Kung-Chen Ho
Director
Obesity Prevention Center, Mackay Memorial Hospital
Taiwan
kchoox@yahoo.com.tw
Educational Background
1991.09~1995.06 B.S., Department of Physics,
National Sun Yat-Sen University
1995.09~1997.06 M. Eng. , Department of Biomedical Engineering,
National Yang-Ming University
2001.09~2006.06 M.D., Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine,
Kaohsiung Medical University
2015.09~ Enrollment, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
National Yang-Ming University
Work Experience
Medical Carrier
2006~2007 Residency of Surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital
2007~2011 Residency of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital
2011~ Attending staff of Department of General Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital
2016.6~9 Observation in Taipei Medical University Hospital, Department of
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Board
• National Board of Medical Examiner 2007
• The Board of Surgery 2011
• The Board of Taiwan Oncology Society 2008
• The Board of Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology 2010
• The Board of Taiwan Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2012
Abstract:
Obesity is an increasingly prevalent global health issue and has a considerable disease burden, including
numerous co-morbidities.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is one such co-morbidity associated with a high mortality rate and
prevalence, especially in patients with obesity and concomitant Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Currently, the current practice in bariatric surgery is restrictive surgery, for example: sleeve gastrectomy
and restrictive with typical malabsorption, for example: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Bariatric surgery is an effective
