In the pursuit of the ever-changing medical standards with the hope to integrate internationally under the support of the hospital, the Surgery Department continually made arrangements for the physicians to participate in the training programs at the internationally renowned medical center and learn more advanced surgical techniques to enhance the quality of health care. Chi Mei Medical Center is well renowned in southern Taiwan. As being a medical center, colleagues of the Surgery Department are also very conscientious with the hope to make good progress upon the existing medical standards and provide better medical and health services to the public.
Presently, there are 10 subspecialty divisions in the Surgery Department, namely, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Urology, Thoracic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Transplantation Medicine, Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology. The Surgery Department medical team consists of the attending physicians, researchers, residents, nurse practitioners, wound, ostomy nurses together with full-time pharmacists, nutritionist and social workers.
There are currently 36 attending physicians and 27 residents. Chi Mei Medical Center is not only a surgical specialist training hospital, but also a surgical subspecialist training hospital for Gastrointestinal Surgery, Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Urology, Thoracic Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Today, Chi Mei Medical Center is also a major organ transplantation hospital (heart, liver and kidney transplantation) in the southern region. We offer a variety of acute and critical care services, cardiovascular surgery, various types of radical surgery for cancer, spine surgery and endoscopic minimally invasive surgery to the people in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan areas.