Book Title: Confessions of a Minimally Invasive Cerebrovascular Physician

Synopsis:

An authority on neurointerventional surgery shares the manifestations of illness, challenges of surgery, and the frontline battle against cerebrovascular diseases!

With years of experience pulling tug-of-war with cerebrovascular issues and blood clots, Dr. Chi-Jen Chen has engaged in heart-wrenching conversations with patients' families, experiencing countless moments of complete despair and exuberant joy. He has saved lives, successfully removing blood clots, yet he has also faced the harrowing failures that surgeons dread most. Behind this top-tier, outstanding physician lie numerous stories of fighting hand-in-hand with patients against their illnesses.

This book records Dr. Chi-Jen Chen's observations and self-reflections on his identity as a physician. Through his personal journey, he hopes to convey to everyone the difficulties and dilemmas doctors face as ordinary human beings. Furthermore, through these stories and case studies, he guides readers on how to pay attention to daily health maintenance to prevent the occurrence of similar symptoms and diseases.

About the Author

Dr. Chi-Jen Chen

Current Positions:

Experience:

• Director, Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

• Full-time Professor, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University

• Board Member, Taiwan Stroke Society

• Executive Board Member, Radiological Society of the Republic of China

• Board Member, Neuroradiological Society of the Republic of China

• Superintendent, Ministry of Health and Welfare Chiayi Hospital

• Vice Superintendent, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

• Director, Department of Radiology & Advanced Medical Imaging Health Screening Center, Cathay General Hospital

• Director, Department of Medical Imaging, E-Da Hospital

• Winner of the "Outstanding Physician Award" at the 3rd Outstanding and Senior Model Physicians of Ministry of Health and Welfare Hospitals