Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center. He has board certification in Trauma, Hand and Plastic surgery. He is also an adjunct professor to Georgetown University USA and St Paul University Ethiopia.

He received his BS degree from the Yonsei University of College of Medicine and his MS degree in medicine and PhD degree from the Graduate School of Yonsei University. He received his M.B.A. on medical management from University of Southern California at Marshall School of Business.
 
He currently serves as President of Korean society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and President of WSRM (World society of Reconstructive Microsurgery) and he is active member is number of professional associations such as American society of plastic surgery, Korean society of Plastic surgery and others.
 
His major work has been research and clinical practice in wound healing, diabetic foot & lower extremity reconstruction, lymphedema and supermicrosurgery. He has performed more than 5500 microsurgery procedures including 800 cases of lymphedema. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Archives of Plastic Surgery and serves on the editorial board for numerous journals including Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, International Wound Journal, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery and more. He has been invited over 80 countries to present his work and travelled as visiting professor for more than 100 institutions. He has over 270 publications in this field of practice with 28 book chapters including the “Neligan Plastic surgery” and coauthored 2 books including “Lower extremity reconstruction”.
 
He was awarded the “Godina Travelling Fellowship” from the 2015 American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, “Al Fred W. Farmer Lectureship” 2016 from the Canadian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, “Acta Scandinavia Lectureship” 2018 from the Scandinavian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the"Maliniac Lecture" of the 2020 American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the "James Burret Brown Award" of the 2022  American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Yixin Zhang, Professor, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor, non-partisan;

Administrative Deputy Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Director of the Specialist Centre for Reconstructive Microsurgery and Director of the Specialist Centre for Comprehensive Treatment of Keloid Scars at the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School Of Medicine.

Shanghai Leading Talent, Shanghai Excellent Technical Leader.

2018 American Society for Microreconstructive Surgery ASRM Godina Award (Nobel Prize in Microreconstructive Surgery, first time for a mainland Chinese scholar)

Clinical and Research Focus

He has a long history of clinical and scientific research in the field of tissue repair and microscopic reconstruction:

First, it is the use of microsurgical techniques for tissue repair and organ reconstruction, breast reconstruction and repair reconstruction, rhinoplasty and repair

    Reconstruction, functional reconstruction such as tracheo-oesophageal reconstruction after head and neck tumour surgery;

Secondly, it is the plastic surgery and repair of scar, repair and reconstruction of facial tissues and organs and trunk and limbs after severe burns and trauma;

III. Nanomaterials in novel transdermal drug delivery, vascular nerve novel nano-contrast agent development

IV. Tissue-engineered cartilage and complex skin construction and its clinical application in tissue repair

In the past five years, he has presided over more than 10 projects of national (Ministry of Science and Technology, National Nature) and local science and technology development fund, etc. He has published more than 200 papers in domestic and international academic journals, with more than 100 SCI-recorded papers by the first/corresponding authors, and has applied for more than 20 patents, and has edited and translated 7 monographs, and participated in the editing of 5 monographs.

Major academic

In the clinical field of tissue repair and micro-reconstruction are in the leading position at home and abroad, in 2018 won the American Society for Reconstructive Microprosthetic Surgery Godina Award (every year the global selection of a, is the Nobel Prize in the field of micro-reconstructive surgery, the Chinese mainland for the first time to win); in 2010 in the international first put forward the reconstructive microsurgery in the "Economics In 2010, he was the first to propose the concept of "Economics" in reconstructive microsurgery in the world, which was listed as the theme of the 2019 World Congress of Reconstructive Microsurgery by the International Society for Reconstructive Surgery.

Major academic

I. In the area of societies and associations:

International:

Asia Pacific Society for Scarring Medicine (APSSM), President

Asia-Pacific Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (APFSRM), Vice President

Academic Executive Committee, Asia Pacific Wound Care Association (AWCA)

World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), Nominating Committee

World Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), Member

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM), Member

American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), Member

Domestic:

Chinese Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Scarring Medicine Branch, President

Chairman-designate, Professional Committee of Repair and Reconstruction Surgery, Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

Director of the Specialised Committee on Microscopic Repair of Chronic Wounds of the Microsurgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctors' Association

Tissue Regeneration Branch, China Medical Equipment Association, Vice Chairman

Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, Oncoplastic Surgery Branch, Vice Chairman

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Committee, Chinese Society of Research Hospitals, Vice Chairman

Chinese Medical Association, Microsurgery Section, Standing Committee Member

Micro Surgery Society of Shanghai Medical Association, Director-elect

II. In terms of journals, he has served as an editorial board member of four SCI journals including PRS (No.1 in the field of revision surgery), and as an editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Micrographic Surgery, and as an editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Microbiology.

              Deputy Editor-in-Chief, etc;

International:

Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), USA, Editorial Board Member

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, USA, Editorial Board Member

International Journal of Surgery, United Kingdom, Editorial Board Member  

Burns and Trauma, China, Editorial Board Member

Archives of Plastic Surgery, Korea, Editorial Board Member

Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-GO, USA, Editorial Board Member

Annals of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Europe, Editorial Board Member

Journal of Plastic and Aesthetic Reseach, China, Editorial Board Member

Domestic:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Repair and Reconstructive Surgery

Associate Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Journal of Microsurgery

Associate Editor, Journal of Repair and Reconstructive Surgery

Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Standing Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Burn Surgery

Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery

III. Adjunct and visiting professors: 15 professors from the Mayo Clinic, MDAnderson Cancer Center and the University of Tokyo.

He was appointed as visiting professor in some internationally renowned institutions; he was appointed as a burns researcher in the Southwest Hospital of Chongqing affiliated to the Third Military Medical University.

Institute, Hunan Cancer Hospital affiliated to Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, and PLA General Hospital of PLA Medical College, etc. Visiting Professor.

Major personal

1. First prize, Science and Technology Award, Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022

2. Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, First Prize, 2022

3. 2019, Shanghai Leading Talent

4. 2019, Chinese Physicians Association, Baiqiu'en Research Society, Third Baiqiu'en-style Good Doctor Honours

5. 2018, Godina Award, American Society for Reconstructive Microprosthetic Surgery ASRM (one worldwide selection each year the

        It is the Nobel Prize in the field of micro reconstructive surgery, and the first time for mainland China to receive it.)

6. Shanghai Excellent Technical Leader, 2018

7. 2018, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Highland Peak Discipline Construction-Clinical Medicine (Class I Peak)

        Second round of the "Research Physician" excellence tracking programme

8. In 2015, the first Shanghai Municipal Education Commission plateau peak discipline construction-Clinical Medicine (Class I peak)

       "Research Physician"

9. The project was awarded the "Fosun" Science and Technology Award for Innovation by the Chinese Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Aesthetics (first finisher).

10. Outstanding Physician Award, Chinese Physicians Association, 2014.