After completing his military service on Quemoy, he returned to Taipei to practice medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital. He later opened his own pediatric clinic on Taipei's Nanking East Road.
金門退役後，他回台大醫院門診工作，隨後在台北的南京東路開設「黃小兒科」診所，在這之前，他不曾接觸過相機。