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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Yang HaiboProfessor, Chief Physician,PhD Supervisor

Department of Orthopedics
Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital

Mei Haibo, MD, Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor, is the Director of the Department of Orthopedics at Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, Director of the Orthopedic Research Laboratory of Hunan Pediatric Medical Research Institute, Director of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the School of Pediatrics, University of South China, and Director of the Hunan Clinical Medical Research Center for Pediatric Limb Deformities. He currently serves as Deputy Leader of the Pediatric Orthopedics Group of the Pediatric Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Leader of the Foot and Ankle Group of the Pediatric Orthopedics Committee of the Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Deputy Chair of the Pediatric Orthopedics Group of the Orthopaedic Committee of the China International Medical Foundation, Vice Chair of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Committee of SICOT China, Leader of the Pediatric Orthopedics Group of the Orthopaedic Surgery Committee of the Hunan Medical Association, Editorial Board Member of the 10th Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Deputy Chair of the Pediatric Surgery Committee of the Hunan Medical Association, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Surgery. He is a selected candidate of the Hunan Provincial High-level Health Talent Development Program (“225 Project”) and a leading academic talent of the “1233 Talent Development Program” of Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital. His primary research interests focus on orthopedic management of congenital pediatric limb deformities, particularly surgical correction of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia, developmental dysplasia of the hip, complex foot deformities, and lower limb length discrepancy. Over the past five years, Professor Mei has participated in a national research project entitled “Construction, Application, and Evaluation of a Civil-Military Integrated Demonstration System for Three-Level Prevention and Control of Major Birth Defects.” He has led and participated in several provincial research projects, including the Hunan Provincial Major Special Project “Early Screening and Personalized Treatment of Skeletal Developmental Disorders: Research and Application,” the Futang Research Center Fund Project “Multicenter Study on Surgical Treatment of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia in Children,” and the Hunan Provincial Key Research and Development Program Project “Innovation of Key Technologies for Combined Surgery and Personalized Treatment of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia in Children.” In 2019, Professor Mei and his team established the Hunan Clinical Medical Research Center for Pediatric Limb Deformities, the first platform of its kind in Hunan Province dedicated to clinical research on pediatric limb deformities. During the past five years, he has published 35 academic papers, including 17 SCI-indexed articles and 16 papers in journals of the Chinese Medical Journal series. He has served as chief editor of three pediatric orthopedics monographs: Pediatric Bone and Joint Injuries, Clinical Pediatric Syndromes and Osteoarticular Deformities, and Pediatric Bone Health Maintenance. Professor Mei has been granted 21 national utility model patents and 1 national invention patent. He has received two Hunan Medical Science and Technology Awards and one Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. His honors include the Second Prize of the National Maternal and Child Health Science and Technology Award (2019), the “Renowned Physician” title of the First Famous Physician and Excellent Nursing Award (2020), the “National Renowned Physician” title (2020), and the 9th Zhao Xiangwen Award (2021). Research Interests: Pediatric orthopedic surgery; congenital limb deformities; congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia; developmental dysplasia of the hip; complex foot deformities; limb length discrepancy; corrective orthopedic surgery in children.