Tommy Nai-Jen Chang, MD, and Jung-Ju Huang, MD, FACS

I want to thank Dr. Tommy Nai-Jen Chang and Dr. Jung-Ju Huang for serving as guest editors of this edition of Seminars in Plastic Surgery. I also want to congratulate the talented group of authors they have invited to contribute to this issue on “Chang Gung Experience (Part 3): Microsurgical Reconstruction for Facial and Brachial Plexus Palsy, Breast and Lymphedema.”

Dr. Tommy Nai-Jen Chang is an associate professor and a specialist in plastic and reconstructive microsurgery at Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, Taiwan. He received his medical degree from Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. He completed his residency at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. He also completed a peripheral nerve research fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

He is a renowned expert in peripheral nerve reconstruction, brachial plexus injury, facial paralysis, and complex microsurgical reconstruction. He has developed “Chang's Technique of Sequential End-to-Side Microvascular Anastomosis” and the “Tommy's 3-5-7 Method” for surface landmark techniques.

Dr. Chang is actively involved in educating international fellows and contributing to global microsurgery, including lecturing at international meetings. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Microsurgery Journal and founded the International Microsurgery Club.

Dr. Jung-Ju Huang is a board-certified plastic surgeon and currently works in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. She is a well-trained and experienced microsurgeon who specializes in microsurgical breast reconstruction, gynecological reconstruction, and lymphedema surgeries. Her recent breakthrough is in robot-assisted breast reconstruction, including implant-based and microsurgical breast reconstructions, and robot-assisted deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap elevation.

She has published 125 peer-reviewed papers and 13 book chapters regarding plastic surgery, microsurgical reconstructive surgeries, and basic research, and she leads several research projects in the field of tissue engineering and lymphedema-related research.

Her professional achievement has brought her many awards, including being named as one of the 10 most outstanding young women in Taiwan in the year 2017. In 2021, she was awarded the Fu-Chan Wei Young Microsurgeon Award by the Taiwan Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. Her recent collaboration with breast surgeon Dr. Wen-Ling Kuo, titled “Microsurgical Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction after Robotic-Assisted Mastectomy: Toward Precision Breast Cancer Surgery and Natural Recovery,” has earned them the National Innovation Award from the Research Center for Biotechnology and Medicine Policy in Taiwan in 2023.

Publication History

Article published online:
05 March 2026