Dr. Jia-Mei Yang, M.D., PhD
Director of the liver transplant department
Director of VIP Unit
Chief surgeon at the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
Professor of the Second Military Medical University
Instructor of Clinical PhD
Specialty: hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation |
Professional Experience
Dr. Jia-Mei Yang is a renowned hepatobiliary surgery specialist in China. Thought out his 30 years tenure at the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (EHSH), Dr. Yang has pioneered many surgical procedures in his field. He is among the first in China to perform minimally invasive, image-guided percutaneous or endoscopic procedures. He is also among the first in other procedures, such as selective hepatic artery angiography, percutaneous hepatic cholangiogram, percutaneous biliary drainage, surgical banding to treat huge liver hemangioma, and percutaneous ethanal ablation under the guide of ultrasound. His principle of surgical resection of tumour combined with other peri-operative therapies, such as percutaneous hepatic artery embolization, ethanal ablation, chemotherapy, and radio therapy, has improved resection rate for huge hepatic tumour and reduced peri-operative mortality. He also uses chemotherapy drug sensitive test to set up individual drug plans for his patients. Dr. Yang’s resection rate of liver cancer is higher then that of any of his peers. His success rate of large hemangioma is 100%. He is among the earliest to use roux-en-y gastric bypass to treat congenital bile duct cyst.
In 1993, Dr. Yang arrived at Chicago Rush University Medical Center to receive training on liver transplant. In 1995, he returned to the EHSH and started a liver transplant program. Since then he has performed fifty cases on patients as young as nine-years-olds.
Academic Achievement
Dr. Yang is a chief editor of 1 reference book and co-editor of 15 reference books and text books in his field. He is also vice editor or editing member of 28 academic journals, such as “Chinese Journal of Surgery”, “the Journal of Abdominal Surgery”, “Chinese Organ Transplant”, “the Journal of General Surgery”, and “the Journal of Clinical Tumour”.
Dr. Yang has a $2,000,000 research fund and has published numerous articles. He has won 31 different awards. He gained his place on the world famous physician list 2000 and life-time honorary compensation from Chinese Congress by his outstanding studies and clinical work in hepatobiliary surgery. He has been endowed with many academic titles, such as vice president of the Hepatic Surgical Division of Chinese Medical Association as well as committee member of Chinese Organ Transplant Association.
