Wei-I Li, M.D.
Director of Thoracic Surgery Division
胸腔外科Current Positions
- Director of Thoracic Surgery Division
Specialties
- Da Vinci Surgical System Certified Surgeon
- Various types of microscopy (esophagoscope, gastroscope, bronchoscope)
- Pneumothorax and chest wall deformity correction
- Lung surgery
- Esophageal surgery
- Single port thoracoscopic minimally invasive surgery
- Mediastinal tumors
- Chest trauma treatment and rib fracture fixation surgery
- Acute and critical care
- Nutritional establishment after major surgery or trauma
Education
- M.D., College of Medicine, National Defense Medical University (NDMU) , Taiwan, R.O.C.
Experience
- Resident of the Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Chief Resident of the Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Resident of General Surgery Division, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Chief Resident of General Surgery Division, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Thoracic Surgery Department of National Cheng Kung University Teaching Hospital for further training on single-port thoracoscopic surgery and Da Vinci robotic arm
- Advanced training in single-hole minimally invasive surgery at Hiroshima University Teaching Hospital, Japan (Morihito Okada, MD, PhD, Chairman & Prof. Department of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University)
- Adjunct Chief Physician, General Surgery Division, National Cheng Kung University Teaching Hospital
- Support the attending physician of the Department of Surgery, Pingtung Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Support the attending physician of the Emergency Department, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Surgical specialist
- Aviation medicine specialist
- Surgeon, Taiwan Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Surgeon, Taiwan Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Thoracic Surgeon, Taiwan Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
- Thoracic and critical care specialist, Taiwan Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Nutritional Medicine Specialist, Taiwan Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Advanced Trauma Lifesaving Student (ATLS)
Biography
【Education】
National Defense Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Class 102
【Experience】
• Resident physician, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung General Hospital, ROC Armed Forces
• Attending surgeon, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung General Hospital, ROC Armed Forces
• Resident physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
• Attending surgeon, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
• Fellowship in uniportal thoracoscopic surgery and Da Vinci robotic system, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
• Fellowship in uniportal pulmonary segmentectomy minimally invasive surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
• Part‑time attending physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
• Supporting attending surgeon, Department of Surgery, Pingtung Branch, Kaohsiung General Hospital, ROC Armed Forces
• Supporting attending surgeon, Emergency Surgery, Kaohsiung General Hospital, ROC Armed Forces
【Licenses & Certifications】
• Board‑certified Surgeon
• Board‑certified Aviation Medicine Physician
• Board‑certified Critical Care Medicine Physician (Republic of China Society of Critical Care Medicine)
• Board‑certified Thoracic Surgeon (Taiwan Thoracic Surgery Society)
• Board‑certified Thoracic Surgeon, Taiwan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Board‑certified Thoracic and Critical Care Physician, Taiwan Society of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine
• Board‑certified Clinical Nutrition Physician, Taiwan Society of Venous and Enteral Nutrition Medicine
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certified
