General Internal Medicine Hypertension Hyperlipidemia General Cardiology Interventional Cardiology Acute Coronary Syndrome Acute Myocardial Infarction Chronic Heart Failure Hospital Management

Currently, Dr. Kuan-Cheng Chang is serving as the Director of Cardiovascular Medicine and a Professor of Medicine at the esteemed China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan. Throughout his illustrious career, he has successfully performed over 2,500 interventional procedures aimed at treating an array of conditions, from various arrhythmias to heart failure. These procedures have not only solidified his standing in the field but also contributed to improved patient outcomes. Moreover, Dr. Chang is a prolific contributor to the scientific community. He has published more than 150 scientific research papers, the majority of which are housed in high-ranking journals. These include PNAS, JACC imaging, Heart, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Canadian Journal of Cardiology, International Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Journal of American Heart association, Scientific Reports, Aging Cell, and Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. In recent times, Dr. Chang has devoted himself to the treatment of complex arrhythmias using an innovative technique known as high-density 3D mapping. His aim with this technique is to offer state-of-the-art management for patients with arrhythmias, advancing the standard of care in this critical area of medicine.

Dr. Shih-Sheng Chang is a senior intervention cardiologist specializing in complex coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome. He serves as the Director of Interventional Cardiology and actively contributes to Taiwan‘s cardiology field as a board member of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology and director at the Myocardial Infarction Society. From 2022 to 2024, Dr. Chang furthered his expertise in AI applications in cardiology at NIH and Mayo Clinic, focusing on computer vision techniques to support diagnostic cardiology. Now leading the AI Center at China Medical University Hospital, he collaborates with physicians to develop patient-centered smart healthcare solutions. Recently, Dr. Chang was invited to present at the HIMSS Asia-Pacific Conference, sharing insights from his team’s innovations in smart healthcare.

Dr. Ping-Han Lo specializes in different types of transcatheter interventions including coronary artery stent implantation, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), carotid artery stenting (CAS), percutaneous balloon dilatation of rheumatic mitral stenosis, catheter-assisted surgery for aortic stenosis (transcatheter aortic valve placement included), catheter ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect in congenital heart disease, LAAC for stroke prevention in AF, PTA in uremic patients on hemodialysis and peripheral vascular stent insertion (renal artery, subclavian artery, iliac artery, femoral artery and vertebral artery)

Dr. Pei-Ying Pai was a researcher in the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Dr. Pei-Ying Pai has been serving in China Medical University Hospital since 1989 and was the director of the division of cardiology and the director of the division of general internal medicine. In addition to rich experience, Dr. Pei-Ying Pai is kind and patient, and treat patients as family. Dr. Pei-Ying Pai specializes not only in the diagnoses and treatments of hypertension, heart failure and coronary artery disease (CAD), but also the implementation of heart ultrasound. He has completed more than 10,000 cases of ultrasound examination in recent years.

Cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension treatment Hypertension, hyperlipidemia Heart failure treatment

Dr. Hsin-Yueh Liang had received 4-year echocardiography training in Mayo clinic and Johns Hopkins University in the United States and became a professional member in American Heart Association. Afterwards, she proactively promoted advanced echocardiography and was invited to deliver presentations on annual medical conferences. She performs about 2500 chest ultrasound examinations, 350 stress echocardiographies and 250 transesophageal echocardiographies every year. Since 2013, she has devoted herself to treating patients, utilizing the interventional transesophageal echocardiography, with other physicians specializing in cardiac catheterization. In 2017, she introduced the techniques of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to help CMUH link up with international standards in the echocardiography.

Dr. Chung-Ho Hsu specializes in various cardiovascular diseases, especially cardiac catheterization. Transcatheter cardiopulmonary interventional treatment include: 1) coronary balloon dilatation and stent placement, 2) carotid and peripheral vascular treatment, and 3) arrhythmia, radiofrequency electrical cautery and so on. The development of cardiac catheterization has led to the advancement of cardiovascular medicine and created many alternatives to surgery to reduce the suffering of patients with cardiovascular diseases and prolong the life of patients more effectively

Cardiovascular intervention Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia intervention Coronary artery disease Heart Failure disease General cardiovascular medicine

Dr Ke-Wei Chen was selected as a teaching physician in this hospital and specializes in cardiac catheterization for a variety of cardiovascular diseases, particularly coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction. From 2017 to Japan's famous cardiovascular center Kokura Memorial Hospital to study, including endovascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and other cardiac catheterization and complex coronary intervention. Intravascular imaging such as IVUS or OCT with angiography can provide more accurate diagnosis of coronary artery disease, understand atherosclerotic plaque characteristics and guide stent selection and placement to reduce complications. In patients with chronic kidney disease, IVUS-guided PCI reduces the amount of developer needed to protect renal function. Dr. Chen is also good at general cardiac ultrasound, interventional esophageal ultrasound and pressure ultrasound to diagnose a variety of heart valve diseases and ischemic heart disease. He is currently involved in various cardiovascular interventions including peripheral vascular therapy, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left atrial appendage plug placement, and pulmonary embolism catheter thrombolysis.