Chao‐Long Chen

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Dr. Chao-Long Chen is a world-renowned pioneer in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, with a career-long focus on advancing minimally invasive techniques to improve donor safety and recipient outcomes. He is best known for his leadership in establishing and standardizing laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy, a field in which he has made landmark contributions. His highly cited 2017 "Expert Panel Statement on Laparoscopic Living Donor Hepatectomy" (75 citations) provided the first comprehensive expert consensus on patient selection, surgical technique, and safety protocols, effectively shaping global clinical practice. Dr. Chen’s work has been instrumental in demonstrating that laparoscopic donor surgery can reduce morbidity and recovery time without compromising graft quality. With a career spanning decades at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, he has performed thousands of living donor liver transplants and trained a generation of surgeons. His impact is reflected not only in his citation counts but in the widespread adoption of the techniques he helped validate, making him a foundational figure in modern, donor-centered liver transplantation.