Assignments

1991-1993 Resident of general surgery, TSGH
1993-1995 Resident of cardiovascular surgery, TSGH
1995-1996 Chief resident of cardiovascular surgery, TSGH
1996-2006 Visiting doctor of cardiovascular surgery, TSGH
2002-Present Director of heart transplantation team, TSGH
2006-2011 Chief of division of cardiovascular surgery, TSGH
2009-2010 Chief of division of transplantation, TSGH
2010-Present Professor, National Defense Medical Center
2011-2013 Director of department of surgery, TSGH
2011-2013 President of Taiwan Society for Vascular Surgery
2013-2014 Vice Superintendent, Tri-Service General Hospital
2014-2015 Vice President, National Defense Medical Center
2014-2015 Deputy commander, TSGH
2014-Present Evaluation committee of Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council
2015-2016 Chairman of Northern area hospital association for National Health Insurance, Taiwan
2015-2018 Commander, Taoyuan Armed Force General Hospital
2017-Present Committee of Teaching Hospital Evaluation, Taiwan
2018-Present Commander, Tri-Service General Hospital

Research Interest

1.Cardiovascular Surgery
2.Devices and materials to improve the surgical outcome
3.Cardiac pharmacology: Myocardial protection – ischemia and reperfusion injury
4.Heart transplantation and transplant Immunology

Specialty

1.Heart transplantation surgery
2.Robot-assisted cardiac surgery
3.Beating heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery
4.Valvular heart surgery
5.Minimal invasive cardiac surgery
6.Endovascular surgery
7.Great vessel surgery
8.Peripheral vascular surger

Honor & Rewards

1.2015 Medical Excellence Award, Taiwan Medical Association
2.2014 Outstanding Medical Contribution Award, Taiwan Medical Association
3.2012 Outstanding Doctor Award, Taiwan Medical Association
4.2012 Excellence in Research Award, Tai-Hua Luo Memorial Award
5.2011 Chairman of the Taiwan society for Vascular Surgery
6.2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004 Teaching Excellence Award, National Defense Medical Center of Taiwan
7.2008 Top 100 choice of Doctor in Taiwan, Business Weekly of Taiwan
8.2006 Chairman's Award, Taiwan Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
9.2005.2003 Outstanding Military Doctor Award, Tri-Service General Hospital of Taiwan
10.1980 Outstanding Military Doctor Award, Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan

Research & Publication

Starting from 1993 till 2019, the amount of research and publication has reached to 173 in total. The following are publications in recent 5 years:
1.Porcine model for observing changes due to ischemia/reperfusion injury secondary to intra-abdominal endovascular balloon occlusion. Experimental Biology and Medicine 2016 May 22. Chia-Sheng Chao, Chien-Sung Tsai, Yao-Horng Wang, Yuan-Hao Liu1,Jian-Ming Chen1, Yee-Phoung Chang, Hsien-Kuo Chin, Shang-Tao Chien, Tai-Ming Lee and Shyh-Chyun Yang.

2.Cancer Incidence among Heart, Kidney, and Liver Transplant Recipients in Taiwan. PLOS ONE.2016；11（5）Kwai-Fong Lee, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Sheng-Tang Wu, Hung-Yen Ke, Yi-Chang Lin, Feng-Yen Lin, Wei-Hwa Lee, Chien-Sung Tsai*.

3.Subclavian artery cannulation provides better myocardial protection in conventional repair of acute type A aortic dissection: experience from a single medical center in Taiwan. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, Vol 27, Issue 3, May/June 2016 Pages: 143-146. P-S Hsu, J-L Chen, C-S Tsai*, Y-T Tsai, C-Y Lin, C-Y Lee, H-Y Ke, Y-C Lin.

4.Comparison of vascular ring connector and conventional suture technique in the surgical management of acute type A aortic dissection. Journal of medicine sciences, Vol 36, Issue 5, 2016 Pages: 188-193. Yuan-Hao Liu, Hung-Yen Ke, Po-Shun Hsu, Yi-Chang Lin, Yi-Ting Tsai, Sheng-Tang Wu, Yu-Ju Chen, Chia-Sheng Chao, Hsien-Kuo Chin, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chien-Sung Tsai.

5.Original Research: Porcine model for observing changes due to ischemia/reperfusion injury secondary to intra-abdominal endovascular balloon occlusion. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2016 Oct; 241(16):1834-43. Chao CS, Tsai CS, Wang YH, Liu YH, Chen JM, Chang YP, Chin HK, Chien ST, Lee TM, Yang SC.

6.A penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer rupture in the ascending aorta with hemopericardium: a case report. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 201611:103. Yuan-Hao Liu, Hung-Yen Ke, Yi-Chang Lin, Chien-Sung Tsai.

7.A rare experience of infective residual sheath in the wall of the innominate vein after extraction of implantable–defibrillators: a case report. Journal: Acta Cardiologica Sinica. Yuan-Hao Liu, Wei-Shiang Lin, Yi-Chang Lin, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chien-Sung Tsai, Yi-Ting Tsai*.

8.Prolonged Use of Levitronix Left Ventricular Assist Device as A Bridge to Heart Transplantation. Acta Cardiologica Sinica, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 249-252, May-June 2015 Shih-Ying Sung, Po-Shun Hsu, Jia-Lin Chen, Chien-Sung Tsai, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chung-Yi Lee, Hong-Yen Ke and Yi-Chang Lin.

9.Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Production Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Was Not Associated with Pulmonary Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery. Mediators of Inflammation. Volume 2015(2015), Article ID341740, 5 pages. Tso-Chou Lin, Feng-Yen Lin, Yi-Wen Lin, Che-Hao Hsu, Go-Shine Huang, Zhi-Fu Wu, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chi-Yuan Li and Chien-Sung Tsai. (Corresponding Author)

10.Sleep Quality and Emotional Correlates in Taiwanese Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients 1 Week and 1 Month after Hospital Discharge: A Repeated Descriptive Correlational Study. PloS One. August 3, 2015. Volume 10, Issue 9, e0136431. Pei-Lin Yang, Guey-Shiun Huang, Chien-Sung Tsai, Meei-Fang Lou.

11.Effects of Indomethacin on Intracellular pH and Na+/H+ Exchanger in the Human Monocytes. Chinese Journal of Physiology 58(4): 228-236, 2015. Yi-Ting Tsai, Chung-Yi Lee, Chao-Chin Chuang, Hsuch-Ju Lin, Ching-Hsia Wu, Yu-Zhe Yang, Chien-Sung Tsai, and Shih-Hurng Loh.

12.Assessment of the Risk Factors and Outcomes for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Acta Cardiologica Sinica. Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 436-443, September – October 2015.Yi-Ting Tsai, Ching-Huang Lai, Shih-Hurng Loh, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yi-Chang Lin, Chung-Yi Lee, Hung-Yen Ke and Chien-Sung Tsai. (Corresponding Author)

13.The frequency of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in Taiwanese patients
undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association October 2015 Volume 114, Issue 10, Pages 981–987. Yeu-Chin Chen, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chien-Sung Tsai*

14.Bilateral passive leg raising attenuates and delays tourniquet deflation-induced hypotension and tachycardia under spinal anesthesia. European Journal Anaesthesiology.2014; (31): 15-22. Go-Shine Huang, Chih-Chien Wang, Mei-Hua Hu, Chen-Hwan Cherng, Meei-Shyuan Lee, Chien-Sung Tsai, Wei-Hung Chan, Xhang-Xian Hsieh and Leou-Chyr Lin.

15.Antiarrhythmic Effects of Dehydroevodiamine in Isolated Human Myocardium and Cardiomyocytes. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.2014; 14;153(3):753-62 Shih-Hurng Loh, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chung-Yi Lee, Chien-Sung Tsai, Tzu-Hurng Cheng, Cheng-I Lin.

16.The Role of Calpain-Myosin 9-Rab7b Pathway in Mediating the Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Platelets：A Novel Mechanism Involved in α-Granules Trafficking. PLOS ONE.2014；9 (1)：e85833 page1-10. Jui-Chi Tsai, Yi-Wen Lin, Chun-Yao Huang, Chih-Min Shih, Chung-Yi Lee, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Chi-Yuan Li, Nen-Chung Chang, Feng-Yen Lin, Chien-Sung Tsai. (Corresponding Author)

17.Ligation of Macroscopically Detectable Arteriovenous Fistulas in Stewart-Bluefarb Syndrome: Acta Cardiologica Sinica, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 333-336, July – August 2014. Shih-Ying Sung, Yi-Chang Lin, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chung-Yi Lee and Chien-Sung Tsai.

18.Functional Characterization of Intracellular pH Regulators Responsible for Acid Extrusion in Human Radial Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. Chinese Journal of Physiology 57(5):1-11, 2014, Chung-Yi Lee, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chung-Yi Chang, Yi-Yu Chang, Tzu-Hurng Cheng, Chien-Sung Tsai, and Shih-Hurng Loh.

19.Effects of Urotensin II on Intracellular pH Regulation in Cultured Human Internal Mammary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. Peptides 56 (2014)173-182. Yi-Ting Tsai, Chung-Yi Lee, Chih-Chin Hsu, Chung-Yi Chang, Ming-Kai Hsueh, Eagle Yi-Kung Huang, Chien-Sung Tsai, Shih-Hurng Loh.

20.Acute pulmonary injury with refractory hypoxemia after implantation of Levitronix CentriMag ventricular assist device: successful treatment with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Artif Organs (2014) 17:202-205. Jia-Lin Chen, Shih-Ying Sung, Po-Shun Hsu, Chien-Sung Tsai, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Hong-Yan Ke, Yi-Chang Lin

21.Heart Transplantation for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries. J. Med. Sci. 2014; 34(4): 193-194. Jenn-Yeu Song, Shih-Ying Sung, Chung-Yi Lee, Yi-Chang Lin, Po-Shun Hsu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chien-Sung Tsai.

22.Calpain Activity and Toll-Like Receptor 4 Expression in Platelet Regulate Haemostatic Situation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Coagulation in Mice. Mediators of Inflammation, Volume 2014, Article ID 484510, 12 pages. Jui-Chi Tsai, Yi-Wen Lin, Chum-Yao Huang, Feng-Yen Lin, and Chien-Sung Tsai. (Corresponding Author)

23.Urotensin II Inhibits Doxorubicin-Induced Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell Death by Modulating ATF Expression and via the ERK and Akt Pathway. Plos One. September 2014, Volume 9, Issue 9, e106812. Yen-Ling Chen, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chung-Yi Lee, Chien-Hsing Lee, Chung-Yi Chen, Chi-Ming Liu, Jin-Jer Chen, Shih-Hurng Loh, Chien-Sung Tsai. (Corresponding Author)

24.Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL induces osteoclastogenesis of periodontal ligament cells and enhances alveolar bone resorption in rats. PLoS One, volume 9, issue 7, year 2014. Lin, F.-Y., Hsiao, F.-P., Huang, C.-Y., Shih, C.-M., Tsao, N.-W., Tsai, C.-S., Yang, S.-F., Chang, N.-C., Hung, S.-L., Lin, Y.-W.