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Professor
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Chen-Chi Wu is an attending physician at the Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), and serves as a professor in National Taiwan University College of Medicine (NTUCM). His is currently the head of the cochlear implantation program at NTUH.
Dr. Wu’s clinical interest lies in pediatric otology, cochlear implantation, and endoscopic ear surgery. His research interest centers on genetics of deafness, cochlear implantation, minimally-invasive ear surgery and molecular therapeutics of inner ear diseases. His team has been dedicated to the early detection, diagnosis, and management of pediatric hearing impairment over the past 15 years. His previous and current work includes clinical genetic studies, translational studies, and basic animal studies, covering a wide but continuous range of research interests in this field.
Dr. Wu received a M.D. degree from the NTUCM in 1999. After his residency training at the Department of Otolaryngology, NTUH, he attended the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, NTUCM where he graduated with a master's degree in 2004 and PhD in 2010. From 2012 to 2013, he was trained as a post-doctoral research fellow under the supervision of Professor Konstantina Stankovic in molecular genetics of deafness at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Wu has been extensively involved in numerous international academic societies. He is currently a board member of the Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences (APSCI), and an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF), the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the Barany Society, the International Otopathology Society, and the Politzer Society.