Chengze YU

Specialties
• Comprehensive treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the breast and thyroid
• Standardized modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer, breast-conserving treatment for early-stage breast cancer, and sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer
• Radical thyroidectomy, modified neck dissection, and autologous parathyroid transplantation

Education Background
• Received Bachelor of Medicine from the Fourth Military Medical University, majoring in medical science in 1983
• Graduated from Kansai Medical University (Japan) in 1999 receiving a Doctor of Medicine

Work Experience
Dr. Cheng has over 40 years of clinical experience：
• In August 1983, began serving as a Resident Physician, Department of General Surgery (General Surgery Division), 307 Hospital
• Spent a year as a general surgery trainee at the Beijing Military Region General Hospital in 1990
• In December 1990, promoted to Attending Physician, Department of General Surgery (General Surgery Division), 307 Hospital
• Promoted in 1991 to Associate Director, Department of General Surgery (General Surgery Division), 307 Hospital
• Named Associate Chief Physician and Master’s Supervisor at the Department of General Surgery (General Surgery Division), 307 Hospital in 1997
• Served almost 15 years as the Director of the First Surgery Department (General Surgery Division) (1999-2013) and Director of the Department of General Surgery (from 2009-2013), 307 Hospital
• Given the title Chief Physician, Department of General Surgery (General Surgery Division), the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital (formerly 307 Hospital) in 2003
• Named Director of the Surgery Teaching and Research Section at the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital (formerly 307 Hospital) in 2012
• Promoted to expert in General Surgery and Breast Surgery, the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital (formerly 307 Hospital) in 2013
• Served as Director of the Department of General Surgery, concurrently Director of the Department of Breast Surgery, and Director of the VIP Surgery Department in a hospital in Guangdong Province for almost 10 years until 2023
• Was a Distinguished Professor of General Surgery at the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital (formerly 307 Hospital) from 2023 to 2025

Academic Achievements
• Received funding for various national science projects
• Published in prominent medical journals, including the World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships
Member, General Surgery Professional Committee of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Member, Surgical Procedures Group of the Surgical Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Association
Standing Committee Member, Breast Cancer Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Standing Committee Member, Breast Cancer Professional Committee of the Geriatrics Branch of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
Member, Breast Cancer Group of the Oncology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association
Consultant Committee Member (Standing Committee), Breast Disease Consultation Expert Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Member, Surgical Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine
Member, Surgical Professional Committee of the Beijing Medical Association
Member, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Professional Committee of the Beijing Medical Association
Member, Breast Disease Group of the Women’s Health Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association
Standing Committee Member, Breast Disease Professional Committee of the Guangdong Medical Doctor Association
Standing Committee Member, Breast Professional Committee of the Guangdong Precision Medicine Association
Special Contributor, Chinese Journal of Practical Surgery
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of General Surgery Operations (Electronic Edition)
Correspondent Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Surgery