Liu KS

Liu, Kuo-Sheng ,M.D.
Institution: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou
Position: Attending Staff/ Lecturer of Surgery/Assistant Professor
Department: Div. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, CGMH
Office Address: 5, Fu-Shing Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Tel:886-3-3281200 Ext.2118
Fax:886-3-3285818

Focus of Interest:
Basic:
1. Bioabsorbable airway stent
2. Bioabsorbable vascular stent
3. Bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent in airway and blood vessels
4. Bioabsorbable antibiotic beads for infectious diseases
5. Fluid mechanics of aorta, computerized simulation model
Clinic:
1. Critical care and mechanical circulatory support
a. Extracorporeal life support (ELCS) in patients with postcardiotomy shock, acute right ventricular failure, and post-traumatic acute respiratorydistress syndrome
b. Risk factor analysis in patient undergoing cardiac surgery
2. Endovascular surgery
a. Application of aortic stent-graft in thoracic aortic disease
b. Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation
c. Balloon angioplasty and stent application in peripheral vascular disease
d. Hybrid procedure in stenotic coronary artery disease
3. Aortic surgery
a. Conventional total arch replacement surgery
b. Brain protection during circulatory arrest
c. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
d. Hybrid aortic stent graft
4. Valvular heart disease
a. Comparison of different mitral valve repair methods
b. Mitral valve repair in degenerative, myxomatous, and ischemic mitral valve disease

Employment Record:
Boston Children Hospital Researcher

Education:
1993-2000 Medical College of Chang Gung University, Taiwan
2009-now Graduate Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Full Publication List

Board Certification：
◎Doctor License of Republic of China No.: 032540
◎The Surgical Association of the Republic of China, No.: 005426
◎Republic of China Society of Cardiology, No.: 042
◎Republic of China Society of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, No.: 320