Department of Gastroenterology
 
Our faculty have a major commitment to our patients. Our staff offer the full spectrum of endoscopy and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.  In addition physicians in our department are highly skilled and experienced.
We perform a number of treatments, such as early cancer of GI tract including Biliary and Pancreatic stent, ESD (Endoscopic submucosal dissection) as well as Dilatation of GI tract stricture including Achalasia, Balloon assisted enteroscopy, EUS, RFA, Fibroscan on a daily basis.
 
 
                
                
Conditions We Treat
	- General: abdominal pain, abdominal distension, bloating, bloody vomitus, vomiting, anemia, nausea, anorexia, difficulty in swallowing, constipation, diarrhea, irregular stool passage, tenesmus, black/bloody stools, loss of appetite, indigestion, yellowish skin/tea color urine and weight loss
- Gastrointestinal diseases: gastrointestinal bleeding, digestive tract ulcers, gastro-esophageal reflux, Helicobacter pylori diagnosis,infectious gastrointestinal disease, constipation, functional gastrointestinal disorders, digestive benign tumors and cancers
- Biliary and pancreatic system diseases: biliary stones/tumors/infection, and pancreatic inflammation and tumors
- Liver diseases: acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver tumors and cancers
 
 
                
                
Service & Treatments
SERVICES
Our department provide professional clinical services and treatments:
	- Gastrointestinal motility examination
- Endoscopy: Upper Endoscopy (gastroscopy, GD,esophagogastroduodenoscopy), Colonoscopy, lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, endoscopic removal of foreign bodies, endoscopic gastrostomy
- Therapeutic endoscopy:
 ERCP(Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography)
 Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): treatment for early gastrointestinal tumor
- Abdominal sonography: Abdominal Ultrasound
 
 
                
        
        
            
    OUR DOCTORS
    
            
            Shiag-Jung Yie, M.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Sonography, Endoscopy
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Wei-Yu Kao, M.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Hepatitis
• Digestive Endoscopy
• Abdominal sonography
• Local ablation for liver cancer
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Cheng Tiong, M.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Hepatitis
• Endoscopy
• Sonography
• Cancer
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Shyr-Yi Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• GI tract
• GB
• liver disorder
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Jean-Dean Liu, MD PhD
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Liver diseases
• Endoscopy
• Sonography
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Shiann Pan, MD PhD
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
•  Diseases of Digestive System
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Yu-An Kan, MD
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Hepatitis
• Endoscopy
• Sonography
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Hsiyuan Chien, M.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS
• Medical weight loss
• BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon procedure
• Therapeutic Endoscopy of Gastrointestinal Tract
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Chun-Chao Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• Hepatitis
• Digestive Endoscopy
• Abdominal sonography
• Local ablation for liver cancer
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese            
         
    
                       
      
    
            
            Ding Ek Toh MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP
            Gastroenterology
            
                SPECIALTY/PRACTICE AREAS:
• Diagnosis and management of early tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
• Therapeutic endoscopy – Endoscopy resection of large gastric and colonic polyps
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional gut disorder
• Inflammatory bowel disease
                
                
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
• English
• Chinese