Min-Sheng to Host Two Metabolic Surgery Workshops in March 2015

The Asia-Pacific Endoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Center at Min-Sheng General Hospital is organizing two International Surgical Workshops in March 2015. The two four-day workshops will focus on single anastomosis surgical procedures for the management of morbidly obese and diabetic patients. Professor Wei-Jei Lee, an international authority in the fields of bariatric and metabolic surgery, will be directing the workshops.

 

 

During each course, those who attend will scrub for up to eight bariatric and metabolic procedures and attend several hours of didactic conference covering bariatric operative and perioperative management topics.

The first workshop will take place March 9-12, 2015 and focus on the Mini-Gastric Bypass , while the second one will be March 23-26, 2015 and highlight the single anastomosis DJB-SG procedure.

Team from Shanghai's Huashan Hospital Complete Training at Min-Sheng General Hospital

A team from Huashan Hospital, a hospital affiliated with the prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai, China, has completed a week-long training at Min-Sheng General Hospital’s Bariatric and Metabolic Surgical Center.

 

 

The team composed of nurses and dieticians involved in the care of bariatric patients in their hospital came to learn about the functioning of a large and structured center. The participants got to watch and participate in the various stages of weight loss and metabolic patients care. The training program also included lectures on nutrition, sensitivity training, and program management.

The Bariatric Center at Min-Sheng General Hospital has gained a strong international reputation and attracts professionals from across Asia eager to learn from its experience. The Center offers a complete range of training programs, from observational visits to full clinical fellowships.

Min-Sheng’s Bariatric Center in Live-Surgery Transmission with Dubai

The GOSS (Gulf Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society) 2015 Conference featured a pre-congress live-surgery workshop. It was an opportunity for the attendees to observe renowned international specialists perform more advanced bariatric and metabolic surgeries, while showcasing the latest techniques and advances in the field.

 

 

The organizers had requested Min-Sheng General Hospital participates in the event with a two-hour live-transmission from its Bariatric Center in Taiwan. Professor Wei-Jei Lee and his team performed a Resectional RY with Limb Extension, a type of revisional laparoscopic metabolic surgery. The surgeons were answering questions from the audience while performing surgery.

 

Japanese Surgeon Completes Fellowship in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital.

Dr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi from the Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital in Otsu, Japan has completed a one-month mini-fellowship in laparoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Min-Sheng General Hospital. Dr. Yamaguchi, who is an assistant Professor of surgery at Shiga University of Medical Science, chose to come to Min-Sheng’s Asia-Pacific Endoscopic Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical center because its international fellowship program offers a unique opportunity to learn in a high-volume metabolic and bariatric surgical center, under Professor Lee Wei-Jei, a well known academic and specialist in the field.

Dr. Yamaguchi leaves extremely satisfied with the training that he received and claims that the amount of experience he gained over the past few weeks went beyond his wildest expectations. Since bariatric surgery in Japan isn’t yet as popular nor developed as in Taiwan, Dr. Yamaguchi got to develop his skills in a broad range of bariatric surgical techniques and was involved in more bariatric surgeries in a month at Min-Sheng than in years in Japan. Dr. Yamaguchi was very impressed with the level of skills of the surgeons at Min-Sheng, a mastery that stems from the high number of cases that are treated at the Center every week.

 

Dr. Yamaguchi was also full of praise for the professional way the fellowship program is organized, from the time of application until the end.

 

Min-Sheng Contributes to Conference on Evidence-based Healthcare

 

Min-Sheng General Hospital has long been an advocate of evidence-based health care and doesn't miss an occasion to promote it. Min-Sheng was therefore involved in the third conference organized by the International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care that took place in Taipei last week.

Bariatric Team from Hong Kong Comes to Min-Sheng General Hospital for Training

A team from the Prince of Wales Hospital, a hospital affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong has arrived at Min-Sheng General Hospital for an observational training visit of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgical Center.

 

 

 

The team composed of a surgeon, the program coordinator, and a nurse dealing with bariatric patients came to learn about the functioning of a large and structured center. While the surgeon was able to observe bariatric surgical procedures seldom performed in Hong Kong, the other participants got to watch and participate in the various stages of weight loss and metabolic patients care. The training program also included lectures on nutrition, sensitivity training, and program management.

The Bariatric Center at Min-Sheng General Hospital has gained a strong international reputation and attracts professionals from across Asia eager to learn from its experience. The Center offers a complete range of training programs, from observational visits to full clinical fellowships.

Group of Japanese Healthcare Management Consultants Visit Min-Sheng General Hospital

A delegation from the Hyogo-Kansai Region of the Japan Association of Healthcare Management Consultants (JAHMC) visited Min-Sheng General Hospital on the first leg of a three-day trip to Taiwan to discuss management and staff education practices in large Taiwanese hospital groups.

 

The visitors were particularly interested in patients-flows and inter-service communication issues, the hospital’s initiatives to train and get its staff involved in management, and in the specific services and management systems for receiving foreign patients and medical tourists.