Name: Faye Shih
Class Year: 2022
Major: Neuroscience with a minor in Data Science
Hometown: Taichung, Taiwan
Internship Organization: IRCAD Taiwan
Job Title: Research and Development Intern
Location: Lukang, Taiwan
Award: 911 Internship Fund
What’s happening at your internship?
IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif) was first founded in Strasbourg, France, with the mission to advance research and provide training on minimally invasive surgery. The center was most well known for assisting its founder Dr. Jacques Marescaux on conducting “Operation Lindberg,” the first transatlantic telesurgery operation from New York on a patient in Strasbourg. IRCAD Taiwan was started in 2008 to continue the efforts in advancing education on minimally invasive surgery techniques in Asia. With the vision fo