Yi-Ming Shyr, M.D. Professor

Brief Introduction

Prof. Yi-Ming Shyr was graduated from National Yang Ming University in 1984, and completed his surgical residency training at Taipei Veterans General Hospital from 1986 to 1991, and has been the attending general surgeon at Taipei Veterans General Hospital since 1991. He served as the Chief of Division of General Surgery, Taipei Veterans General from 2012 to 2019. Currently, he has been working as a professor in General Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. He has published more than 250 papers, including 2 papers in Annals of Surgery, top ranking in surgery. He is one of the Editors of the textbook, “Pancreas Transplantation – the Asian Experience” and the chapter author in textbook, “Pancreatic Cancer”. His major interests include pancreas surgeries, with experience of more than 2000 cases of pancreaticoduodenectomy and 190 pancreas transplants. His team has been very actively involved in minimal invasive surgery, especially robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy, with experience more than 900 cases of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Specialty

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

Education

• M.D. (1977 – 1984): National Yang Ming Medical College

Experience

• 1986 – 1990: Resident, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
• 1990 – 1991: Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
• 1992 – 1994: Surgical oncology fellow in Surgical Oncology Training Program of Academia - Taipei Veterans General Hospital, R.O.C.
• 1995 Nov. – 1996 Nov.: Surgical Fellow (GI Lab. and Clinical), University of Kansas Medical Center, U.S.A.
• 1999 Feb. – Aug.: Transplant Fellow, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Prof. Sollinger), Madison, U.S.A.
• 2007 May – June: Transplant Fellow, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (Prof. Sutherland), Minneapolis, U.S.A.

Selected Publications

1. Yi-Ming Shyr, Cheng-Hsi Su, Hwei-Chung Wang, Su-Shun Lo, Wing-Yiu Lui. Comparison of resectable and unresectable periampullary cancers - a 27-year experience with 258 surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg 1994; 178:369-378.
2. Yi-Ming Shyr, Cheng-Hsi Su, Shyh-Haw Tsay, Wing-Yiu Lui. Mucin-producing neoplasms of the pancreas: intraductal papillary and mucinous cystic neoplasms. Ann Surg 1996; 223:141-146.
3. Shyr YM, Su CH, Wu LH, Li AFY, Chiu JH, Wu CW, Lui WY. Prognostic value of MIB-1 and DNA ploidy in resectable ampulla of Vater carcinoma. Ann Surg 1999; 229:523-527.
4. Yi-Ming Shyr, Cheng-Hsi Su, Kuang-Liang King, Hwei-Chung Wang, Su-Shun Lo, Chew-Wun Wu, Wing-Yiu Lui. Randomized trial of three types of gastrojejunostomy in unresectable periampullary cancer. Surgery, 1997; 121:506-512.
5. Duck-Jong Han, Takashi Kenmochi, Yi-Ming Shyr. Pancreas Transplantation – the Asian Experience. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022. (Textbook)
6. Bor-Shiuan Shyr, Bor-Uei Shyr, Shih-Chin Chen, Che-Chuan Loong, Yi-Ming Shyr, Shin-E Wang. A comparative study of pancreas transplantation between type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. HepatoBiliary Surg Nutr (HBSN) 2021;10(4):443-453
7. Shyr B-S, Shyr Y-M, Chen S-C, Wang S-E, Shyr B-U. Reappraisal of surgical and survival outcomes of 500 consecutive cases of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2023;00:1–11.
8. Shyr, B.-U., Shyr, B.-S., Chen, S.-C., Wang, S.-E. and Shyr, Y.-M. Impact of Obesity on Perioperative Outcomes in Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Propensity Score-Matched Study. Int J Med Robot. 2024 Dec;20(6):e70034.
9. Shyr BU, Shyr BS, Shih MS, Chen SC, Wang SE, Shyr YM. Combined robotic/open pancreaticoduodenectomy in the young aged < 50 years. Updates Surg. 2025 Jan 15.
10. Shyr BS, Wang SE, Chen SC, Shyr YM, Shyr BU. Mesopancreas dissection level 3 for pancreatic head cancer in combined robotic/open pancreatoduodenectomy: a propensity score-matched study. Surg Endosc. 2025 Feb;39(2):1191-1199.