Chih-Hung Lin, M.D. and Fu-Chan Wei, M.D.

I want to thank Dr. Chih-Hung Lin and Dr. Fu-Chan Wei for serving as guest editors for this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on “Extremity-Saving Surgery and Reconstruction: From Microsurgery Reconstruction to Transplantation.” We also appreciate the efforts made by each author on their respective articles and sharing with us their experience and knowledge.

Dr. Chih-Hung Lin completed his internship at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, and his residency in general and plastic surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan.

Currently, Dr. Chih-Hung Lin is chairman of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and is an expert in posttraumatic upper- and lower-extremity reconstructions. An area of his particular focus is on the incorporation of conventional hand surgery with microsurgical free flap transfer. Currently, he is the secretary general of the Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Fu-Chan Wei graduated from Kaohsiung Medical College in 1972 and completed his surgical residency at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, where he also received his training in plastic surgery. Subsequently, he completed 2 years of postgraduate training, first at the University of Toronto as a microvascular surgery fellow then at the University of Louisville as a hand surgery fellow.

Early in his career, he became the chairman of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery department at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1994 through 1999. At present, he is a professor of surgery and dean of the College of Medicine of Chang Gung University. Dr. Wei is executive vice superintendent of the hospital and the chairman of the research and development committee of the Chang Gung System.

He has had numerous international fellows and observers from around the world complete their training at his establishment while under his direction and supervision. He has been the president of several societies including the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Association, the Hand Surgery Society of the Republic of China, the International Microsurgery Society, and the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. Dr. Wei has edited countless books and has contributed innumerable book chapters and articles in the field of plastic surgery. His is truly one of the most recognized names in our field.