The nuclear medicine center was set up by Yeh Ching-hua, a graduate of the Ministry of Defense Medical School who studied nuclear medicine in the U.S. and later taught at the Stanford Medical School.
榮總核醫部也是我國培育核醫人才的搖籃，三總、長庚、馬偕等醫院的核醫從業人員，多出自榮總的訓練。在發展尖端醫學之際，榮總對發揚古代傳統醫學亦不遺餘力，設立針灸科，從事針灸醫術的研究發展。