Chen Yao-chang

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Chen Yao-chang (Mandarin Chinese: 陳耀昌; February 9, 1949 – November 17, 2025) was a Taiwanese hematologist.[1]

Chen Yao-Chang

Life and career

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Yao-chang was born in Tainan on February 9, 1949.[2] He was a hematologist and oncologist at National Taiwan University Hospital for more than 30 years, and completed Taiwan's first bone marrow transplant in 1983, becoming a pioneer in bone marrow transplantation in Taiwan and laying the foundation for bone marrow banking. From 1993 to 1995, he traveled to Ho Chi Minh City to assist in the establishment of a bone marrow transplant center in Vietnam.[3]

He was a pioneer in stem cell research, serving as the founding director of the first stem cell center of the National Institutes of Health from 2002 to 2004, and founding the Taiwan Cell Medicine Association in 2014. In 2004, he served as the founding director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at National Taiwan University, and in 2005, he promoted the third reading of the "Forensic Physician Act".[4]

Yao-chang died on November 17, 2025, at the age of 76.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "醫生眼 看歷史 追溯台灣DNA". Yahoo News (in Chinese). 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  2. ^ "陳耀昌教授專訪". INVESTIGATOR. 2014-07-20. Archived from the original on 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  3. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2016-12-11). "行醫兼寫作 陳耀昌獲台灣文學獎 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  4. ^ The Dept. of Forensic Medicine,National Taiwan University College of Medicine. "The Dept. of Forensic Medicine". www.mc.ntu.edu.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2025-04-21. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  5. ^ TTV (2025-11-17). "血液腫瘤醫學權威陳耀昌病逝享壽76歲 醫界與文化界深感惋惜". 台視新聞網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.