Fu-Chan Wei 魏福全 Election Year 2012 5, Fuxing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 333423, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Tel: (03) 328-1200#3535
Current Positions
Visiting Distinguished Chair Professor, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University
Education
M.D., Kaohsiung Medical College (1972)
Professional Experience
Plastic Surgery/Microsurgery Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada (1979-81)
Hand Surgery Fellow, University of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (1983)
Visiting professor to 94 renowned universities worldwide (1987- present)
Teaching faculty at 107 international instructional courses (1988- present)
Chief Editor of Journal of Microsurgery (1993-98)
Vice Superintendent, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital(1997-2003)
President, International Microsurgical Society (1998-99)
President, The World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (2001-03)
Chancellor, Medical College, Chang Gung University (2003-11)
Vice general secretary, Int’l confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (2007-11)
International Associate Editor, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2011-16)
Chairman of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (2011-2023)
Award for Outstanding in Applied Science, Award for Outstanding Contribution in Science and Technology by Executive Yuan, Taiwan (1989, 2008)
Wang Min-Ning National Health Contribution Award (1995)
Founder’s Lecturer, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (1996)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council (1999, 2011)
First Scientific Lecture in combined annual meeting of the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and American Association of Hand Surgery (1999)
First Tord Skoog Lecturer, Scandinavian Society of Plastic Surgery (2000)
Maniliac Lecturer, American Society of Plastic Surgery (2001)
AW Farmer Lecturer, Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery (2002)
Presidential Lecturer, World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (1996, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Harry Buncke Lecturer, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (2006)
Monks Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA (2006)
Top 20 Plastic Surgery Innovator over the past 400 years selected by American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2006)
Hoopes Visiting Professor, University of Johns Hopkins, USA (2007)
Whitaker Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2007)
A Life for Hand Surgery-100 Life-Portrants (Ein Leben Für die Handchirurgie-100 Lebensbilder) (2007)
Tien Te Lee Biomedical Foundation, Outstanding Award (2007)
Kazanjian visiting Professor. New York University, New York, USA (2008)
Erich Visiting Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (2008)
Ross H Musgrave Lectureship Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA (2009)
The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor for Outstanding Achievement (2009)
"Doctor Honoris Causa" Gregore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Isai, Romania (2010)
Honorary member American Society of Plastic Surgery (2010)
Thuss Visiting Professor, University of Stanford, USA (2011)
Academician of Academia Sinica (2012)
M. Dance Lecturer, American Head and Neck Oncologic Society (2012)
Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Research Award, Plastic Surgery Foundation, American Society of Plastic Surgery (2012)
Buechlear Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (2013)
Honorary Causa Doctor, Kaohsiung Medical University (2014)
Norman Rowe Lecture, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2014)
Selected as “A Century of Progress in Head and Neck Cancer”, World Congress of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (2014)
Selected as a most prestigious recognition as the number 3 out of 10 most influential reconstructive surgeons in 21 century both by the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons and South Eastern Society of Plastic Surgeons (U.S.A.)(2014)
Selected as 18th National Professorship by Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2014)
Selected as “Honorary Chancellor” by Asia College of Knowledge Management, Open University. Hong Kong.(2015)
Honorary award by American Association of Plastic Surgeons. (2016)
“Honorary Fellow” by American College of Surgeons (2017)
Selected as “Honorary Fellowship Qua Surgeon – Hon FRCS” by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2017)
AAPS Research Achievement Award for clinical research and AAPS Visiting Professor, American Association of Plastic Surgeons (2018)
Selected as “ICS Honorary Fellows”, International College of Surgeons (2018)
Presidential Science Prize, ROC (2019)
AAPS inaugural Research Achievement Award for Innovation and AAPS Visiting Professor, American Association of Plastic Surgeons (2022)
ACHS International Medal Award, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (2022)