Achievments

1980
Drs. Chao-Hsiung Chang and De-Lon Wu, members of the Foundation of Arrhythmia Surgery, perform the first epicardial potential mapping in Taiwan.

1984
Dr. Chao-Long Chen performs the first successful liver transplantation surgery in Asia.

1986
Implementation of policy prioritizing patients rights to receive medical care prior to paying hospital expenses.

1991
Professors Chyi-Long Lee and Yung-Kuei Soong perform the first total laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery in Asia.

1995
First hospital in the world to perform endoscopic surgery on the internal structure of the heart.

1997
First hospital in the world to successfully perform a transfusion-free, living donor liver transplantation surgery.

1997
First independent children's hospital in the nation (Taiwan) to be approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

2000
Professor Yu-Fan Liao, distinguished contributor in the field of liver cancer, is elected as the 23rd Academia Sinica Academician in Biology.

2003
First hospital in the nation (Taiwan) to treat severe thalassemia and prevent children from developing derivative organ diseases and endocrine disorders with the use of unrelated cord blood technology.

2003
First Clinical Pathology Division in the nation (Taiwan) to be accredited by the College of American Pathologist (CAP).

2004
Professor Yu-Ray Chen receives the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons' (ASMS) Special Honorary Award.

2006
Professor Fu-Chan Wei receives the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery's (ASRM) Harry J. Buncke Lecturer Award.

2006
Professor Ming-Huei Cheng, the first physician in Asia who receives the American Society for Reconstruction Microsurgery's (ASRM) Godina Lecturer Award.

2008
First and only institution in the world to receive three Maliniac Lecturer Awards (ASPS) by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; 1994: Professor Samuel Noordhoff, 2001: Professor Fu-Chan Wei, 2008: Professor Yu-Ray Chen.

2009
Division of Urology successfully completes one hundred Da Vinci Robotic Surgeries.

2009
Craniofacial Center receives the National Biotechnology and Medical Care Quality Gold Award.

2010
Reconstructive Microsurgery Center receives the National Biotechnology and Medical Care Quality Gold Award.

2011
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics receives the National Biotechnology and Medical Care Quality Silver Award.

2012
Division of Nuclear Medicine receives the National Biotechnology and Medical care Quality Gold Award.

2012
Professor Fu-Chan Wei and Associate Professor Tang-Her Jaing feature in National Geographic Channel's documentary film: "Taiwan's Medical Miracle."

2012
Professor Fu-Chan Wei, first Academician with a surgeon's background to be elected by Academia Sinica.

2014
Establishment of the 1 billion dollar Proton Center, the first cancer radiation therapy instrument in both Taiwan and China.

2014
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou becomes the largest medical center ever accredited by JCI.

2014
Professor Fu-Chan Wei features in Discovery Channel's "Taiwan Revealed: Body Reconstructed".