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Ying-Yu Chen, MD

1. Appointment：
   
   • Director of Taiwan Spine Center
   • Previous positions: Director of Orthopaedic Department of Armed Force Taichung General Hospital
2. Education and experiment：
   
   • Medical School: National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 1984 to 1991
   • Master's Degree: Department of Medical Research Institute, Chung Shan Medical University , Taichung, Taiwan
   • Resident: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 1994 to 1999
   • Specialist: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 2000 to 2007
   • Chief: Department of Orthopaedic, Armed Force Taichung General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan, 2007 to 2009
   • Director of Taiwan Spine Center, Jen-Ai Hospital, Taiwan, 2009 to present
3. Visiting scholar：
   
   • The State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA, 2001 to 2002
4. Licensure and Certifications：
   
   • Taiwan Doctors certificate
   • Taiwan Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
   • Taiwan Orthopaedic Surgeons certification
   • Taiwan Surgical specialist license
   • Operation license for equipment with radiating substance capable of generating ionizing radiation
5. Professional Associations：
   
   • Member of Orthopaedic Association R.O.C.
   • Member of Surgical Association R.O.C.
   • Member of Spinal Minimally Invasive Association R.O.C
6. Specializations:
   
   • Guan-Din Method and Cantilever bending technique for the treatment of scoliosis
   • Surgical correction of thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis.
   • Surgical correction of kyphotic deformity in Scheuermann's Disease
   • Surgical correction of Scoliosis and Kyphotic deformity
   • Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty (minimally invasive surgery & bone cement injections for the treatment of Spinal fractures)
   • Disc herniation
   • Spinal stenosis
   • Spondylolisthesis
   • Spondylolysis
   • Spinal Infection
   • Artificial knee and hip replacement surgery
   • Total Hip Replacement
   • Hip replacement surgery
   • Investigational and remedial methods of pain in postoperative spine