Expertise at Chang Gung System

Lai, Chi-Chun ,M.D.
Institution:Chang Gung Memorial Hospital / Chang Gung University
Position: Vice chairman/Physician/Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Office Address: No. 5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
E-mail: chichun.lai@gmail.com
Tel:+886-3-3281200
Fax:+886-3-3287798

Focus of Interest:
  • Ophthalmology

Employment Record:
Retinal specialist

Education:
  • Medical School: 1983/09 ~1989/07; Kaohsiung Medical university, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Internship:1989/06 ~ 1990/06; Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital
  • Post-Graduate Education:
  • 1997/07~ 1998/09: Postdoctor fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, NY, USA.

Honor & Award:
  • 2002 GCOC 2nd meeting. Shan Global Outstanding Paper Award.
  • 2002 The 6th international symposium of current ophthalmology and 43rd annual meeting of ophthalmological society of Taiwan.
  • 2005 International Society of Surgery Best Paper Award.
  • 2005 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital physician guidance of Best Paper Award .Second World Chinese Ophthalmic Medical Sciences Poster Winner.
  • 2006 International Society of Surgery Best Paper Award.
  • 2010 International Society of Surgery Best Paper Award.

Selected Main Publications:

  1. Lai CC*, Hwang YS, Liu L, Chen KJ, Wu WC, Chuang LH, Kuo JZ, Chen TL. Blood-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling for macular hole repair. Ophthalmology. 2009;116:1525-30.(corresponding author)
  2. Lai CC*, Wu WC, Chuang LH, Yeung L, Chen TL, Lin KK. Prevention of indocyanine green toxicity on retinal pigment epithelium with whole blood in stain-assisted macular hole surgery. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1409-14(2005國際外科學會 優秀論文獎) (corresponding author)
  3. Lai CC, Wu WC, Chen SL, Xiao X, Tsai TC, Huan SJ, Chen TL, Tsai RJF, Tsao YP. Suppression of choroidal neovascularization by adeno-associated virus vector expressing angiostatin. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 2001;42:2401-7. (桂山全球 優秀論文獎)
  4. Lai CC, Gouras P, Doi K, Tsang SH, Goff SP, Ashton P. Local immunosuppression prolongs survival of RPE xenografts labeled by retroviral gene transfer. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 2000;41:3134-41.
  5. Rao X, Wang NK, Chen YP, Hwang YS, Chuang LH, Liu IC, Chen KJ, Wu WC, Lai CC*. Outcomes of outpatient fluid-gas exchange for open macular hole after vitrectomy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Aug;156(2):326-333.e1.


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Board Certification

  • 1990/11, Medical license of ROC
  • 1996/07, The Ophthalmological Society of the Republic of China

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