Education
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated from National Taiwan University with an Doctor of Medicine in 1967. In 1967, Chang finished his surgical training in the university hospital.
张昭雄, 張昭雄
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated from National Taiwan University with an Doctor of Medicine in 1967. In 1967, Chang finished his surgical training in the university hospital.
He has served as the vice-chairman of People First Party since 2000. He then served as a resident doctor and chief resident doctor until 1972. After that, Chang went to the States for further training.
He worked in Michael Reese Hospital, Texas Heart Institute and Mokral Hospital for medical research and surgical practice.
He returned to Taiwan in 1976. Chang worked in the university hospital as a part-time attending physician from 1976 to 1977.
He then worked in the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1976 to 1999 and the president of Chang Gung University from 1997 to 1999. Chang is the author of sixteen and coauthor of 167 scientific citation index papers.
Chang ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 elections.
Along with Soong, he established the People First Party in 2000, after their defeat in the presidential election. In 2006, Chang announced his retirement form politics after Soong heavily lost in the Taipei mayoral election.