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Department Introduction

Our unit (gastroenterology) aims to treat patients with gastrointestinal (GI), liver, pancreatic and biliary diseases. The unit has been established for 20 years. Now, there are 22 attending physicians, 7 fellow physicians and 24 technicians.

We provide services including outpatient care, inpatient care and all kinds of medical examinations such as upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy), small-bowel endoscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, capsule endoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), abdominal ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS).

Medical Services

The therapeutic techniques are as follows: gastrointestinal bleeding (bleeding of ulcer and venous angioma), endoscopic hemostasis, stent placement, balloon dilatation and placement endoscopic biliary stent, endoscopic removal of biliary stones, GI polypectomy, endoscopic submucosal dissection, ultrasound-guided ablation of liver tumors and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT). Patients can get their examinations and treatments from outpatient department, emergency room or inpatient department.

In addition to the services of outpatient care, inpatient care and regular examination, we are also engaged in teaching and research including periodical health education, seminar and international academic exchange, to benefit patients in central area of Taiwan.

Becoming a clinical treatment center for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and a clinical trial center for new antiviral drugs.
Becoming an endoscopic center to enhance the techniques in all kinds of diagnoses and treatments and to increase the diagnosis rate of early gastrointestinal cancer so as to treat early to improve patients’ quality of life and survival rate.

Our Teams

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Cheng-Yuan Peng

Director

Acute hepatitis
Chronic hepatitis B and C

Guan-Tarn Huang

General Counselor

Hepatology Gastroenterology Abdominal Ultrasonography Ultrasound Guided biopsy and therapy

Ken-Sheng Cheng

Counselor Rank Attending Physician

Digestive sonography and intervention therapy Gastrointestinal endoscopy and intervention therapy Hepatitis and liver tumor intervention therapy

Wen-Hsin Huang

Deputy Director

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) Therapeutic endoscopy (Peroral cholangiopancreatoscopy, Endoscopic mucosal resection, Metal stent placement, etc)

Jen-Wei Chou

Director

Inflammatory bowel disease Small bowel diseases Double-balloon enteroscopy Capsule endoscopy Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon bariatric surgery Motility of the gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal bleeding consultation

Chi-Ying Yang

Attending Physician

Diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding, polyp and tumor Diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract and pancreatic disease Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography (ERCP) Cholangioscopy (Spyglass) Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

Hung-Wei Wang

Attending Physician

Diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary disease, viral hepatitis, or digestive system malignancy Abdominal ultrasonography Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Colonoscopy (with polypectomy) Endoscopic hemostasis Liver tumor biopsy, radiofrequency ablation or local therapy

Fu-Tsan Chou

Attending Physician

Peptic ulcer disease, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, diagnosis and treatment of helicobacter pylori. Esophageal and gastric tumor Colonic disease: polyp, colonic tumor, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, habitual constipation Gallbladder and pancreatic disease: GB stone, pancreatitis, pancreatic tumor Liver disease: viral hepatitis B & C, fatty liver, hepatic tumor

Jung-Ta Kao

Attending Physician

Hepatitis Liver cancer Immunology Gastroenterology

Yi-Hsiang Shih

Attending Physician

Dr. Shih special expertise in gastrointestinal diseases such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux, gastric ulcer, constipation, malnutrition, diabetes, obesity which can be treated effectively. Dr Shih can offer a good cure effect on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary disease in type B And hepatitis C, liver dysfunction, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer, hyperlipidemia. He also performs specific checkups like abdominal ultrasound examination, gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy.Dr.Shih will arrange for the endoscopy examination to cure all kinds of digestive diseases in order to confirm the etiology. They will also combine with the anesthetic examination to avoid the pain & discomfort in the process of physical checkup.

Wei-Fan Hsu

Attending Physician

Hepatology and Gastroenterology
General endoscopy
Internal Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine

Shih-Chieh Chuang

Attending Physician

Therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy Diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract and pancreatic disease Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography (ERCP) Abdominal ultrasonography

Sheng-Hung Chen

Attending Physician

Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
Liver cancer
Viral hepatitis
Hepatobiliary/ pancreatic/ gastrointestinal diseases
Ultrasound-guided diagnosis and interventions
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy

Tsung-Yu Tsai

Attending Physician

Dr. Tsai is a specialist in gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He earned his Ph.D. in Translational Medicine in 2021, focusing on glycoimmunology and hepatitis B virus (HBV) research. His discovery of an immune checkpoint receptor for HBV earned him the Wang Ming-Ning Prize for Outstanding Paper. His research focuses on glyco-immune pathways in IBD and their relationship with gut microbiota, aiming to uncover novel immune mechanisms and therapeutic targets to improve patient outcomes. Additionally, he promotes advancements in IBD diagnostics, having completed training with the International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS) and obtained certification in intestinal ultrasound. He actively advocates for its adoption in Taiwan to enhance non-invasive disease monitoring and patient care.

Wang-De Hsiao

Attending Physician

Hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal diseases diagnose Endoscopic intervention therapy Diagnostic abdominal ultrasonography

Cheng-Hsing Hung

Attending Physician

Dr. Cheng-Hsing Hung specializes in various gastrointestinal diseases and hepatobiliary diseases, such as: B, C hepatitis, liver dysfunction, acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, gastroesophageal reflux, stomach and duodenal ulcer . Abdominal ultrasound examination, gastroscopy, colonoscopy and treatment.

Yi-Hua Wu

Attending Physician

Dr. Yi-Hua Wu specializes in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hepatobiliary, various digestive diseases and endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, such as: abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, gastroesophageal reflux, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, colorectal polyps, intestinal fistula, common hepatobiliary diseases and acute and chronic hepatitis and other diseases, performing abdominal ultrasound, endoscopy, endoscopic hemostasis, diagnostic colonoscopy and colorectal polypectomy and other endoscopy and treatment, especially for the diagnosis and treatment of early digestive tract tumors and inflammatory bowel disease. To achieve the goal of early diagnosis and early treatment. Research areas include digestive tract bleeding, small bowel diseases and digestive tract cancer research.

Kai-Chih Chang

Po-Ju Huang

Tsung-Lin Hsieh

Cheng-Tse Lee

I-Liang Chen

Attending Physician

Diagnosis of digestive diseases, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, abdominal ultrasound implementation, retrograde biliary tract photography and bile duct stone removal, gastrointestinal polyp diagnosis and resection, gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer, hepatitis, gallstones and other diseases diagnosis and treatment

CHANG YU-CHEN

CHIU YI-MIN

YEN TZU-HAO

Yu-Jui Chang

CHANG CHIN-WEI

Chang-Hu Hsu

Attending Physician

Upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, abd. Sonography,Diagnosis & treatment of GERD, Hp infection, IBD, IBS, & chronic hepatitis B & C,GI & Liver cancer surveillance.

Chun-Lung Feng

Adjunt Physician

Peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori eradication Reflux esophagitis Irritable bowel syndrome Inflammatory bowel disease Subepithelial tumor and Endosonography EUS-FNA (endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration) Chronic viral hepatitis therapy Liver cirrhosis Endoscopic examination (EGD and colonoscopy under anesthesia) Abdominal pain

Pin-Chun Huang

CHANG CHE-JUI

Jia-Sheng Wen

Yu-Lin Chen

Attending Physician

Dr. You-Lin Chen has been recognized as an Outstanding Physician of our hospital. His specialties include esophageal diseases (such as gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett’s esophagus), gastric conditions (including peptic ulcers, gastric polyps, gastritis, and Helicobacter pylori infection), as well as other hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders (such as hepatitis B and C, choledocholithiasis, and pancreatitis). He is highly skilled in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, endoscopic hemostasis, and endoscopic dilatation for gastrointestinal strictures.

Hsueh-Chou Lai

Director

Viral Hepatitis& Fatty Liver
Cirrhosis of Liver
Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Chun-Fu Ting

Director

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) for Early GI Tract Cancer and Sub-epithelial Tumor Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia Anti-Reflux Mucosectomy (ARMS) for Severe GERD Endoscopic Incisional Therapy for GI tract Stricture Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography (ERCP) Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) Therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopy and Colonoscopy Metallic Stent Placement Abdominal Ultrasonography

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