Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital

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Lap-For Chan

Attending Physician

Education

• Graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University
• Master of Clinical Neuroscience, University of London

Experience

• Studied at the National Neurosurgery and Surgery Hospital in the UK
• Research Fellow in Neuropathology at the University of Southern California
• Attending Physician of Neurosurgery at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Specialty

• Head trauma, cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumor, cerebrovascular disease and hemangioma, spinal degeneration, bone spurs, intervertebral disc herniation , spinal tumor, spinal injury and fracture and dislocation, spinal cord injury, spinal osteoporosis bone cement treatment, sciatica, cervical neuralgia, nerve compression, carpal tunnel syndrome, hydrocephalus, trigeminal neuralgia, facial nerve spasm

Academic Works

1. Chan LF: Apoptosis following Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans. July 2001. MSc Dissertation for the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, University College London, UK
2. Chan LF: The Discovery of Viable Stem Cells in Adult Brain: Present Evidence and Implications for Treatment of Brain Disease. December 2000. MSc project submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MSc in Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, University of London, UK
3. Chan LF, Shih TY: Pituitary Abscess with CT and MRI Pictures. A Case Report and Review of The Literature. Acta Neurologica Sinica 1996; 15 (1): 15-19
4. Chan LF, Lui CC, Cheng MH, Lin JW: Ganglion Cyst in the Ligamentum Flavum of the Cervicothoracic Junction. J Formos Med Assoc 1996; 95 (6): 490-492
5. Su MS, Chan LF: The Surgical Treatment of Odontoid Fracture. Presented in the Monthly Meeting of Surgical Association. ROC, Kaohsiung. 27 May 2009
6. Chan LF: Neural Stem Cells: Present Evidence & Implications for Neural Repair. Presented in the Monthly Meeting of Surgical Association. ROC, Kaohsiung. 16 Nov 2002
7. Chan LF, Lu K, Shih TY, Lee TC, Chen HJ: The Recent Advancement of Computed Tomographic Angiography in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysms. Presented in the Annual Meeting of Neurosurgical Society ROC (Taiwan), Taipei. 29-30 Nov 1997
8. Chan LF, Chen HJ: Basilar Tip Aneurysms. Presented in the Monthly Meeting of Surgical Association ROC, Kaohsiung. 22 Aug 1997
9. Chan LF, Shih TY: Pituitary Abscess- A Case Report. Presented in the Annual Meeting of Surgical Association ROC, Taipei. 21-24 Mar 1995