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Kao-Wha Chang, MD
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| Appointment |
| Director of Orthopaedic Department of Armed Force Taichung
General Hospital |
| Education |
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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
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| Licensure and Certifications |
- Taiwan Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Taiwan Orthopaedic Surgeons certification
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| 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
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| Spinal Specializations |
- Deformities
- Cervical, thoracic and lumbar herniated disc
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Spinal Fractures
- Tumor and Cancer
- Spinal Infection
- Spondylolisthesis
- Osteoporosis
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| 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
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| 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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