Ruiqiang Chen, MD

Titles

Associate Chief Surgeon 

Member of Spine Surgery Branch of Guangdong Medical Association

Member of Orthopeadic Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association

Member of Committee of Cervical Spine Group of Guangdong Rehabilitation Association

Research Interests

l   Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS)

l   Degenerative spinal disorders

l   Combined therapy for osteoporosis

l   Chemotherapy and surgery for spinal infectious diseases

l   Chemotherapy and surgery for metastasis and primary spinal tumor

Dr. Chen has been involved in the field of spine surgery & orthopeadic for the past 16 years. He is experienced on clinical diagnosis and therapy in spinal degenerative disease, osteoporosis, spinal cord injury, spinal tuberculosis, spinal deformities, etc. He’s good at various minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) including percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD), microendoscopic discectomy (MED), interbody fusion assisted with endoscopy or tubular retractor, percutaneous pedicle screw fixation, percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous kyphoplasy (PKP). He especially focuses on clinical research of spinal disorders.

Education and Experience

Education

Graduation of Sun Yat-Sen University, Master Degree on Surgery (Orthopedics) (2003)

Graduation of Sun Yat-Sen University, MD on Orthopedics (2009)

Visiting researcher in orthopedic department of Keio University， Tokyo （sponsored by  Sasakawa fellowship，Chinese Ministry of health）(2011-2012)

Work Experience

Resident in the Department of Spine Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou(2003-2005)

Attending surgeon in the Department of Spine Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou(2005-2016)

Associate chief surgeon in the Department of Spine Surgery, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou(2016)

Honors and Awards

Publications

(1) Chen, R. Q., Hosogane, N.*, Watanabe, K., Funao, H., Okada, E., Fujita, N., Hikata, T., Iwanami, A., Tsuji, T., Ishii, K., Abe, T., Toyama, Y., Nakamura, M., Matsumoto, M. Reliability Analysis of Spino-Pelvic Parameters in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparison of Whole Spine and Pelvic Radiographs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 2016，41(4): 320-327.

(2) Chen, R. Q., Watanabe, K., Hosogane, N., Hikata, T., Iwanami, A., Ishii, K., Nakamura, M., Toyama, Y., Matsumoto, M.*. Spinal coronal profiles and proximal femur bone mineral density in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Eur Spine J, 2013，22(11): 2433-2437. 

(3) Zhang L, Chen R, Liu B, Zhang W, Zhu Y, Rong L. The nerve root sedimentation sign for differential diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective, consecutive cohort study. Eur Spine J. 2016. [Epub ahead of print] (co-first author)

Contact

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

No.600, Tianhe Street, Guangzhou

Department of Spine Surgery

Appointment Phone: 86-20-85252900

E-mail: chenrq@mail.sysu.edu.cn