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WANG Yifan
General Surgery-Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Position:Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center and Department of Research Ward; Assistant to the Director of the Department of Scientific Research
Title:Senior Consultant
Degree/diploma:M.D.
Doctoral/master's supervisor:Doctoral supervisor
Areas of focus:
Laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, complex hepatic surgeries, comprehensive precision treatment for malignant liver tumors, and minimally invasive management of hepatolithiasis.
Research focus: Minimally invasive hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, liver regeneration, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Biographical sketch
Dr. WANG Yifan graduated from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in 2008 and got his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees after 10 years of medical study, clinical training and medical research. He conducted postdoctoral research at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) from 2012 to 2014.
His research focuses include minimally invasive surgery for hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases, liver regeneration and organoid construction, and cellular immunotherapy for malignant tumors. Over the past five years, he has published more than ten academic papers in journals such as Cell Stem Cell, Science Advances, Additive Manufacturing, and Biofabrication. He has led research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang Provincial Key R&D Programs, and Major Projects of the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province. He is the recipient of the First Prize in the 2021 Zhejiang Provincial Technology Invention Awards (ranked second).
Currently he serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, an international journal on minimally invasive surgery. He also holds key teaching positions as the Director of Medical English Education at the Third Clinical College of Zhejiang University and the Lead Instructor for Medical Chinese for international students.
Professional memberships
Deputy Director, National Engineering Research Center for Innovation and Application of Minimally Invasive Instruments
Youth Member of the Eighteenth Committee of the Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Member of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Group, Eighteenth Committeeof the Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Member of the Pancreatic Surgery Group, Seventeenth Committee of the Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Member of the Pancreatic Diseases Professional Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association
Youth member of the Pancreatic Cancer Professional Committee, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
Member of the Colorectal Liver Metastases Treatment Professional Committee, China International Medical Foundation
