Academic Profile of Prof. Gang Li

EDUCATION
09/1985- 07/1991

Bachelor Degrees of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), The Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, Shan-Xi Province, P.R. China.

09/1994-12/1997

Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.), Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom.  
Thesis: Biological studies of distraction osteogenesis. Supervisors: Professor Hamish Simpson, MD FRCS and Prof. James T. Triffitt, PhD.

09/1999-09/2000 Postgraduate Certificate of High Education Teaching (PGCHET), School of Education, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
PROFESSIONAL (WORKING) EXPERIENCE
07/2014-present

Professor (non-clinical), Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

07/2011-06/2014

Joint Professor at School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

04/2009-07/2011

Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

02/2008-03/2009    

Visiting Scholar, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

10/2004-04/2009  

Reader in Musculoskeletal Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

09/2001-09/2004

Senior Lecturer (Non-clincial), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

09/1998-09/2001

Lecturer (Non-clincial), Trauma Research Group, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

07/1997- 09/1998

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Nuffield Scholarship). The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, England, UK.

04/1993-09/1994

Visiting Research Fellow. The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, and MRC Bone Research Laboratory, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, England, UK.

07/1991-04/1993

Resident Surgeon (House officer).  The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma, The General Hospital of People’s Liberation Army (301) Hospital, Fu-Xing Road 28, Beijing, P.R. China.

07/1990-07/199 Internship, Surgery (6 months) and Medicine (6 months), Xi-Jing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, PR China.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1994-2009  Member, British Bone Research Society (former Bone and Tooth Society)
1995-2009     Member, British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS); BORS Honorary Treasurer (2004-2007)
1997-present

Life Member, International Chinese Hard Tissue Society (ICHTS); (International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society, ICMRS, from 2012); Chairman of Nomination Committee (2002-2008); Member of Board of Directors (2003-2012); General Secretary (2013-2015).

1998-present    Member, Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society, Oxford (GOS)
1999-present           Member, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
2000-present  Member, American Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS); Member of Program Committee (2006-2007)
2003-2012    Member, Internal Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT)
2003-2008  Member, International Society for Fracture Research (ISFR)
2005-2009 Member, UK Division of European Tissue Culture Society (UK ETCS)
2005-2009  Member, International Society for Cellular Oncology (ICSO)
2009-present      Associate Member, Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (HKOA)
2012-present Council member, Chinese Orthopaedic Research Society, Chinese Orthopaedic Association 中國骨科醫學會基礎醫學組委員
2013-2017 Council Member, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Division, Chinese Association of Biomedical Engineering 中國生物醫學工程學會組織工程與再生醫學分會 理事會委員
2014-present Member, Division of Orthopaedic Research, Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2014-present  General Secretary, Division of Limb Deformity Correction and Reconstruction, Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 中国骨科医师学会肢体矫形与重建委员会秘书长
2014-Present    Council member, Orthopaedic Committee, Chinese Association of Combined Traditional and Western Medicine (中国中西医结合学会, 第7届骨伤科专业委员会委员)
2015-09-present  Chairman of China Branch, International Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Societies (ILLRS) and Association from Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov (ASAMI) 国际肢体延长与重建学会中国分会主席
2015-09-present Standing Committee Member, The First Committee of Orthopaedic Research Society, SICOT China Chapter (SICOT中国部骨科基础学会第一届委员会常务委员)
2015-12-2019-11  Vice Chairman, Orthopaedic Committee of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, Association of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong Province (广东省生物医学工程学会粤港澳骨科专业委员会 副主任委员)
VISITING AND GUEST PROFESSORSHIP
04/2014-05/2014  

Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, California, USA

11/2011- present

Visiting Professor, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, PR China

07/2011- present

Visiting Professor, The Forth Military Medical University, Xian, PR China.

04/2011-Present

Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, South-Eastern University, Nanjing, PR China

10/2009-present 

Visiting Professor, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China

11/2010-present 

Visiting Professor, Institute of Orthopaedic Research, Shuzhou University, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Shuzhou, Jiangshu province, PR China

02/2008- 04/2009  

Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR PR China

07/2007-08/2007

Visiting Scholar, School of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia

10/2006-present

Visiting Professor, Beijing International Orthopaedic Center, Naton Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Naton Medical Corp., Company, Beijing, China

10/2005-12/2012 

Visiting Professor, State Key Laboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Huaxi Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.

08/2005- 09/2005 

Visiting Fellow, Bone Metabolism Section, Pfizer Central Research, Groton, Connecticut, USA.

09/2005 – present 

Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The 2nd Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Tai-Yuan, Shanxi, PR China.

09/2004-present

Senior Visiting Consultant, Beijing Institute of External Skeletal Fixation Technology, Beijing, PR China.

09/2004-present

Honorary Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China.

04/2009-04/2017 Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Orthopaedic Implant, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Ninth Hopsital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China.
EDITORSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
2004-present   

Member of Editorial Board, Calcified Tissue International

2005-2012  Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
2007- Present  Member of Editorial Board, The Open Orthopedics Journal
2010-2015 Member of Editorial Board, Word Journal of Stem Cells
2007-present Member of Editorial Board, Orthopaedics Journal of China
2009-present  Member of Editorial Board, NeuroImage
2010-present   Member of Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics and Trautomology
2011-present            Member of Editorial Board, Acta Biophysica Sina
2012-present           Associate Editor, Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
 
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