Education Sep. 1994 – Jun. 1997: Doctor of Orthopedics, Suzhou Medical College, supervised by Professor Dong Tianhua Sep. 1991 – Jun. 1994: Master of Orthopedics, Henan Medical University, supervised by Professor Xu Zhenhua Sep. 1984 – Jun. 1989: Bachelor of Clinical Medicine, Henan Medical University

Overseas and Regional Training 2000: Minimally invasive spine surgery training at Arizona Minimally Invasive Spine Center (Tony Yeung), USA 2003: Training in pediatric and adult scoliosis at Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong (Professor Luk Keith Dip-Kei) 2008: AO Spine Fellowship in minimally invasive spine surgery at UCLA, Los Angeles (Jeffrey Wang), USA Further training in adult and pediatric scoliosis at UCSF (Hu SS, Ames C) and UCSD (Akharnia BA, Newton P), USA 2010: Training in pediatric and adult scoliosis at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (Boachie-Adjei Oheneba); Training in corrective surgery for pediatric and adult scoliosis at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University (Lenke LG), USA; Training in adult scoliosis at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Wood KB), USA

Work Experience Sep. 1989 – Jun. 1991: Resident Physician, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan Medical University Sep. 1997 – Jun. 1998: Attending Physician and Lecturer, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan Medical University Sep. 1998 – Dec. 2000: Associate Chief Physician and Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan Medical University Jan. 2001 – Dec. 2004: Deputy Director of Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Deputy Section Chief of Postgraduate Education, Associate Chief Physician, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor, Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Jan. 2005 – Present: Deputy Director of the Department of Spine Surgery, Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Postdoctoral Supervisor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

Research Interests Correction of scoliosis and kyphosis, diagnosis and treatment of cervical, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain such as disc herniation, and minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques.

Clinical Expertise: He has over 30 years of orthopedic experience, specializing in spine surgery with expertise in minimally invasive techniques. He excels at correction of scoliosis in children and adolescents, and minimally invasive surgery for degenerative scoliosis in the elderly, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar spondylolisthesis, cervical spondylosis, spinal tumors and spinal fractures. He has performed more than 6,000 spinal surgeries, mainly scoliosis correction and minimally invasive spine procedures, featuring low cost, minimal trauma, rapid recovery and satisfactory outcomes. He leads the multidisciplinary team for scoliosis management at this hospital, improving surgical safety.