Craniofacial Fellowship at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: Review of an 8-month Fellowship Experience

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) in Taiwan was established in 1976. CGMH has 3,707 beds in the main branch at Linkou near Taipei. Linkou branch had 3,528,000 outpatients 1,067,000 hospitalized patients, and 91,000 surgical cases in 2014. CGMH has 7 branches in Taiwan and 2 branches in China. A craniofacial center was opened at Linkou in 1978 by Professor Noordhoff from the United States, expanded by Professor Y. R. Chen since 1997, and moved to Taoyuan branch newly completed in 2003 with 691 beds. The center consists of plastic surgeons and orthodontists, and approximately 600 orthognathic surgeries (OGSs) have been performed in 1 year that include surgery-first OGS,1 maxillomandibular advancement for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA),2 and computer-assisted surgery3 as the characterized feature