Sze-piao Yang

Sze-Piao Yang (; 4 June 1920 – 26 May 2021), also spelled as Sibiao Yang, was a Taiwanese physician and pulmonologist who focused on treating tuberculosis and related lung diseases. He acted as dean of the affiliated hospital of the National Taiwan University Hospital from 1978 to 1984. He then served concurrently as the dean of the National Taiwan University School of Medicine from 1983 to 1985, and also as president of the Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology. He is referred to as the "Father of Thoracic X-ray Interpretation in Taiwan" due to his work in establishing the field of research involving X-rays in Taiwan.

Childhood and education Born in Hsinchu on 4 June 1920,

Awards, honours, and legacy The 2018 Medical Contribution Award was given to Yang for his contributions to medical knowledge throughout his lifetime. A TV series also aired in 2019 titled "Hundred Years Old Doctor" that was based around events in his life.

Personal life During his early 20's working as a medical assistant in the National Taiwan University Hospital, Yang met the head nurse at the time, Chen Baoyu. Later, at the height of World War II, the Japanese commercial ship Takachihomaru was sunk by American battleships at the Port of Keelung. His brother, sister-in-law, and their yet-to-be-born child died in the incident, and the grief this caused the family resulted in them ordering Yang to get married. This never occurred with Chen, however, due to him leaving for his research grant in the United States and this part of his life was dramatized in the theater play titled Medical World Love. In the subsequent years, he was married to a different partner, but she died in the 1960s, and he later rekindled a relationship with Chen before marrying her in 1984.

Yang published a book about his life in early 2018 titled A Hundred Years Old Physician Dedicates with Love with the dedication that he would not retire until he reached 100 years old. In March 2018, Yang donated $60 million out of his life savings to the Tzu Chi general hospital. He died on 26 May 2021, aged 100.