Shin-E Wang, Chief and Professor

Brief Introduction

Prof. Shin-E Wang graduated from National Yang Ming University in 2002, and completed her surgical residency at Taipei Veterans General Hospital from 2002 to 2007. She is currently working as a professor and Chief of General Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Her major interests include minimally invasive surgery including robotic and laparoscopic surgery, pancreas surgery, and pancreas transplant. Her team is very actively involved in minimally invasive surgery, especially robotic Whipple operation (more than 900 RPD cases) and pancreas transplant (190 cases). She was the experts committee member in International Evidence-Based Guidelines for Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection, held at Miami.

Specialty

Pancreatic surgery, pancreatic transplant, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery.

Education

• M.D. (1995 - 2002): National Yang Ming University

Experience

• 2002 - 2007: Chief Resident and Resident, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
• 2008 - 2009: Fellowship training, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
• 2013 July – Dec.: Robotic Surgery Fellow in University of Illinois Medical Center (Prof. Giulianotti), Chicago, U.S.A.
• 2014 Jan. – June: Transplant Fellow in University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Prof. Dixon B. Kaufman, Jon S. Odorico and Prof. Hans W. Sollinger), Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• 2016 Dec. 10 – 17: Robotic surgery observer in Pisa University Hospital, Italy (Prof. Ugo Boggi)
• 2018 Oct. 2 – 5: “A-first in pancreaticoduodenectomy” observer in Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Japan (Prof. Hiroki Yamaue and Prof. Hirono)

Selected Publications

1. Shin-E Wang, Shih-Chin Chen, Bor-Uei Shyr, Yi-Ming Shyr. Comparison of Modified Blumgart pancreaticojejunostomy and Pancreaticogastrostomy after Pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Mar;18(3):229-35.
2. Shu-Cheng Chou, Shih-Chin Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shin-E Wang (corresponding author). Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder: analysis of 1204 patients with long-term follow-up. Surg Endosc 2017; 31:2776–2782.
3. Shin-E Wang, Shih-Chin Chen, Bor-Uei Shyr, Yi-Ming Shyr. Robotic assisted excision of type I choledochal cyst with Roux-en-y hepaticojejunostomy reconstruction. HepatoBiliary Surg Nutr [HBSN] 2017; 6(6) (Dec.):397-400.
4. Shin-E Wang, Bor-Uei Shyr, Shih-Chin Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr. Comparison between Robotic and Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Modified Blumgart Pancreaticojejunostomy: A Propensity Score-matched Study. Surgery. 2018; 164:1162-1167.
5. Bor-Uei Shyr, Shih-Chin Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shin-E Wang (corresponding author). Surgical, Survival, and Oncological Outcomes after Vascular Resection in Robotic and Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surg Endosc 2020 34 (1): 377-383.
6. Bor-Uei Shyr, Bor-Shiuan Shyr, Shih-Chin Chen, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shin-E Wang (corresponding author). Mesopancreas level 3 dissection in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surgery 2021; 169:362-368.