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 Taiwan
Epilepsy Society (TES) was established
in 1990 by a group of neurologists interested
in treating patients with epilepsy.
But the history should be traced back
to 1980’s when neurologists from Taiwan
started attending international epilepsy
workshops, symposia and annual meetings
of international epilepsy societies.
Neurologists and pediatricians who are
interested in epilepsy started having
regular meetings under the leadership
of Drs. Ming-Shung Su, and Marshal (Mo-Song)
Hsi. When Dr. Jing- Jane Tsai returned
to Taiwan in 1988 after having studied
epilepsy for 10 years in Germany, the
group started seriously thinking of
establishing a national society devoted
to the care of epilepsy patients. The
first comprehensive epilepsy program
was established in 1989 under the leadership
of Dr. Ming-Sung Su in Taipei Veteran
General Hospital, where patients with
epilepsy received both medical and surgical
care. They have performed more than
600 cases of surgery, including temporal
lobectomy, corpus callosotomy and other
surgeries.
Under the initiation of Dr. Jing-Jane
Tsai, TES was formed in 1990 and Dr.
Ming-Sung Su was elected as the first
president of the society. At our first
TES meeting, we had the honor of having
distinguished guests, Drs Seino and
Mukawa from Japan, Wada and Yamamoto
from Canada and Dr. Fromm from USA to
participate. Since then we have held
annual society meetings as well as several
international epilepsy meetings. TES
joined International League Against
Epilepsy (ILAE) in 1993, and has officially
become a member of ILAE ever since.
So far, we have had six distinguished
epileptologists served as the president
of the society, each served for two
years, and the current president, Dr.
Chi-Wan Lai, was just elected this year.
After having joined ILAE and IBE,
Taiwan has been active in joining international
epilepsy activities. Dr. Jing-Jane Tsai
has been in the committee for Asian
Oceanic Epilepsy Organization (AOEO)
as well as Commission on Asian and Oceanean
Affairs (CAOA) and was elected the Ambassador
for Epilepsy in 2001, and Dr. Marshal
(Mo-Song) Hsi has been elected as one
of the Vice Presidents of IBE and also
Ambassador for Epilepsy in 2003.
Furthermore, Dr. Chi-Wan Lai, the
Professor of Neurology and Co-director
of Comprehensive Epilepsy Program in
University of Kansas returned to Taiwan
in 1998, and has received the Social
Accomplishment Award from ILAE/IBE in
2003.
So far, the membership of TES consists
mainly of neurologists, neurosurgeons
and pediatric neurologists, and we are
looking for opportunities to recruit
different disciplines, such as psychiatrists,
nurses, pharmacists, social workers
to join TES, in order to provide a comprehensive
care for epilepsy patients. (prepared
by Dr. Jing-Jane Tsai, translated and
edited by Dr. Chi-Wan Lai) |
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