Chen Wei-jao
Taiwanese surgeon
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Chen Wei-jao is a Taiwanese surgeon and academic administrator. Early life and career Chen was born in Taichū Prefecture on 15 November 1939. He studied medicine at National Taiwan University and completed his residency at National Taiwan University Hospital. He became a lecturer at NTU and continued postgraduate study. Chen earned a DMS in 1973 at Tohoku University in Japan before completing a master's in public health at Johns Hopkins University in 1989. Chen was the lead surgeon in a groundbreaking September 1979 operation to separate conjoined twins. The twins were born with three legs between them and joined at the hip. The surgery was broadcast live on television. It was also the fourth successful separation of conjoined twins ever performed. Chen was named deputy director of the NTU Hospital in 1987 and became dean of the NTU college of medicine in 1991.
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