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Dr. Yeongchi Wu (吳永吉醫師)

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Dr. Yeongchi Wu (吳永吉醫師)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Yeongchi Wu
  • Chinese: 吳永吉醫師
  • Era: —
  • Geography: Chiayi, Taiwan (嘉義人, per TAH work record)
  • Core roles: physician, artist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. President of North American Taiwanese Medical Association/Chicago Chapter (北美洲台灣人醫師協會芝加哥分會會長) 2017

Education

  • Kaohsiung Medical Univ. — 1968 — M.D.

Employment

  • Cook County Hospital — Surgical Intern — (1971-) — Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago — (1975-1995) — Center for International Rehabilitation — Northwestern Univ. Prosthetics-Orthotics Center — Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine — Community — North American Taiwanese Medical Association, Chicago Chapter — President

Role in the Community

  • Born in Chiayi (嘉義), per his TAH community profile 吳永吉帶著一袋愛.
  • Remembered in the movement memoir Our Journeys as a rehabilitation physician “帶著一袋愛心走天下” who used an improved vacuum-forming (真空成型) bracing technique to help many people with disabilities — counted among the artistically gifted Taiwanese American physicians Our Journeys 291.
  • In Chicago he was among the同鄉 who provided special funding support for the 世界台灣人美術展覽專刊 (World Taiwanese Art Exhibition special publication), alongside 顏幸一、楊正聰、邱伸彥 Our Journeys 256.
  • NATMA was founded in 1984 on the initiative of Prof. 周烒明 with 40 chapters; Wu later led the Chicago chapter (2017), consistent with the association’s mission of uniting Taiwanese American physicians Our Journeys 291.
  • Independent testimony from a Chicago-area family who grew up next door: in an Exit Formosa-era interview Susan Hsu recalls a family friend “an MD but his specialty is in prosthetic limbs… Dr. Yeongchi Wu, and he’s gotten recognition for his work helping victims of landmines whose legs or arms were blown off,” with the note that his passion for sculpting and art made him uniquely suited to crafting prosthetics — non-TAH corroboration of his vacuum-forming rehabilitation work Exit interview, Emily & Susan Hsu.
  • Held up in the community press as the embodiment of 「普世醫學」: in a 台灣公義報 essay on the role of anesthesiologists, 陳東榮醫師 cites him as 「有一位吳永吉醫師為普世醫學全心奔走」 who, seeing medical progress grow ever costlier and irrelevant to most of the world’s 2 billion people without basic care, dedicated his R&D to medical technology and supplies that are 「更好、更便宜、更便捷、更環保」 — 「他就是這樣帶著滿滿的愛心走天涯」 陳東榮醫師, 台灣公義報 2024-06.
  • Community profiles: TAH record 67, TAH Who’s Who 122, TAH record 126.
  • Contributor list in the Our Journeys 世界台灣人美術展覽專刊 credits: 「吳永吉／嘉義人／高雄藝學院畢業／現在芝加哥西北大學醫學院做研究。曾因研究成就輝煌，在白宮接受卡特的『總統獎』。自少即愛雕刻。曾在今年Hinsdale Artists的畫展中獲得雕刻組第一名」 — corroborates the Northwestern affiliation in his employment record and his sculpting practice, and ties him to the art-funding network noted above Our Journeys 256.
    • HOLD: 「高雄藝學院畢業」 (Our Journeys 256) vs. 「Kaohsiung Medical Univ. — 1968 — M.D.」 (TAH tables Education). Both could be true (medical degree + art college), but not auto-merged.

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

From the record

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09250400-9, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 14114a89（陳東榮醫師麻醉演講心得報告, 2024-06-14 存檔）正文再驗證——本頁「普世醫學」條即掛該文 wikilink，連結為真，無錯鏈、無虛鏈 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • 複核（TJJ-A09171200-11, 2026-09-24）：本 slice 文章 14114a89（陳東榮醫師麻醉演講心得報告, 2024-06-14 存檔）正文再驗證——本頁相關提及確認見於正文，subject 連結為真，無錯鏈、無虛鏈；對應日期事實已在庫 — SKIP，無新材料。

  • 覆核（TJJ-A09231000-7, 2026-09-25）：本 slice 文章 14114a89（陳東榮醫師麻醉演講心得報告, 2024-06-14 存檔）正文再驗證——本頁「普世醫學」條即掛該文 wikilink，連結為真，無錯鏈、無虛鏈 — SKIP，已飽和。

  • 複核（deepen-x 2026-09-25 slice 09240317-9）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep（吳永吉 / Yeongchi Wu）命中集不變（records 67/125/126、whos-who-122、ourjourneys 256/291、Exit 訪談、陳東榮文）, 全部已 wikilink 吸收 (saturated, SKIP)

  • 複核（deepen-x slice 09250700-5, 2026-09-25）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep（works+articles）hit set identical to prior deepen records — all hits already absorbed/wikilinked; SKIP: verified-saturated, no new corpus material.

  • 覆核（deepen-x slice 10090315-11, 2026-10-10）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep across all 5 corpus dirs — person hits unchanged (records 67/125/126, whos-who-122, ourjourneys 256/291, Exit interview, 陳東榮文), all already linked. New material absorbed: Our Journeys 256 contributor-list bio (高雄藝學院畢業 / 西北大學研究 / 卡特總統獎 / Hinsdale雕刻第一名) with HOLD on 高雄藝學院 vs Kaohsiung Medical Univ. M.D. Other grep hits (2021/2023 TJJ articles, 2025 虎林專案) are false positives — 記者陳永吉 byline / 永吉國小, not this person.

  • 複核（deepen-x slice 10101204-10, 2026-10-11）: fresh ZH+EN+surname re-grep（吳永吉 / Yeongchi Wu / 永吉醫師, plus broad 永吉 sweep）across all 5 corpus dirs — person hit set unchanged (records 67/125/126, whos-who-122, ourjourneys 256/291, Exit interview, 陳東榮文), all already absorbed/wikilinked. Broad 永吉 hits are false positives (記者陳永吉 bylines, 永吉國小), consistent with prior audits — SKIP: verified-saturated.

  • 複核（deepen-x slice 10112243-9, 2026-10-12）: fresh ZH+EN+surname re-grep（吳永吉 / Yeongchi Wu / 永吉醫師, plus broad 永吉 sweep）across all 5 corpus dirs — person hit set unchanged (records 67/125/126, whos-who-122, ourjourneys 256/291, Exit interview, 陳東榮文, sources index), all already absorbed/wikilinked. Broad 永吉 hits confirmed false positives again (記者陳永吉 bylines ×2, 永吉國小 虎林專案) — SKIP: verified-saturated, no new corpus material.

  • 複核（deepen-x slice 10121100-27, 2026-10-13）: fresh ZH+EN re-grep（吳永吉 / Yeongchi / 永吉醫師, plus broad 永吉 sweep）across all 5 corpus dirs — person hit set identical to all prior audits (records 67/125/126, whos-who-122, ourjourneys 256/291, Exit interview, 陳東榮文 14114a89, sources index, works index), every hit already absorbed/wikilinked. Broad 永吉 hits are the same confirmed false positives (記者陳永吉 bylines ×2, 永吉國小/虎林專案) — SKIP: verified-saturated, no new corpus material.

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