Academics
International keynote lectures, academic research, industry standards, and patents.
Crossing the Sea: Bringing China’s Vetmaster THR Masterclass to the 9th Busan Veterinary Conference
Just a couple of weeks ago, in late August 2026, I crossed the sea to South Korea alongside my longtime colleague Dr. Dongxing Xu to lead the 2nd Korea Vetmaster Total Hip Replacement (THR) Masterclass, hosted at the 9th Busan Veterinary Conference (BEXCO). Following our sold-out Seoul workshop last year, this two-day intensive seminar drew immense interest from the Korean orthopedic community, selling out within weeks of its July opening. Backed by the milestone of having surpassed 1,000 THR cases earlier this year, I joined distinguished Korean surgeons from Leaders Animal Medical Center to deliver a complete theoretical and practical curriculum—from implant architecture and multi-angular femoral anteversion metrics to live surgical demonstrations. This journey proved once again that Chinese veterinary orthopedics—our domestic pride or "Guohuo ZhiGuang"—is actively setting international standards through sheer clinical precision.
Lifting the Fog: Why I Co-Authored China's First Technical Standards for Veterinary Hip Implants
When severe veterinary device safety failures struck our industry, the heartbreak felt suffocatingly close to home: one of the victims was a devoted pet owner who had previously brought her companion to my clinic for care. Operating in a regulatory vacuum means clinicians are effectively navigating bone-implant mechanics inside a dense fog—where no amount of surgical skill can compensate for substandard metallurgy or poor additive manufacturing. To turn grief into lasting systemic accountability, my team at Guangzhou Boss Animal Hospital joined forces with premier material scientists, engineering researchers, and academic institutions to draft T/GDAAV 1011—2024, China's landmark group standard for veterinary total hip replacement implants. Published in the spring of 2024, this standard represents a vital ethical baseline: ensuring that every titanium stem, ceramic head, and biological cup implanted in our operating rooms is scientifically, mechanically, and legally accountable.
Carrying the Craft to Bangkok: Feline Total Hip Replacement Keynote at the 17th VPAT Congress
In June 2025, I had the honor of stepping onto the keynote stage in Bangkok at the 17th VPAT (Veterinary Practitioner Association of Thailand) Congress to present our clinical work on Feline Total Hip Replacement (THR). Delivering an extensive keynote entirely in English to hundreds of veterinary surgeons and university professors from across Southeast Asia was a fresh and deeply rewarding milestone. Feline hip arthroplasty is a demanding frontier requiring microscopic precision to match tiny acetabula, stovepipe femurs, and extreme jumping biomechanics. Sharing our biological dual-mobility protocols and long-term recovery data was about more than mechanics—it was about proudly representing the clinical heritage of South China Agricultural University (SCAU) and proving that Chinese veterinary innovation is ready to elevate standards and relieve animal suffering wherever it is needed.
A Grassroots Surgeon Bound for Moscow: April 2023 and the First Keynote by a Chinese Practicing Veterinarian
In the spring of 2023, a long-delayed envelope arrived that marked a quiet historical threshold for Chinese veterinary medicine: an official invitation to deliver a keynote on canine total hip replacement at the Russian International Veterinary Congress in Moscow. The trip had been frozen for two years during the pandemic, but in April 2023, the flight path was cleared. Standing as the first practicing small animal orthopedic clinician from mainland China invited to address their assembly, I packed my slides with one mission: to showcase the raw surgical caliber and objective data of China's frontline practitioners. As for delivering a complex orthopedic lecture entirely in English? I shrugged and laughed: "Giving the talk is my job; whether they can follow my English is entirely their problem!"