Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Center, Level 2 Professor, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program
Affiliated HospitalThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
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-Research areas : minimally invasive spinal surgery, basic and clinical translation of spinal cord injury repair, application of stem cells and brain-computer interfaces in spinal cord injury, and minimally invasive treatment of spinal diseases.
- Cutting-edge technologies: Minimally invasive spinal decompression surgery, brain-computer interface exoskeleton combined rehabilitation. Clinical application research of brain-controlled exoskeleton robots; stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury (the first registered project in China); minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques.
- Areas of expertise: Complex spinal fractures and dislocations, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal stenosis, spinal cord injuries (acute/subacute/chronic). Spinal cord injury, degenerative spinal diseases, and minimally invasive spinal surgery.
- Academic Highlights: Proposed a "biology + engineering" dual-track strategy for spinal cord injury repair; published multiple high-level papers in journals such as Lancet Neurology and Science Advances; received the first prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award; Core Value: Established a top-tier domestic integrated MDT platform for spinal cord injury, promoting the translation of spinal cord injury repair from basic research to clinical application. Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program; Head of the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Group of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association Orthopedic Surgeons Branch; Chairman of the Spinal Surgery Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association; one of the "Top 10" experts in minimally invasive spinal surgery nationwide.