President --Tan Lihong
Physician-in-chief, Professor & Ph.D. Current President of Hunan Provincial Children’s Hospital, Director of China Hospital Association, Vice President of Hunan Provincial Medical Association, Vice President of Hunan Rehabilitation Society, Executive Director of Hunan Provincial Neuroscience Society and Vice Chair of Hunan Anti-cancer Association. Research tracks include neurology and hospital management.


Editor-in-Chief --Mei Haibo
Physician-in-chief, professor and master tudor. Department Chair of Orthopedics of Hunan Provincial Children’s Hospital; Chair of Department of Orthopedics, Hunan Provincial Institute of Pediatrics; Department Chair of Surgery, School of Pediatrics, Nanhua University. Deputy Director of Pediatric Orthopedic Section of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Member of Pediatric Orthopedic Section of Chinese Medical Association’s Orthopedic Branch; Member of Pediatric Orthopedic Working Committee of Orthopedic Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Special Committee of External Fixation & Reconstruction of Orthopedic Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Member & Deputy Director of Pediatric Surgery Committee of Hunan Medical Association; Deputy Head of Pediatric Orthopedic Section of Orthopedic Committee of Hunan Medical Association; Member of Spinal Surgery Committee of Hunan Medical Association and Osteopathic Committee of Hunan Medical Association Member of Bone Diseases Professional Group, Trauma Professional Group, Member of Medical Accident Appraisal Committee of Chinese Medical Association and Member of Hunan Medical Accident Appraisal Committee. Publications include children’s bone & joint injury, pediatric clinical syndrome, osteoarthrosis and pediatric skeleton care. Undertaking three departmental-level projects and obtaining thirteen national new utility patents and one national invention patents. Research tracks include orthopedic treatment of congenital extremity malformation (disability) in children, particularly orthopedic treatment of congenital sacral pseudoarthrosis, complex foot deformities and unequal length of lower extremities.


Associate editor--Cai Wei
Physician-in-chief, professor and doctoral tutor. Currently serving as Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Director of Shanghai Institute of Pediatric Medicine, National Key Clinical Specialist-- Chair of Pediatric Surgery, Director of Shanghai Center for Pediatric Surgery Clinical Medicine, Director of Key Laboratory of Shanghai Children’s Digestion & Nutrition, Vice Chairman of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Vice President of Pediatric Surgeon Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Executive Director of China Nutrition Society, Chairman of Medical Nutrition & Nutrition Support Branch of China Nutrition Society, Chinese Medical Association’s Leader of Pediatric Nutrition Support Group of Enteral Nutrition Society. Undertaking two projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China. Research tracks include pediatric surgery, digestion and nutrition.


Associate editor--Feng Jiexiong
Physician-in-chief, professor and doctoral tutor. Currently serving as Department Chair of Pediatric Surgery and Deputy Chair of Department of Surgery, Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology and Deputy Director of Chinese Medical Association’s Pediatric Surgery Branch. Undertaking two projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China. Research tracks include pediatric anorectal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery and neonatal congenital malformations.


Associate editor--Wang Weilin
Physician-in-chief, professor and doctoral tutor. Department Chair of Pediatric Surgery, Affiliated Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University; Department Chair of General Pediatric Surgery, Executive Deputy Director of Congenital Malformation Key Laboratory of Ministry of Health, Former Chair of Chinese Medical Association’s Pediatric Surgery Branch, Director of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Liaoning Medical Association. Undertaking two projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and two key scientific research projects of Liaoning Province. Research tracks include congenital digestive tract malformation in children.


Associate editor--Zheng Shan
Physician-in-chief, professor and doctoral tutor. Associate Dean of Affiliated Pediatric Hospital, Fudan University; Deputy Director of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Chair of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Shanghai Medical Association. Undertaking one project of National Natural Science Foundation and three key projects of Shanghai Science & Technology Commission. Research tracks include neonatal and hepatobiliary surgery.


Associate editor--Shu Qiang
Physician-in-chief, professor and doctoral tutor. Dean of Affiliated Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Deputy Director of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Member of Standing Committee of Pediatric Surgeon Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Chair of Pediatric Surgery Branch of Zhejiang Medical Association, President of Pediatric Surgeon Branch of Zhejiang Medical Association, Chair of Pediatric Oncology Committee of Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association, Standing Committee of Thoracic Surgery Branch of Zhejiang Medical Association, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Pediatrics (SCI), Chinese Medical Journal (SCI) and Editorial Member of Chinese Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Undertaking three projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and five major projects of Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Education and Zhejiang Provincial Health Department. Research tracks include surgical treatment of congenital heart disease and perioperative management of pediatric surgery.


Associate editor--Zhang Weiping
Department Chair of Urological Surgery, Beijing Children’s Hospital (BCH), Capital Medical University, Professor of Capital Medical University. Consultant Surgeon of BCH; Department Chair of Pediatric Surgery, Chinese Medical Association.
Working at Department of Urology of BCH for over 3 decades, performing 500 operations annually and receiving advanced training at Rambam Medical Center Haifa, Israel and Rome Children’s hospital, Italy, he has published over 100 papers in Journal of Pediatric Surgery and books on pediatric urology. Research tracks include treatments of hypospadias, urogenital tumor and obstruction of lower urinary tract.


Associate editor--Xia Huimin
President of Guangzhou Women & Children’s Medical Center and Guangzhou Children’s Hospital.
He has an excellent background in pediatric surgery, especially neonatal surgery. Research tracks include mechanism of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and lung development. As a recipient of financial support from the government over RMB 700,000 yuan, he gave numerous presentations at international medical conferences, published over 50 papers in international and Chinese Journals and composed 5 chapters in professional books.


Associate editor--Gao Ya
As a surgeon-in-chief at Department of Pediatric Surgery since 2002 and a professor of pediatric surgery since 2007, he has been a Vice President of Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University since 2010 and currente President of Children’s Medical and Health Centre.
Graduating with a bachelor degree from Xi’an Medical College in 1985, he received a Master of Medicine at Xi’an Medical University in 1990 and a Doctor of Medicine at Xi’an Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2000. Trained as a visiting scientist at Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan from 1995 to 1996 and a GB Ong fellow at University of Hong Kong in 2005, he has cultivated special interests in mini-invasive surgery, neonatal surgery, pediatric oncology, hemangioma and vascular malformation. He has introduced and developed a set of innovative surgical techniques in China, such as transanal rectosigmoidectomy for Hirschprung’s disease, Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum and laparoscopic liver resection in children. He has organized the fetal surgery program for birth defect in his region.
He has been awarded 6 national level grants and received provincial and ministerial level achievement awards twice. He has published more than 200 papers including 62 in nymerous internationally peer-reviewed journals. He has contributed more than 20 books or book chapters. He serves on several professional associations and is currently Vice President of Chinese Society of Pediatric Surgeon (CSPS), Chinese Medical Association (CMA), President of Shaanxi Provincial Pediatric Surgeon’s Association, Branch of CMA, Director of Shaanxi Provincial Pediatric Surgery Research Center. He also serves on editorial boards of several journals including Clinical Journal of Pediatric Surgery (CJPS).


Associate editor--Zhao Sijun
Physician-in-chief, Associate Dean, Department Chair of Surgery and Master Tutor of Hunan Children’s Hospital. Deputy Director of Pediatrics Group of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Committee of Chinese Medical Association, Director of Pediatrics Section of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Committee of Hunan Medical Association, Standing Committee Member of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Committee of Hunan Medical Association and Deputy Director of Ear & Hearing Care Professional Committee of Chinese Women & Children’s Healthcare Association. Undertaking 9 research projects at provincial and departmental levels and 7 new technologies. Research tracks include respiratory tract foreign body and otolaryngology head & neck surgery in children.


Associate editor--Huang Geyuan
Professor and Doctoral Tutor of Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong. Bachelor of General Medicine from University of Edinburgh, UK, Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK (Pediatric Surgery), Ph.D. of University of London, UK, Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Surgery) and Fellow of US Academy of Nanomedicine.

Associate editor--Zhang Beiye
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Physician-in-Chief, Doctoral Tutor, Director of Pediatric Surgery and Department Chair of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Hospital, Taiwan. Chairman of Taiwan Pediatric Surgery Medical Association, Pediatric Urology Observation Researcher, Children’s Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, USA, foreign member of Urology Group of American Academy of Pediatrics and President of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Urology Association.


Deputy editor--Zheng Zhenyao
Professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine, Director of Orthopedic & Trauma Surgery, Member of National Science & Technology Program Expert Group of Ministry of Science & Technology of China and editor/reviewer of international medical journals. Undertaking numerous projects of Hong Kong Research Grants Council Innovation & Technology Fund. Research tracks include adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, congenital muscular torticollis, extremity lengthening and bone density.


Henri Ronald Ford
Born in Haiti, he spent his early years in Port-au-Prince. Graduating with an A.B. in public and international affairs from Princeton University in 1980, he received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1984. He completed his surgical internship and residency at Weill Cornell Medical College and a research fellowship in immunology at Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In 2009, he received a Master of Health Administration degree from School of Policy, Planning and Development at University of Southern California. Since July 2010, he has been a Trustee of Princeton University.
From 1993 to 2005, he was an attending surgeon at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) and worked on the faculty of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. As a surgeon-in-chief at CHP and division chief of pediatric surgery, he became Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and joined the faculty of Keck School in 2005. After moving to East Los Angeles to serve a population in greater need than the Pittsburgh population, he turned down a large salary increase Pitt offered to retain him. He was appointed as Vice Dean for Medical Education at Keck School in 2008. As current president of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), he received one of the rarest and most prestigious international milestones for a surgeon—an honorary fellowship to Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng), the organization’s highest award. Since June 1, 2018, he has been a Dean of University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.

Alexander Cherkashin
Currently Director of Children’s Orthopedic & External Fixation Research Center at Texas Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital (TSRH). As an expert in external fixators for extremity deformities and trauma in children, he has pioneered the TrueLok external fixator and promoted its use worldwide. The photo shows Prof. Alexander Cherkashin along with Prof. Zhao Sijun, Director of CJPS.

Gerhard Ehninger
Faculty of Dresden Cancer Center University (UCC) and President of Leukemia Research Alliance since 1996. Major research tracks include leukemia, cancer and immunotherapy. Since 2001, he has been the founder and owner of Cellex Limited, the world’s largest collection center for bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells.

Rabi F. Sulayman
Dean of Hope Children’s Hospital of Illinois, USA, Doctor of Medicine, Beirut-Lebanon University, Bachelor of Science, Beirut-Lebanon University, Member of American Academy of Pediatrics, Member of American Medical Association, Child Heart Pathology of American Heart Association, American University Physician Member and Member of Chicago Heart Association’s Hypertension Council.

Richard J. Edwards
Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Bristol

Selvadurai Nayagam
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital
University of Liverpool