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Dr. Jung Tsai is a retired surgeon. He had been in practice for nearly 50 years. He specialized in Cancer and Vascular Surgery. He is the founding President of The Greater New York Region Pen club in 2003 and was the National President of North American Taiwanese Medical association.

He was the commissioner and current consultant of OCAC 僑委會

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I met Dr. Jung Tsai nearly 15 years ago and in July I happened to run into him when I was at the New York Taiwan Center for an event. That's when I learned that he was organizing a medical mission to Ukraine and asked if he'd talk with me about it for Talking Taiwan. Dr. Tsai is a retired surgeon, who's been in practice for nearly 50 years. His specialty is Cancer and Vascular Surgery. He is the founding President of The Greater New York Region Pen club in 2003 and was the National President of North American Taiwanese Medical Association. He was also the commissioner and is currently a consultant of OCAC (僑委會).

Dr. Tsai has 15 years of experience going on medical missions with the North America Taiwanese Medical Association, but nothing could have prepared him for this undertaking which has been full of ups and downs. Despite it all, Dr. Tsai has single-handedly made it happen.

He and his team will be heading to Warsaw on August 29th and spending 10 days in Rivne, Ukraine. We be holding you and your team in our thoughts during this live saving, live changing mission and looking forward to your safe return.

Dr. Tsai's courage is a reminder to focus on what really matters in life and not to give up even when things seem insurmountable.

Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

· Why Dr. Tsai decided to organize a medical mission to Ukraine

· Dr. Tsai's observation that people in Taiwan do not want to go to war with China

· How Dr. Tsai went about organizing the medical mission to Ukraine

· How Dr. Tsai had planned to bring a group of 25 but then people suddenly started dropping out

· The concerns of people who dropped out of the medical mission and those who have committed

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