Yuan Zhang, MD, PhD
Joint Disease & Sport Medicine Center, Department of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
Dr. Zhang works as full professor, deputy director and deputy chief surgeon in Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (former Third Military Medical University). He received his master’s and doctors’ degree in State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Third Military Medical University in 2009, and experienced as a postdoctoral fellow in Harvard Medical University from 2013 to 2015.
After advanced training in Brigham&Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA), Colarado Joint Replacement Center (Denver, USA), Hospital For Special Surgery (New York, USA), and Endo-Klinik (Hamburg, Germany), Dr. Zhang formed his specialization in minimally invasive, data- and intelligent- driven surgery in adult joint reconstruction, which is specially characterized by direct anterior minimally invasive total hip replacement, robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty, and computer navigation-assisted osteotomy. In particular, he is the founder of total hip arthroplasty of high-dislocation hip dysplasia and total hip revision by direct anterior techniques in China. These works were published on Orthopedics Surgery, Burns& Trauma, Arthroplasty Today, Annals of Translational Medicine, Scientific Reports, et al.
Now he is the national youth member of Chinese Orthopedic Association (COA) and Chinese Association of Orthopedic surgeons (CAOS), and the deputy leader of the the youth committee of joint surgery of PLA, as well as the Chairman of Chongqing health promotion and health education association. He is also a recipient of the winner of outstanding professional and technical personnel allowance, academic and technical reserving personnel of Chongqing, honorary title of " Best Doctor of Chongqing", et al.
His research interest aims at neoplastic bone defects (e.g. postoperative recurrence of osteosarcoma), and related molecular mechanism and therapeutic strategies. Related results were published on Biomaterials, Theranostics, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., Acta Biomater., Biomater Sci., Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, FEBS J, Bioscience, Shock, J Biomater Appl., PLoS One. Tissue Eng Part A. etc.
Articles Published in the Annals of Translational Medicine
