Nan-Fu Chen, M.D.
Attending physician of Neurosurgery Division
神經外科Current Positions
- Attending physician of Neurosurgery Division
Specialties
- Head injury, stroke, cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery
- Peripheral nerve surgery, palmar hyperhidrosis and bromhidrosis surgery, spinal nerve surgery
- Endoscopic spine surgery, spinal radio-frequency thermocoagulation therapy
- Vertebroplasty (kyphoplasty), minimally invasive spine surgery
- Chronic low back pain treatment, critical care medicine
- Percutaneous minimally invasive spinal internal fixation surgery
- Brain tumors, spinal tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University
- M.D., College of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), Taiwan, R.O.C.
Experience
- Board Member of the Taiwan Society of Endoscopic Spine Surgery
- Director of the Taiwan Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Resident of the Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Chief Resident of Neurosurgery Division, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Attending physician of Neurosurgery Division , Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Director of Neurosurgery Division, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Director of OPD and ER Department, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Director of Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Chief of Civilian Administration Department, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
- Surgical specialist
- Neurosurgery specialist
- Critical care medicine specialist
- Neurosurgical spine specialists
- Research fellow, UCLA Spine Center
- Clinical Professor, National Defense Medical Center
- Appointed Professor of the Ministry of Education
