top student at medical school

Upon hearing the sound, Professor Zeng Duoqin looked up in surprise, his expression tightening.

He and Fang Ziye had been at the new hospital campus for over a year, and Fang Ziye had always been very polite, never asserting his authority as director in matters large or small, and always speaking to him in a consultative tone.

Fang Ziye always treated Wang Zongkai with courtesy.

Zeng Duoqin knew something important must be happening: "Director Fang, I'd like to hear the details!"

The head nurse and others immediately sat up straight.

Fang Ziye said, "Professor Zeng, after years of accumulation and development, our hospital's Department of Orthopedics has successfully handed over some of its bone tumor research projects to the Minimally Invasive Center."

"This is the result of our joint efforts. Similarly, through the combination of microcirculation device and chemotherapy, our Department of Orthopedics, our Orthopedics Group, has become one of the most well-known teaching units in the subspecialty of orthopedics in the country."

"Professor Zeng, you are currently a standing committee member of the National Bone Disease Branch and one of the top experts in the country..."

Zeng Duoqin immediately said, "Director Fang, let's not talk about these empty titles... Let's not boast about everyone's actual abilities."

"It seems Director Fang has some good news and is thinking of us. Please just announce it directly." Zeng Duoqin's attitude was upright, and he did not think that Fang Ziye's 'assigning tasks' was just a shouting game.

How many professors wish they could be assigned tasks by Fang Ziye?
Fang Ziye is not the kind of person who likes to abuse power; otherwise, he would have already used his position as director to suppress others!
"Diagnosis, accurate diagnosis, meticulous treatment, and even more meticulous treatment are the focus and core of the current development of orthopedics."

"The simpler and earlier the diagnosis, the better it is for the patient's prognosis, and it can even reverse the occurrence of bone tumors!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Duoqin couldn't help but tremble before standing up, his body shaking and his mouth quivering: "Director Fang, could it be that the basic research you applied for a few years ago has already made a breakthrough?"

"Holy crap?"

Treating patients is one of a doctor's duties, but if we can prevent, detect, and diagnose them early, our hospital's orthopedic department can take off in the world's oncology field!

No wonder Zeng Duoqin lost his composure. If the early diagnosis research project could be established, he and Fang Ziye could "chat and laugh" together at any cancer forum in the world, even if he was just one of the participants.

Early diagnosis of tumors has always been a major challenge, especially osteosarcoma.

Currently, the diagnosis of osteosarcoma mainly relies on 'puncture biopsy', but puncture biopsy still has a false positive or false negative rate. The false positive rate of current osteosarcoma 'blood test' diagnosis is even lower.

Fang Ziye gently pressed his hand down, finding Professor Zeng Duoqin's outburst somewhat amusing: "Professor Zeng, it's shift change time now, and there are still quite a few nurses, and even some female interns. We should speak a little more politely."

"Please let me finish speaking."

Zeng Duoqin glanced around and gave an exceptionally kind smile: "I'm sorry, everyone. I apologize for making this a laughing matter. Head Nurse, I apologize for my actions."

Huang Xiaowei didn't take Zeng Duoqin's words to heart at all, and only looked at Fang Ziye.

What a joke! Zeng Duoqin is a chief physician and professor, the absolute ceiling of professional titles in the ward. In principle, even Fang Ziye, the ward director, has to behave properly in front of him.

The main reason is that Associate Professor Fang Ziye and Associate Director Fang are extraordinary; otherwise, the 'abnormal' situation of a professor being merely a group leader would never have occurred.

Zeng Duoqin then said, "Director Fang, please speak slowly so I can take good notes."

The previous research project on combined chemotherapy for bone tumors was supported by Fang Ziye, benefiting the entire orthopedic department. However, it is now clear that Fang Ziye does not intend to move this project back to the main hospital campus.

Fang Ziye didn't keep them in suspense: "Professor Zeng, let me be direct. Our basic research group has recently discovered a new miRNA, and according to the naming rules, we've named it MiRNA984, which is almost 985."

"Based on the current progress of our research group's basic research, we have ruled out high expression in common tumors such as lung cancer, liver cancer, and breast cancer. Of course, there may be some extremely rare subtypes that also have high expression of 984, but these are not currently within the scope of our research."

"Therefore, after discovering this phenomenon, we ruled out the overexpression of mi984 in most orthopedic tumors. Then, through animal experiments, we can be certain that the downstream protein F regulated by mi984 will be highly expressed in tumors."

“MiRNA984 cannot directly enter the bloodstream, but the protein F that it directly regulates is highly expressed in the blood, which can be detected directly using a kit.”

"Currently, we have confirmed the effectiveness of the kit in animal experiments, but clinical trials are still needed... Professor Zeng, as you know, I have many clinical projects, and the research group is also struggling to allocate manpower..."

"Therefore, I hope that Professor Zeng can lead a team, including several PhDs from the Department of Orthopedics, to rigorously and thoroughly investigate this topic and strive to make it into a standardized form!"

Fang Ziye didn't provide details, he just gave the task.

If Zeng Duoqin can't even do such a direct task well, then he can declare himself useless!

“No problem.” Zeng Duoqin nodded.

Zeng Duoqin is also skilled in scientific research. The Department of Orthopedics at Zhongnan Hospital is the orthopedic subspecialty with the highest comprehensive scientific research level. If it weren't for Fang Ziye's sudden rise, the Department of Orthopedics would be the absolute 'leader' of orthopedics in the surgical field of Zhongnan Hospital!
Fang Ziye only explained the direction. In the specific implementation process, there will definitely be many obstacles, but these obstacles can be solved by finding a way, and Zeng Duoqin has the ability and connections to handle them well.

This includes, but is not limited to, specific and minor matters such as adjusting 'relationships' with other orthopedic professors in this hospital area.

Fang Ziye then asked with a bright smile, "Professor Zeng, could you spare some time to work with one of the doctors in our team on orthopedic radiotherapy?"

"Radiation therapy?" Zeng Duoqin's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but then he suddenly realized, "Director Fang, when did you start meddling in this again?"

I just listened to Yu Qian yesterday, and he immediately brought out a joke from his crosstalk performance.

“In our orthopedics department, there aren’t many types of tumors that are sensitive to radiotherapy, are there?” Zeng Duoqin quickly explained his swearing.

Fang Ziye nodded: "Yes, Professor Zeng, this is the current understanding of orthopedic tumors in the scientific community. But around the beginning of last year, I had some collaboration with Academician Ma, who specializes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and got a general understanding of the relationship between radiotherapy and tumors."

"Later, we had a talented young girl in our team who was also quite skilled in this field. After mentoring her for a while, I sent her to Academician Ma's team for an exchange program."

"Now that she has completed her studies and returned home, she knows some of the specific procedures for radiotherapy. During our discussion, she happened to talk about the treatment of synovial sarcoma in orthopedics."

"Furthermore, radiotherapy-resistant tumors such as osteosarcoma can also achieve good results through heavy ion radiotherapy."

"Small cell osteosarcoma, a type of osteosarcoma, is poorly sensitive to chemotherapy. Even with the intervention of a microcirculation device, which has improved the effectiveness of chemotherapy to some extent, the prognosis is still not obvious."

"Although the number of osteosarcoma patients in this group is not large, they can still be detected through precise subtyping. If these patients can receive adjuvant precise radiotherapy, their prognosis will definitely be better."

"Of course, current stereotactic radiotherapy is mostly used for the body and skull, while stereotactic radiotherapy for the limbs is a highly challenging technical task."

"But I think our research group can also make some modifications to this!" Fang Ziye said. Radiotherapy is not so easy to control when applied to the limbs, as the displacement of the limbs is large (femoral displacement >2cm during walking), and traditional respiratory gating is ineffective. Therefore, to perform precise radiotherapy on tumors in the limbs, very strict technical parameters are required.

Zeng Duoqin was astonished upon hearing this: "Director Fang, you really are a man of few words, but when you do speak, you amaze everyone."

"If we can really improve the limb positioning of radiotherapy equipment, then doctors in our orthopedics department will be able to explore more orthopedic tumors in the future!"

"To do something well, you must first have the right tools..."

"However, Director Fang, when it comes to improving the application of radiotherapy to the limbs, can we really do it?" Zeng Duoqin knew that the improvement of this kind of radiotherapy equipment was far beyond what the miniature circulation instrument could achieve.

Radiotherapy equipment is very large and bulky.

"Professor Zeng, you don't need to worry about these things. I will naturally find a way to solve them."

After Fang Ziye finished speaking, he looked at Lan Tianluo and said, "Tianluo, go and invite Li Qixi, my new academic master's student this year."

Lan Tianluo opened the door very proactively. Li Qixi still had a slender figure, but she looked much more voluptuous this year compared to last year.

When Li Qixi entered, Hu Qingyuan, who was standing there, kept revealing a subtle meaning in his eyes.

Li Qixi has also recovered. With the help of Miss Chen and after a year of training, she has gained Fang Ziye's approval. Now she has not only successfully passed the master's exam, but has also become Fang Ziye's formal academic master's student.

From now on, she can be considered a research steward with authority exceeding that of Fang Ziye's research assistant!
"Professor Zeng, Li Qixi was a top student at Zhejiang University. Now she is my master's student in the class of 26. She hasn't enrolled yet, but she doesn't have any other tasks at the moment, so she came to the department to learn from you and get to know the treatment of osteosarcoma."

"I'm not doing this right now..."

Zeng Duoqin glanced at Li Qixi and nodded without hesitation, but asked rather embarrassedly, "Director Fang, Dr. Li is the first female colleague in our new hospital's orthopedics department. Can we scold her?"

The Department of Orthopedics has several subspecialties. Previously, there were only three female students, including Luo Tingzhu. Now that Luo Tingzhu has transferred, Li Qixi is the third.

Li Qixi wasn't shy at all and quickly said in a well-behaved manner, "Teacher Zeng, please feel free to criticize me if I did anything wrong."

"I just hope you won't tell my teacher," Li Qixi joked.

Zeng Duoqin sighed softly: "Director Fang, it seems that Li harbors a lot of resentment towards you?"

Fang Ziye glanced at Li Qixi indifferently: "I do have higher expectations for her than for other students, and there are other reasons for that."

"But that was all in the past. Here, it's generally strict entry but lenient exit."

"That's all for today. Let's start the shift handover and ward rounds. The on-call doctor, please remember to cooperate with the nursing department..."

Wang Zongkai was stunned upon hearing this, and stood up, saying, "Director Fang, what about me?"

“I’m free too,” Wang Zongkai said enthusiastically, as if he wanted to pounce on Fang Ziye and strike a flirtatious pose.

“Teacher Wang, there’s no rush,” Fang Ziye said after a pause.

"Sigh!" Wang Zongkai knew what Fang Ziye meant and muttered, "Leading a team is so damn hard..."

Why isn't Wang Zongkai in a hurry?

It's precisely because Wang Zongkai, the group leader, hasn't even figured things out yet, and hasn't mastered the diagnosis and treatment of routine hand surgery diseases, that his primary task right now is to familiarize himself with the routine diagnosis and treatment of hand surgery diseases, rather than doing any research or projects.

"Brother Sun, Song Yi, how many surgeries have we scheduled today?" Fang Ziye asked after leading his team out of the doctor's office.

“Two, one with a spinal cord injury in the thoracic segment, and the other with joint revision surgery,” Tang Yi said proactively.

"Ziye, today's joint overhaul is really interesting, you absolutely have to see it!"

Fang Ziye nodded: "Since you've said it like that, Director Tang, it must be very interesting. I'll take this opportunity to learn from it."

Tang Yi has been promoted to chief physician, but he is still a little short of being promoted to professor, which is expected to happen in the next two years.

It's rare to find a chief physician or professor in their forties, even in a top teaching hospital.

"Director Fang, you just like to joke with me."

"Whether I get promoted as chief physician or not, I'm still just working for you, aren't I?"

"However, today's joint revision is really interesting. The original joint had collapsed and gotten stuck in the medullary cavity, and the patient's femoral bone had already broken open."

"At the same time, he also had a fracture and damage on the acetabular side of his joint, which can be considered a periarticular fracture..."

It sounded quite interesting, so Fang Ziye nodded.

……

After finishing his rounds, Fang Ziye deliberately took only Tian Yao and Feng Junfeng with him when he went down to the operating room.

After they each took their scrubs, Fang Ziye asked in the changing room, "Tian Yao, with your current skills and research experience, it's not going to be easy for you to stay in the hospital, is it?"

"What are your own plans?"

Tian Yao and Feng Junfeng were in the same cohort, and Tian Yao is currently a second-year doctoral student.

When they first entered the hospital, Tian Yao, who came from West China Hospital, was more outstanding than Feng Junfeng, and his experience was also more solid.

After all, West China Hospital is a renowned hospital in China, but after a year of development, Feng Junfeng not only caught up with Tian Yao, but also surpassed him in terms of basic skills.

Fang Ziye also knew the reason: Tian Yao had eaten too well during her undergraduate and master's studies and had also enrolled in many classes, which was why she had made such rapid progress!
On the contrary, Feng Junfeng has always developed on his own. His own talents were not fully activated before. Now that he is with Fang Ziye, his technical and research levels have improved by leaps and bounds. It is not to say that he has reached the top in the entire orthopedic doctor circle.

But that's about it, and with two years left, Fang Ziye could almost predict he'd have a chance to stay in the hospital!
Fang Ziye is a professor; if he's a professor, wouldn't it be ridiculous if he didn't teach? (End of Chapter)