Tang-Chuan Wang

China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital in Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Dr. Tang-Chuan Wang (MD, Ph.D., FACS) is an otolaryngologist. He currently serves as chairman in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, Taiwan. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery (including endoscopic, robotic, and navigation surgery). He was a research scholar at Harvard Medical School, MA, and University of Iowa Hospitals, IA, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. During his substantial clinical experience, Dr. Wang has worked at Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston Childrens' Hospital, and Massachusetts Eye and Ear and has collaborated in research and clinical projects. He believes that the auditory system is one of the finest structures in the human body. When people communicate with others, listening is always the first step. That is why Helen Keller once said, "Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people". In addition to clinical and basic research, Dr. Wang also launched out into public health in Taiwan. Public health has been defined as "the science and art of preventing disease", improving quality of life through organized efforts. He believes that we must integrate precision medicine, preventive medicine, and telemedicine into one module in order to develop comprehensive, multifaceted strategies to address public health needs. In recent years, Dr. Wang has devoted himself to these fields and further medical innovations. He always says that "in theoretical or practical aspects, no innovation is a step backward ". Due to his contribution to bio-design, he was invited to join the executive committee of the Advanced Joint R & D Center in Taiwan.

Tzu-Ching Shih

China Medical University in Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, College of Medicine

Tzu-Ching Shih received his PhD in mechanical engineering from the National Taipei University of Technology and Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan. From 2003-2004, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, which belongs to the College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University. In 2005, he joined the faculty of China Medical University as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Radiological Technology. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007. From July 2008 to September 2009, he was a visiting Research Associate at John Tu and Thomas Yuen Center for Functional Onco-Imaging, the University of California at Irvine. He was the Director of the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science from 2013 to 2017 and was the Director of the Beigang Campus from 2017 to 2018, China Medical University. His research focuses on fundamental engineering disciplines such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and acoustics in medicine. He was promoted to Professor of the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science at China Medical University, Taiwan in 2014. Professor Shih has broad research interests. His recent research includes computer methods and programs in biomedicine, computational fluid dynamics simulation in medicine, medical image analysis for computer-aided diagnosis and therapy, high-intensity focused therapeutic ultrasound, and thermal dose calculation of hyperthermia in oncology.