Sean HUA

Message to Patients

Medicine is an art where science intertwines with humanity, and the operating room is a shared battlefield to confront challenges. Only through communication and collaboration between doctors and patients can we achieve the best outcomes.

Specialties

• Personalized surgical treatment for thyroid and parathyroid tumors
  • Aesthetic (scarless neck) approaches: Trans-axillary / trans-areolar; laparoscopic / robotic techniques
  • Open surgery: For complex, challenging, and re-operative cases.
• Minimally invasive and robotic surgery for pancreatic and gastric tumors
  • Pancreatic tumors: Pancreatic cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, solid pseudopapillary tumors
  • Gastric tumors: Gastric cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
• General surgical care
  • Management of common conditions: Cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation), appendicitis, and other diseases

Education Background

• Graduated from eight-year clinical medicine program at Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University in 2011 receiving an MD and acknowledged as outstanding graduate of the year

Work Experience

• Has spent around 15 years working for Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) as a surgical resident, attending surgeon, and associate chief surgeon in general surgery (from 2022).

Academic Achievements

• Specialized in application of artificial intelligence in surgical scenarios and was awarded champion of the 2023 International Medical AI challenge(MICCAI)
• Has delivered speeches at multiple domestic and international conferences
• As the principal investigator, has undertaken one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and multiple other projects.
• As the primary inventor, has applied for and hold over ten patents, seven of which have been successfully commercialized
• Published over 20 papers in SCI and core journals as the first or communication author

Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships

• Editorial Board Member: Chinese Journal of Surgery, Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery, and Chinese Journal of Endocrine Surgery
• Review Expert, Beijing Natural Science Foundation
• Committee Member & Secretary, Parathyroid Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association
• Champion, Surgical Skills Competition, and recipient of the Third-Class Merit for individuals at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
• World Champion, 2023 MICCAI (Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention) Robotic Surgical Instrument Recognition and Tracking Challenge
• Awarded “Capital Health Future Star” by the Beijing Health Commission in 2024