1945
Dr. Chiu is born in Kwangtung, China to Bud Yick and Lai Kwai Chiu.
1969
Dr. Chiu receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri.
1973
Dr. Chiu marries Lilian Wah-Ying Shen.
1973
Dr. Chiu receives a Doctor of Medicine from Columbia University and begins a medical internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
1974
Dr. Chiu becomes a resident of general surgery at Barnes Hospital.
1977
Dr. Chiu becomes a resident of plastic surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, New York.
1980
Dr. Chiu becomes a fellow of the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, New York.
1981
Dr. Chiu becomes an assistant professor at the NYU Langone Medical Center and a supervisory attending at Bellevue Hospital Hand Clinic.
1989
Dr. Chiu is appointed associate director of plastic surgery and chief of hand/microsurgery and replantation surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
1990
Dr. Chiu becomes a professor of clinical surgery, anatomy, and cell biology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
1993
Dr. Chiu is appointed director of the Microsurgery Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
1994
Dr. Chiu is appointed chief of the Plastic Surgery Division of the Department of Surgery, and is named Thomas S. Zimmer Professor at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
1994
Dr. Chiu is the founding president of the Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies.
2000
Dr. Chiu is named Calvin F. Barber Professor at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
2000
Dr. Chiu is appointed director of the Center of Restorative Surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
2001
Dr. Chiu becomes a clinical professor of surgery at New York University.
2003
Dr. Chiu is appointed director of the New York Nerve Center at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
2006
Dr. Chiu is appointed director of hand surgery services at the NYU Langone Center for Restorative Surgery.
2008
Dr. Chiu becomes a professor of plastic and neurosurgery at New York University.
2017
Dr. Chiu is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.