
  2. Gut Microbiota
  3. Liver transplantation
  4. Therapeutic endoscopy


​Achievements

  1. Secretary-general, Asian Pan Pacific Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2010-2012)
  2. Congress President, 4th World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (2012)
  3. President, Asian Pan Pacific Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (2012-2013)
  4. Journal Reviewer - Lancet Infectious Disease
  5. Journal Reviewer - Journal of Infectious Disease
  6. Journal Reviewer - Journal of Hepatology
  7. Journal Reviewer - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Awards

  1. National Science Council Scholarship (1994-1995, 1997-2001)
  2. Nestle Excellent Paper Award by Taiwan Pediatric Association (1991,1994)
  3. Mead-Johnson Excellent Paper Award by Taiwan Pediatric Association (1991)
  4. Professor CL Chen Pediatric Research Scholarship (1993)
  5. Young Investigator Award in 5th Asian and Pan Pacific Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (Tokyo, Japan)
  6. Excellent Paper Award by Prof. JL Sung Foundation (1997)
  7. Third Grade Service Medal Award by Executive Yuan, Taiwan, ROC (2000)
  8. Abbott New Field in Pediatrics Award by Taiwan Pediatric Association (2000)
  9. Poster of Distinction in World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (2000, Boston, USA)
  10. Snow Scholarship Award by Taiwan Pediatric Association (2001)
  11. Professor Wei Ho-Yao Pediatric Scholarship Award (2002)
  12. Medical apricot Award by College of Medicine, National Taiwan University (2004)
  13. MSD Research Award by Taiwan Pediatric Association (2005)
  14. Award for Excellence in Medical Service by National Taiwan University Hospital (2006, 2010)
  15. Outstanding Research Award by National Taiwan University Hospital (2007)
  16. Y.Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award (2008)
  17. Outstanding Research Award by National Science Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2011)
  18. Award for Excellence in Teaching by National Taiwan University (2012-2014)
  19. Taiwan Pediatrics Association Award (2014)​
JIA-FENG WU (吳嘉峯)​
Clinical Associate Professor

Education

  1. Ph.D. , Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2010
  2. Master , Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2006
  3. M.D. , College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 1999
  4. Visiting Scholar , Gastrointestinal motility , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , United States
  5. Visiting Scholar , Inflammatory bowel disease , Northwestern University , Chicago , United States

 

Career and Experience
  Current Positions:

  1. 2016- Now, Deputy Secretary General, aiwan Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2015- Now, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2010- Now, Program Director of Pediatric Clerkship Training Program, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2006- Now, Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

  Experiences:

  1. 2006- 2010, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2010- 2011, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2011- 2015, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2005- 2006, Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Yunlin Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin County, Taiwan, ROC
  5. 1999- 2000, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  6. 2000- 2000, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  7. 2000- 2005, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  8. 2003- 2005, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  9. 2009- 2009, Visiting Doctor, Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, Chest Pain Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States
  10. 2017- 2017, Visiting Doctor, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Internal Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, United States

 

Research field

  1. Pediatric hepatology
  2. Gastrointestinal motility disorder
  3. Pediatric liver transplantation
  4. Liver oncology, carcinogenesis
  5. Liver fibrosis


Achievements

  1. Award of Excellent Performance Intern, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (1998)
  2. Award of Best Intern, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (1999)
  3. Presidential Award, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1999)
  4. Award of Best Intern, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (1999)
  5. Presidential Poster of Distinction, 56th American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (56th AASLD), USA (2005)
  6. Outstanding Research Paper Award, 20th Professor Juei-Low Sung Research Foundation, Taiwan (2006)
  7. Clinical Research Award, 2nd National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) Physicians in Working Professional Master's Program, Taiwan (2007)
  8. Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2008)
  9. Young Investigator Award, Professor Shiu-Kum Lam Foundation and 9th Asian Pacific Digestive Week (9th APDW) Congress, Taipei, Taiwan (2009)
  10. Young Investigator Award, 11th Asian Pan-Pacific Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (11th APPSPGHAN) Congress, Seoul, Korea (2009)
  11. Liver Disease Research Award, Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation, Taiwan (2010)
  12. Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2010)
  13. Outstanding Researcher Award, 5th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Disease (5th ACPID), Taipei, Taiwan (2010)
  14. Outstanding Research Paper Award, 20th Wang Ming-Ning Memorial Foundation, Taiwan (2010)
  15. First Prize of Best Poster Presentation Award (1 out of 187 posters), 9th International Congress of Tropical Pediatrics (9th ICTP), Bangkok, Thailand (2011)
  16. Young Investigator Award, 4th World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (4th WCPGHAN), Taipei, Taiwan (2012)
  17. Poster of Distinction, 4th World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (4th WCPGHAN), Taipei, Taiwan (2012)
  18. Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis Award, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2013)
  19. Outstanding Young Investigator Presentation Award, 216th Academic Congress of Taiwan Pediatric Association (216th TPA), Taichung, Taiwan (2013)
  20. Young Investigator Award, 218th Academic Congress of Taiwan Pediatric Association (218th TPA), Taipei, Taiwan (2014)
  21. Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2014)
  22. Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2014)
  23. Outstanding Research Paper Award, Professor Chiung-Lin Chen Pediatric Research Foundation, Taiwan (2015)
  24. Outstanding Research Paper Award, Taiwan Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL), Taiwan (2016)
  25. Teaching Award for Excellence in Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2017)
  26. Award for Excellence in Teaching Materials, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2017)
  27. Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (2017)
  28. First Prize of the Poster Distinction Award-Liver (1 out of 74 posters), The 7th Taiwan Digestive Disease Week (7th TDDW), Taiwan (2017)
  29. Visiting Staff Teaching Award for Excellence, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
  30. Young Investigator Award, 7th Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Single Topic Conference on Hepatitis B Virus (2018 APASL STC), Taipei, Taiwan (2018)
YU-CHUN CHIU ​
​Attending Physician

​​Education

  1. M.D. , School of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2006
  2. M.S. , Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2014
  3. M.S. , Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2016

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Career and Experience
  Current Positions:

  1. 2014- Now, Visiting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2014- Now, Visiting Staff, Department of Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2016- Now, Clinical Lecturer, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2016- Now, Executive Secretary, Medical Education Committee, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

 Experiences:

  1. 2006- 2009, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2009- 2011, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2011- 2014, Visiting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC

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Research field

  1. Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  2. Medical Education
  3. Faculty Development​

KAI-CHI CHANG ​
​Attending Physician

Education

  1. M.D. , School of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC , 2008
  2. M.S. , Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC
  3. PhD candidate, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan, ROC

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Career and Experience
  Current Positions:

  1. 2019- Now, Visiting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

 Experiences:

  1. 2008- 2013, Resident, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  2. 2011- 2013, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  3. 2013-2019, Visiting Staff, Department of Emergency, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  4. 2019-Now, Visiting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  5. 2022-2023, Research Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

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Research field

  1. Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  2. Pediatric Abdominal Sonography and Endoscopy
  3. Emergency Medicine