Yilei Mao, MD, PhD.

Dr. Yilei Mao is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and PUMC. He is the Deputy Chair of the Chinese Society of Liver Surgeons, an expert committee member of National Tumor Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment (Liver Cancer) of Ministry of Health, and committee members of The Chinese Medical Association Liver Surgery Branch, Liver Cancer division of Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology. He is currently also a member of American Society of Nutrition. Having graduated domestically and residency trained in Australia, he received his Ph.D. degree in Lund University, Sweden in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Stig Bengmark, the then member of Academia Europaea and chairman of International Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association. Dr. Mao had his post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School and clinical training at Surgical Oncology of Massachusetts General Hospital. Among numbers of professional awards, Dr Mao was awarded the Li Foundation Heritage Prize for excellence in creativity in 2001, the first prize of national Excellent Researches of General Surgeons for three times, and the first prize of China National Cancer Center award in 2011. He is the PIs of several research projects supported by China Medical Board of New York, National Natural Science Foundation, and etc. He has published more than 100 articles in domestic and international journals; Dr. Mao presently serves as the deputy editor-in-chief and editorial board member in 11 core Chinese journals.