Expertise at Chang Gung System

Wu, Delon ,M.D.
Intitution: Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Position: Top Advisor
Department: Cardiology Dept.
Mail Address: No.5, 199 Tung Hwa North Road Taipei, Taiwan 105
Tel: +886-3-3281200 ext.2008 or 2108 Fax:+886-3-3285636
E-mail: dw0917@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Cardiac Pharmacology


Employment Records:
1973-1978 Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit and Attending Cardiologist, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
1978-1982 Director, Medical Research and Education and Attending physician in Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
1979-1982 Vice Superintendent, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
1982-1984 Director, Clinical Electrophysiology/Arrhythmias and Attending Cardiologist, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
1984-1993 Chairman, Department of Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
1987-1997 Chancellor, Chang Gung Medical College
1997-1999 Vice-president, Chang Gung University
1999-2000 Acting President, Chang Gung University
2000-2006 Chairman, Steering Committee, Chang Gung Medical Group (CEO)
2005-2011 President, Taiwan Hospital Association
2006-present Top Advisor, Chang Gung Medical Foundation
2007-2011 Member, Governing Council, International Hospital Federation

Education:
1959-1966 Medical School College of Medicine National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan

Honor and Awards:
National Award for Outstanding Scientific Contribution, National Science Council, ROC 1987
National Award for Outstanding Research in Medicine, National Science Council, ROC 1988
National Award for Outstanding Research in Medicine, National Science Council, ROC 1990
National Award for Outstanding Research in Medicine, National Science Council, ROC 1992
National Award for Outstanding Research in Medicine, National Science Council, ROC 1994
National Award for Special Contract Investigator, National Science Council, ROC 1996-1999
National Award for Special Contract Investigator, National Science Council, ROC 1999-2002
Outstanding Alumni, National Taichung First Senior High School, 2010
Outstanding Alumni, National Changhua Senior High School, 2014

Selected Publications:

  1. Wu D, Amat-y-Leon F, Denes P, Dhingra RC, Pietras RJ, Rosen KM.  Demonstration of sustained sinus and atrial reentry as a mechanism of paroxysmal  supraventricular tachycardia.  Circulation 1975; 51: 234-43.
  2. Denes P, Wyndham C, Wu D, Rosen KM.  Supernormal conduction of a premature impulse utilizing the fast pathway in a patient with dual A-V nodal pathways.  Circulation 1975; 51: 811-4.
  3. Wu D, Hung JS, Kou CT.  Determinants of sustained slow pathway conduction and relation to reentrant tachycardia in patients with dual atrioventricular nodal transmission.  Am Heart J 1981; 101:521-8.
  4. Chen IC, Lin FC, Chern MS, Yeh SJ, Wu D.  Diagnosis of postlaminectomy arteriovenous fistula using color doppler flow mapping.  Am Heart J 1991; 121:217-9. 
  5. Yeh SJ, Wang CC, Wen MS, Lin FC, D Wu.  Radiofrequency ablation in multipleaccessory pathways and the physiologic implications.  Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:1174-80.

Book

Delon Wu: Utopia Land: Memoir of Dr.  Delon Wu (in Chinese), Artouch Publishing Co., Taipei, Taiwan, 2004


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Board Certification/Professional Affiliations:
Board Certification
1966 ECFMG ( #074069 )
1972 FLEX
1972 American Board of Internal Medicine (#37276)
1975 Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (#37276)
1985 Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, Society of Cardiology of the Republic of China

Professional Affiliation
American Heart Association -- 1974 - present
American Federation of Clinical Research -- 1974 - 1978
Electrophysiology Club, American Federation of Clinical Research --1975 - 1978
Fellow, American College of Cardiology (#377869) -- July 1976
Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology (#10042030) -- October 1976
Western Society of Clinical Research, USA -- 1983 -1984
Republic of China Society of Cardiology -- 1978 - Present
North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology -- 1992 - Present