Main Education and Work Experience: Sep. 1997 - Jul. 2004, Seven-year Program in Clinical Medicine (English-taught Class), Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Jul. 2004 - Apr. 2005, Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University May 2005 - Nov. 2009, Resident and Chief Resident, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Dec. 2009 - Aug. 2010, Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Sep. 2010 - Jul. 2013, Doctoral Candidate and Attending Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2016, Attending Physician and Ward Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Jan. 2017 - Present, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University May 2019 - Apr. 2021, Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia, USA Research Interests: 1. Surgical treatment of severe valvular heart disease 2. Clinical research on anticoagulant therapy after valvular heart disease surgery 3. Preclinical research on effective therapeutic targets for preventing and treating advanced valvular heart disease

Medical Expertise: Possesses extensive experience in the surgical treatment of severe valvular heart disease. Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart diseases (mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, etc.), infective endocarditis, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, congenital heart diseases (bicuspid aortic valve, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, ruptured aortic sinus aneurysm, patent ductus arteriosus, aortic coarctation, pulmonary stenosis, Ebstein's anomaly, etc.), aortic diseases (aortic root diseases, ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, etc.), pericardial diseases and other related conditions.