Taiwan

Qualifications

1996 – Qualified as medical doctor obtaining the MBChB degree from University of Cape Town, South Africa
1997 – Registered as a Medical Practioner in South Africa
1998 – Registered as a Medical Practioner with  the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council
2000 – Registered as a Medical Practioner in Taiwan
2005 – Registered as a General Surgeon, Taiwan
2007 – Registered as a Plastic Surgeon, Taiwan
2010 – Registered as Vascular Surgeon, Taiwan
2009 – Senior Lecturer – Tzu Chi University
2014 – Assistant Professor – Tzu Chi University 

Publications & Communications

• 30 SCI papers mostly in the field of Microsurgery.

Scientific Societies

• Active member of Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery
• Active member of Taiwan Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
• Active member of Taiwan Society of Vascular Surgery
• Council member of Asia Pacific Federation of Societies for Reconstructive Microsurgery
• Active member of Taiwan Society for Burn Injuries and Wound Healing 
• Active member of Taiwan Society for Wound care

Work Experience

• 1997 – Internship, Cecelia Makiwane Hospital, in rural eastern part of South Africa
• 1998 – Senior House Officer in Medicine, Johannesburg General Hospital, South Africa
• 1998-2000 – Volunteer doctor – Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, South Africa
• 2001-2003 – Resident in General Surgery, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
• 2004 – Part of Tzu Chi International Medical Association team, as volunteer doctor to Indonesia
• 2004-2005 – Resident in Plastic Surgery, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
• 2006 – Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
• 2007/2008 Clinical observer Endovascular Surgery/ Plastic Surgery Stanford University and Oxford University
• 2019 – Part of Tzu Chi International Medical Association team, as volunteer doctor to Mozambique
• 2007 – present – Attending Plastic Surgeon and Head of Burn Unit, Tzu Chi Dalin General Hospital, Dalin, Taiwan.

Dr Honda Hsu graduated from University of Cape Town, South Africa then trained as a Plastic Surgeon in Taiwan. At present, working in the department of Plastic Surgery, in Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital and heads the burn unit. Has a special interest in microsurgical reconstruction in head and neck surgery and in diabetic foot reconstruction.