Academician , specializing in the etiology of spinal deformities and PUMC classification
Affiliated HospitalPeking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
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Research areas: Clinical and basic research on spinal deformities, etiology and classification system of idiopathic scoliosis.
Cutting-edge technologies: The PUMC (Peking Union Medical College Classification) of idiopathic scoliosis was proposed, winning the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The relationship between the TBX gene and the pathogenesis of congenital scoliosis was discovered, and the research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Specializes in treating: scoliosis, kyphosis, and degenerative spinal diseases.
Academic Highlights and Core Values: Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Orthopedics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and former Director of the Department of Orthopedics at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The PUMC classification is the most influential original contribution in the field of scoliosis in China, and the discovery of the TBX gene has propelled the research on the etiology of congenital scoliosis to the international forefront.