WU Yijun
Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
WU Yijun, M.D., is the director of the Thyroid Surgery Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. He specialized in thyroid/parathyroid surgery and currently serves as the director of the China International Exchange and Promotion Association for Medical and Health Care, the Executive Deputy, Secretary-General of the Thyroid Disease Committee, the Chinese Research Hospital Association, the Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Thyroid Surgery Physician Committee, the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, the Deputy Director of the Youth Committee, Thyroid Disease Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association Committee, and the Standing Committee Member of the Parathyroid and Bone Metabolic Disease Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association. As a thyroid surgery expert, Dr. Wu has established a new approach for thyroid surgery, known as the sternocleidomastoid intermuscular approach. This approach not only preserves the function of the anterior cervical region, but also provides a better cosmetic outcome for the neck. His research interests are also focused on the stratifying the risk levels of papillary thyroid carcinoma using proteomics.