Liu Chia-Chuan
M.D
Specialty: Minimally invasive thoracic surgery for lung and esophageal cancer
School : China Medical University 1992
Residency: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Observer in Duke University Hospital 2007/7-2007/9
OFFICE: Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center. 125 Lih-Der Road, Pei-Tou District, Taipei, Taiwan. (Zip code 11259)
TEL : 886-2 2897-0011 ext. 1760
E-MAIL ：gcliu@kfsyscc.org
Biography
Dr. Chia-Chuan Liu graduated from China Medical University in 1992, and completed his residency and fellowship training in the Veteran General Hospital-Taipei in 2000. He now heads the thoracic surgery division in SYSCC, and has chaired the minimally invasive committee since 2008.
His clinical interest is multimodality and minimally invasive surgery for lung and esophageal cancer. He initiated the VATS forum in Taiwan early in 2005, doing live demonstration surgery for VATS lobectomy and minimally invasive esophagectomy for both Taiwan and foreign chest surgeons, collaborated with other leaders to set up animal lab worshop in Taiwan, and he is also now engaged in establishing the “Taiwan Esophageal Cancer Study Group” based on a nation-wide database.
Membership in Professional Societies
Member, Taiwan Joint Cancer Association
Member, Taiwan Surgical Association
Member, Taiwan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Member, Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Member, Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology
Member, The Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, R.O.C.
Academic Appointment
Lecturer, Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University College of Medicine
Editorial Board, Journal of thoracic disease
Clinical Interests
Thoracic minimally invasive surgery (Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery)
Surgery for primary lung cancer
Surgery for esophageal cancer and cancer of gastric cardia
Surgery for mediastinal tumor
Fellowship training program for thoracic minimally invasive surgery
Research Interests:
Clinical research for lung cancer
Clinical research for esophageal cancer
Affiliations/ Certifications:
1999 Board of Surgery
1999 Board of Thoracic Surgery
1999 Board of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Academic / professional Titles:
Chair of Minimally Invasive Surgery Committee
Vice leader of Lung and Esophageal Cancer Functional Group, SYSCC.
Member of Intensive Care Unit Committee, SYSCC
Honor
2009
ASCTVS, invited speaker, Taipei
胸腔鏡肺葉切除15年總結及研討會 中國-廣州, invited speaker
WEDC, Hong Kong, invited speak/ moderator
2010
ISDE, invited speaker, Kagoshima, Japan
第四屆中國肺癌微創治療論壇/亞太胸腔鏡肺葉切除大匯演, 中國-廣州, invited speaker/
WEDC, Hong Kong, invited speak/ moderator
2011
ASCVTS-ATCSA , Thailand. Invited speak
第五屆中國肺癌微創治療論壇/ 第二屆亞太胸腔鏡肺葉切除大匯演, 中國-廣州, invited speaker/ moderator
2011年北京胸外科醫學會, 北京, invited speaker
Representative Publications:
Liu CC. Hsu WH. Li WY. Huang MH. Treatment results of 17 patients with diffuse pleural mesothelioma. Annals of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 4(5):233-9, 1998 Oct.
Liu CC. Fahn HJ. Li WY. Wu YC. Huang MH. Wang LS. Lymph node metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the Intrathoracic esophagus. Chung Hua i Hsueh Tsa Chih - Chinese Medical Journal. 61(2):77-84, 1998 Feb.
Wang LS. Chow KC. Liu CC. Chiu JH. p53 gene alternation in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus detected by PCR-cold SSCP analysis. Proceedings of the National Science Council, Republic of China - Part B, Life Sciences. 22(3):114-21, 1998 Jul.
Wang LS. Chow KC. Chi KH. Liu CC. Li WY. Chiu JH. Huang MH. Prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of clinicopathological and biological factors. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 94(7):1933-40, 1999 Jul.
Wang LS. Chow KC. Li WY. Liu CC. Wu YC. Huang MH. Clinical significance of serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor- in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical cancer research. 6:1445-1451, 2000 Apr.
Hsu LH, Liu CC, Chen C. Expandable metallic stent (Ultraflex) in a patient with esophageal carcinoma and tracheal invasion. [Abstract]. Proceedings of Annual Congress of Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Taiwan, Dec 9th –10th, 2000, p138
Hsu LH. Liu CC. Lin CY. Yen KL. Chan KY. Self-expandable metallic tracheobronchial stent insertion and endobronchial electrocautery with flexible bronchoscopy: preliminary results at a cancer center. J Formos Med Assoc. 101(6):399-405, 2002
Tsung SH. Liu CC. Human pulmonary dirofilariasis in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc. 102(1):42-45, 2003.
Hsu LH. Liu CC. Ko JS. Education and experience improve the performance of transbronchial needle aspiration: a learning curve at a cancer center. Chest. 125(2):532-40, 2004 Feb.
Wang KM, Liu CC*, Shih CS, Hsu LH. Extralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration complicated by Nocardia Asteroides infection: a case report. Thorac Med (Taiwan) 2007; 22:367-72
Hsu LH*, Ko JS, You DL, Liu CC, Chu NM. Transbronchial needle aspiration accurately diagnoses sub-centimetre mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes detected by integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography. Respirology 2007; 12, 848–55
Liu CC, Wang KM, Hsu LH*. Tracheobronchial self-expanding metallic stents in patients with central airways obstruction. J Bronchol 2008; 15:11-16
Wang TJ. Shu SH. Lin CW. Chen LF. Lin TC. Chang Chien HS. Chan KY. Lee MY. Wang YA. Huang CJ. Liu CC. Thoracic chordoma: an unusual presentation of the spinal tumor. Am J Med Sci. 335(3):239-41, 2008 Mar.
Hsu LH, Liu CC, Nobuyama S, Miyazawa T*. Novel use of a disposable curved stent insertion plastic device for silicone stent placement in patients with limited neck extension. J Bronchol Intervent Pulmonol 2009; 16:15-7
Hsu LH, Chu NM*, Liu CC, Tsai SYC, You DL, Ko JS, Lu MC, Feng AC. Sex-associated differences in non-small cell lung cancer in the new era: Is gender an independent prognostic factor? Lung Cancer 2009; 66:262-7
Huang CJ. You DL. Lee PI. Hsu LH. Liu CC. Shih CS. Shih CC. Tseng HC. Characteristics of integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT in Pulmonary Cryptococcosis. Acta Radiol. 50(4):374-8, 2009 May.
Fang L. Huang CJ. Chuang AY. Tan TD. Liu CC. Chemotherapy-related delayed bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax and lung fibrosis: methotrexate or cyclophosphamide, or both? Clin Respir J. 4(4):254-5, 2010 Oct.
Wang BY, Shih CS, Liu CC, Hsieh CC. A simple way of gastric tube reconstruction after minimally invasive esophagectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 39(2011) 786-787
Wang BY, Shih CS, Liu CC. Thoracoscopic enucleation of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of esophagus. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 2011, 59: 184-192
Chung-Jen Huang, An-Chen Feng, Wen-Hui Ku, Nei-Min Chu, Chih-Teng Yu, Chia-Chuan Liu, Min-Yuan Lee, Li-Han Hsu, Stella Y.C. Tsai, Chih-Shiun Shih, Chih-Liang Wang. Multimodality Treatment and Long-Term Follow-Up of the Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepthelioma-Like Carcinoma. Clinical Lung Cancer Sep. 2012;359-362
Bing-Yen Wang, Lien Cheng Tsao, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Chih-Shiun Shih and Chia-Chuan Liu. Experience with a simple laparoscopic gastric tube construction. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013, 8:14