Additional Information Member of the Editorial Board for the 8-year and 5-year Internal Medicine textbooks for national medical universities. Completed and obtained the AMEE-ESME Course certificate for clinician training. Education and Work Experience Jul 1996: Master of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences Jul 2001: Doctor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences 2002–2003: Postdoctoral Research, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its affiliated Saint Thomas Hospital, Tennessee, USA He has been working at The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University since July 1996, devoting himself to clinical practice, teaching and research of respiratory diseases. With more than 20 years of experience in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, he has rich experience in managing common and critical respiratory disorders.

Clinical Expertise With over 20 years of clinical practice in respiratory and critical care medicine, he is experienced in common and life-threatening respiratory conditions. He specializes in airway inflammatory diseases (asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis), lung cancer, pulmonary infectious diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, progressive fibrotic interstitial lung disease, pulmonary embolism and pleural diseases. He is proficient in a number of advanced interventional procedures in respiratory medicine. He completed postdoctoral research in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, USA.