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Kao-Wha Chang, MD
Appointment
Director of Orthopaedic Department of Armed Force Taichung General Hospital
Education

Medical School: National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 1971 to 1978

Resident: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan 1981 to 1984

Specialist: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan 1984 to 1988

Fellow: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Boston, United States 1988 to 1989

Fellow: Suny Health Science Center, New York, United States 1989 to 1990

Director: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan 1989 to present

Licensure and Certifications
  • Taiwan Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Taiwan Orthopaedic Surgeons certification
Professional Associations
  • Member of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
  • Member of Orthopaedic Association R.O.C.
  • Member of Spine Surgery Society R.O.C.
  • Member of Joint Reconstruction Society R.O.C.
  • Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
Spinal Specializations
  • Deformities
  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar herniated disc
  • Sciatica
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Spinal Fractures
  • Tumor and Cancer
  • Spinal Infection
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Osteoporosis
Awards
  • 1991 The best paper of Chinese Journal Medicine
  • 1993 The best military Role Model
  • 1995 The best service doctor - Golden medal award
  • 1998 The best research award
  • 2001 The best military doctor - Golden medal award
Inventions
  • Reduction-Fixation(RF) Spinal Instrumentation System(1987) (ref:

    (1).A Reduction-Fixation Instrumentation System for Unstable Lumbar Fracture. Chinese J of Medicine. 46:351-362
    (2).The Reduction-Fixation System. J Orth Surg 8:105-121,1991
    (3).The Reduction-Fixation System for Unstable Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture.Spine 17:879-886,1992))

  • Oligosegmental Correction of Thoracolumbar Angular Kyphosis (1989)
    (ref:

    (1).Oligosegmental Correction of Post-Traumatic Angular Kyphosis. Spine 18:1909-1915,1993
    (2). J Surg Assoc ROC 25:1007-1016,1992)


  • Oligosegmental Correction of Local Spinal Deformity(1993)
  • Intraosseous Screw Fixation of Cervical Spine(1995)
    (ref:Intraosseous Screw Fixation of Anterior cervical Graft Construct after Diskectomy. J of Spinal Disorders 7:126-129,1994)
  • Total Correction of Spinal Deformities caused by Ankylosing Spondylitis(1997)
  • Extra-Spinal Canal Forces for Correction of Spinal Deformitis (1998)
  • Three-Dimensional Correction of Spinal Deformities(1999)
  • Lever maneuver for large and rigid scoliosis(2002)
  • Lordotic vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for large and progressive kyphosis(2003)




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