Guobin Liu

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University

Dr. Guobin Liu is the head of the Department of Orthopedics at the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University. He previously completed advanced studies at Peking University as a domestic visiting scholar. In 2019, Dr. Liu earned his Doctor of Medicine from Hebei Medical University. He currently serves as chief surgeon and principal supervisor for master’s and doctoral students.Dr. Liu has secured funding for eight research projects in China. Utilizing the national key orthopedic specialty platform, he has conducted extensive research on knee joint disorders. He has co-authored over 50 papers in peer-reviewed international and Chinese academic journals. In addition, Dr. Liu serves as a peer reviewer for numerous domestic and international academic journals.

Sidong Yang

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hebei Medical University Third Hospital

Dr. Sidong Yang is an orthopedic surgeon at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hebei Medical University Third Hospital—one of China’s top orthopedic institutions. He earned his Master’s in Orthopaedic Surgery from Hebei Medical University in 2014 and was awarded a PhD from The University of Queensland, Australia, in 2024 under Professor Justin Cooper-White. Dr. Yang currently directs the Hebei International Joint Research Centre for Spinal Diseases and has secured 11 research grants totaling over CNY 2 million. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals such as Bone Research, Advanced Science, and European Spine Journal, serving as first, last, or corresponding author on half. He is an associate editor for several journals, including JoVE and Frontiers in Surgery, and has reviewed over 120 submissions for 40+ journals. Dr. Yang holds a Scopus h-index of 27. Full academic details are available on his ORCID and Scopus profiles.

Guanglei Cao

Department of Knee Preservation Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital

Professor Guanglei Cao, MD, is chief surgeon and professor in the Department of Knee Preservation Surgery at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, and a doctoral supervisor. Trained at Singapore General Hospital, Western University in Canada, and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in the United Kingdom, Prof. Cao holds a PhD in orthopedics from Capital Medical University and has performed more than 1,000 unicompartmental knee arthroplasties among thousands of knee joint surgeries. His research focuses on minimally invasive, knee-preserving treatments for osteoarthritis and digital surgical assistance systems, including surgical robotics and patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) guides.Prof. Cao has co-authored 33 international papers as first or corresponding author, edited three books, holds four national patents, and has led three national or provincial research projects.

Peilai Liu

Department of Joint and Sports Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

Prof. Peilai Liu is a doctoral supervisor and postdoctoral co-supervisor at Shandong University, and head of the Department of Joint and Sports Medicine at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University. He has conducted extensive basic and clinical research on joint and bone diseases, focusing on treating knee osteoarthritis. Prof. Liu has published over 100 research papers and contributed to seven orthopedic monographs.He currently serves as a council member of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, deputy leader of the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Group of the Orthopedic Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and vice chairman of the Orthopedic Branch of the Shandong Medical Association.