Jaw-Yuan Wang
Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
- Publications: N/A
- Citations: N/A
- Keywords: colorectal cancer, gastric cancer
Short Bio
- Prof. Jaw-Yuan Wang is Professor of the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Between 2018 and 2020 he hold the position of President of the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Taiwan. He went on to receive further training as a Research Fellow at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. He now serves as Leader of Colorectal Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, Program Director of Robotic Surgery, Chairman of Nutrition Support Council, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University. He is an active member in numerous professional organizations including the Taiwan Surgical Association, Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology, Society of Colon and Rectal Surgical Society of Gastroenterology, Taiwan; Taiwan Robotic Surgery Association; Taiwan Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Taiwan Oncology Society, Clinical Oncology Society of Taiwan, Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition of Asia, International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists, The Academy of Surgical Research and The Chinese Oncology Society. He also holds appointments as executive director of board of Taiwan Surgical Association; director of board of Taiwan Society of Coloproctology; executive director of board of Taiwan Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and executive director of board of Taiwan Genomic Medicine and Biomarker Society. Since 2020, he has been a member of the European Society of Coloproctology Global Reach Committee. Besides being a recipient of numerous awards since 2003, he has published widely at least 370 peer-reviewed papers (310 SCI and 60 Non-SCI) and 6 book chapters. Prof. Wang is an editor in several prestigious international Journals, e.g World Journal of Gastroenterology, Asian Journal of Surgery, Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences (Associate Editor), Cells, Oncology Letters, Frontiers in Oncology (Guest Editor), Journal of Oncology (Guest Editor), Cancers (Guest Editor) and Asian Council of Science Editors. As a reviewer for more than 80 prestigious journals including Annals of Surgery, Gastroenterology, Cancer Research, Oncology, American College of Surgeons, BMC Cancer, Cancer Letters, Clinical Cancer Research, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, International Journal of Cancer and British Journal of Cancer etc. He has also been the PI of Biosignature in Colorectal Cancers, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, between 2012 and 2018. Since 2019, he was appointed as clinical implication committee member, Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. RESEARCH/CLINICAL INTEREST Surgical and Molecular oncology Colorectal cancer Gastrointestinal malignancy and disease Nutrition therapy Robotic surgery Microbiota AFFILIATIONS Superintendent, Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Pingtung, Taiwan Professor of Department of Surgery and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Leader of Colorectal Cancer, Multidisciplinary Team, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Director of Robotic Surgery Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chairman of Nutrition Support Council, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
