Medical Career: Doctoral supervisor, engaged in spinal surgery for over 30 years. Visiting scholar for one year at the Twin Cities Spine Center, University of Minnesota, USA. After graduating from the First Military Medical University in 1984, remained at the university to work, serving as physician, teaching assistant, attending doctor, lecturer, associate professor, deputy chief physician, professor, and chief physician in the Department of Spinal and Bone Diseases at Nanfang Hospital. Served as Deputy Director and Director of the Department of Spinal and Bone Diseases. Possesses a solid theoretical foundation and superb surgical skills, and is a renowned orthopedic expert in the field of spinal surgery in China. In 2009, was honored as a National Model Military Demobilized Cadre and received an audience with Party and state leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People. In 2008, was awarded the Guangdong Provincial Advanced Individual in Disaster Relief; in 2008, received a Special Merit Citation for Disaster Relief from Southern Medical University; in 2001, received a Third-Class Merit Citation; in 1997, received a Third-Class Merit Citation. Research Activities: Principal investigator for 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects, over 10 provincial and ministerial-level research projects, 2 municipal-level research projects, and over 10 hospital-level projects. Published over 200 papers, including over 40 SCI articles. Chief editor of "Imaging Diagnostics of Spinal and Spinal Cord Diseases," chief translator of "Guide to Spinal Surgery," deputy editor of 6 books, and contributing author to 10 books. Holds 11 national patents. Received over ten awards including the Chinese People's Liberation Army Science and Technology Progress Award, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Medical Achievement Award, and the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. Received one "Tenth Five-Year Plan" Major Military Scientific and Technological Achievement Award. In 2008, was named "Guangdong Provincial Advanced Individual in Earthquake Relief," and in 2009, "National Model Military Demobilized Cadre."