Doctor Profile Summary Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. Has won the First Prize at the Second National Foot Surgery Conference, the First Prize in the Ministry of Health Young and Middle-aged Excellent Paper Competition, and was selected for the Shanghai Health System Outstanding Discipline Leader Training Program. Has been working in the Department of Orthopedics at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital since July 1991, specializing in clinical diagnosis and treatment of spine surgery and related research. Graduated from Shanghai Second Medical University with a Doctor of Medicine degree. Education 1985-1991: Studied in the Department of Medicine at Shanghai Second Medical University, obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree. Work Experience Has been working in the Department of Orthopedics at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital since July 1991. Has pursued further studies at Orthopaedics Klinik Munchen-Harlaching in Munich, Germany; St. Elisabeth Klinikum in Straubing, Germany; Sant Joan de Deu Hospital in Barcelona, Spain; The Spine Education And Research Institute in Denver, USA; and TSRH Hospital in Dallas, USA. Research Achievements As first author or supervising graduate students, has published nearly 50 papers, obtained one Chinese national patent, and presided over 8 national, provincial/ministerial, and municipal/bureau-level spine surgery research projects. Awards and Honors Outstanding Teacher Award from Shanghai Second Medical University, First Prize Scholarship during doctoral studies, selected for the "Hundred Talents Program" of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2005.