July 4th of 2019 witnessed the inaugural meeting of the Esophageal Disease Professional Committee under Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA) in Chengdu.
This meeting was attended by Liu Lunxu, Vice President of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chen Longqi, Director of Thoracic Surgery Department of West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Zhang Mengfan, Secretary General of the SCIMEA, and 110 plus experts in the field of esophageal diseases in Sichuan.
As the representative of the leaders present, Vice President Liu Lunxu took the lead in addressing the conference. Vice President Liu mentioned that the development of thoracic surgery, the discipline of esophageal diseases in particular, in Sichuan Province is really vigorous, and the experts of the Professional Committee are expected to make their contributions to the cause of thoracic surgery in China; Sichuan is a province with a large and rising number of esophageal disease patients, and it is exactly under such a situation the SCIMEA Esophageal Disease Professional Committee is established, whose sacred mission is to reduce or even eliminate esophageal cancer. He hopes that the Professional Committee will adhere to the above goal, continuously develop medical technology, and radiate our innovative technologies nationwide and even worldwide.
Vice President Liu's address was followed by a preparatory report made by Associate Professor Yuan Yong of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and member of the preparatory group of the Professional Committee. On behalf of the preparatory group, Associate Professor Yuan pointed out that, Sichuan is one of the high-incidence provinces of esophageal diseases in the country with a high incidence of such diseases; to fight against esophageal cancer, a disease with a high mortality rate, the level of standardization, normalization and academic influence of esophageal cancer diagnosis and treatment in the province cannot be counted as a leading one in the country yet, thus necessitating the establishment of the Esophageal Disease Professional Committee. After half a year of preparation, the Committee has absorbed 150 doctors from 119 hospitals in 19 administrative divisions across Sichuan, including the experts in different disciplines like thoracic surgery, oncology, gastroenterology, radiology, and biological therapy.
Wu Zhenhao, Director of the Member Service Division of the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association, presided over the election of this Professional Committee, during which all the participants voted for director, deputy directors, and standing members of the Committee.
According to the voting results, Chen Longqi will serve as the director, and 11 people, including Zeng Fuchun, Han Yongtao and Yuan Yong, as the deputy directors of the SCIMEA Esophageal Disease Professional Committee.
Secretary General Zhang Mengfan of the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association announced the "Reply on the Approval of the Establishment of the Esophageal Disease Professional Committee of the Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association". Subsequently, Secretary General Zhang and Vice President Chen Longqi issued appointment letters to the newly elected leaders of the Committee.
Finally, Prof. Chen Longqi, Director of the Thoracic Surgery Department, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, made a speech as the newly elected director. Prof. Chen proposed that the Professional Committee needs to go abroad and needs to build a dedicated international medical communication platform, not only to learn medical technologies from developed countries in Europe and America, but also exchange with the nations along the "Belt and Road"; it needs to go further out of the province, and do more to match the international benchmarks, so as to increase its influence.
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Attachment: Member List of the SCIMEA Esophageal Disease Professional Committee
