In Search of Excellence: From a Small Clinical Unit to an Internationally Recognized Center for Orbital Diseases Research and Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, China

Xuefei Song; Huifang Zhou; Yi Wang; Muyue Yang; Sijie Fang; Yinwei Li; Yongyun Li; Xianqun Fan

doi:10.1097/APO.0000000000000435

In Search of Excellence: From a Small Clinical Unit to an Internationally Recognized Center for Orbital Diseases Research and Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, China

Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2021 Sep 14;10(5):432-436. doi: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000435.

Authors

Xuefei Song^{1

2}, Huifang Zhou^{1

2}, Yi Wang^{1

2}, Muyue Yang^{1

2}, Sijie Fang^{1

2}, Yinwei Li^{1

2}, Yongyun Li^{1

2}, Xianqun Fan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orbital Diseases and Ocular Oncology, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 34524142
DOI: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000435

Abstract

"Where there is a will, there is a way." It is never easy to make progress and development but with full dedication and firm commitment, many aspirations can still be realized. We would like to share with the readers the story of how we develop our division of orbital diseases and surgery from scratch to strengths over a period of 2 decades at the Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China.

MeSH terms

China
Hospitals
Humans
Orbital Diseases*