In order to further promote the development of trauma medicine and improve the trauma treatment in Sichuan province to gradually reach the advanced trauma treatment level in developed countries, the inaugural meeting of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA) was successfully held in InterContinental Century City Chengdu on the afternoon of May 21, 2021.

The leaders and guests attending this conference included Secretary General Zhang Mengfan of SCIMEA, Prof. Pei Fuxing from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Prof. Li Kainan from Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Prof. Wang Guanglin from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Prof. Hu Jiang from Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Prof. Wu Qingsong from Sports Hospital affiliated to Chengdu Sport University, Prof. Zhu Junchen from Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, Prof. Gu Zuchao from Chengdu First People's Hospital, Prof. Zeng Yong from Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Prof. Fan Haiquan from Nuclear Industry 416 Hospital, Prof. Li Haibo from West China (Airport) Hospital in Shuangliu District and Prof. Tang Liuyi from Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, as well as more than 150 experts and scholars from the province.

Scene of the inaugural meeting

Firstly, Prof. Li Kainan from Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University, one of the initiators of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of SCIMEA, made a report on the preparatory work of the committee. In his report, he indicated that the frequently-occurred disaster events in recent years have posed many severe challenges for trauma and orthopedics, but a wealth of experience in management, treatment, rehabilitation and nutrition has also been accumulated. In view of the current laggard training of young independent surgeons in most county-level hospitals in Sichuan, it is urgent to launch a special committee on trauma and orthopedics. The committee will carry out its work with the core of promoting trauma diagnosis and treatment in all hospitals above the county level in Sichuan, so as to boost the development of trauma and orthopedic medicine.

Prof. Li Kainan from Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University

The election of the committee was organized by Tong Yubo, Director of Academic Conference Affairs Department of SCIMEA and the results was read out by Ms. Zhang Mengfan, Secretary General of SCIMEA. All participants elected the chairman, vice chairmen, standing committee members and other leaders at all levels of the committee according to the election provisions in the Articles of Association of Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association. As a result, the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of SCIMEA is composed of 200 odd experts in this field in Sichuan. Among them, Prof. Pei Fuxing from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, was elected as the honorary chairman, Prof. Li Kainan from Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University as the chairman, another 11 experts, including Fan Haiquan, Gu Zuchao, Hu Jiang, Jin Xiaodong, Li Haibo and Shi Bo, as deputy chairmen, another 42 experts, including Chang Jihui, Jiang Fan, Lu Song, Ran Xuejun, Xu Zhihua, Yu Bin and Zhang Zhi,  as members of the standing committee of the special committee, another 213 experts including Chen Dongmei, Cao Lin, He Jiangtao, Huang Kai, Han Peng, Qiu Zhijie, Tang Guangming and Zou Hong, as members of the special committee, and Long Tao and He Yan as the secretaries of the special committee.

Ms. Zhang Mengfan, Secretary General of SCIMEA reads out the election results.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan then read out the “Approval for the Establishment of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association”, and issued the approval for the establishment to the newly-elected chairman Prof. Li Kainan.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan issues the approval for the establishment to the Chairman Prof. Li Kainan.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan issues the letter of appointment to the Honorary Chairman Prof. Pei Fuxing.

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan issues the letter of appointment to the Chairman Prof. Li Kainan.

Prof. Pei Fuxing and Prof. Li Kainan issue the letters of appointment to the newly-elected vice chairmen.

Prof. Pei Fuxing and Prof. Li Kainan issue the letters of appointment to the newly-elected members of the standing committee.

Prof. Li Kainan issues the letters of appointment to the newly-elected secretaries.

In his speech, Prof. Pei Fuxing, Honorary Chairman of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics, said that trauma is the foundation of orthopedics, and for treating trauma patients, how to improve medical quality and treatment efficiency while saving lives is the heavy responsibility we shoulder. He hoped the special committee will conduct more research and promotion in the future, so as to ultimately serve patients based on clinical practice.

Prof. Li Kainan, the new elected Chairman of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of SCIMEA, spoke on behalf of all the members of the committee. He once again thanked everyone for supporting the special committee and hoped that all experts would make good use of the committee's cooperation platform, put heads together to give full play to their respective advantages, implement the “going out and bringing in” strategy based on Sichuan's realities and strengthen the interaction of various hospitals at the grassroots level. He believed that with the help of everyone present, we will be able to build a young and iron army in the field of trauma and improve the level of diagnosis and treatment in trauma and orthopedic medicine of Sichuan province.

Prof. Li Kainan, Chairman of the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics of SCIMEA delivers a speech.

At the end of the meeting, Secretary General Zhang Mengfan gave a brief introduction to the relevant information of SCIMEA, and indicated that SCIMEA, as a new platform-based industry organization, has built leading international exchange platform, journal academic platform, results transformation platform and promotion platform in west China, which can fully empower the experts, the special committee and the discipline development. Relying on the platforms of SCIMEA, the Special Committee on Trauma and Orthopedics is bound to make a difference. She also believed that under the leadership of Prof. Pei Fuxing and Prof. Li Kainan, the committee will further promote the development of trauma and orthopedic medicine, drive to improve the diagnosis and treatment level of trauma and orthopedic medicine in the province and even the western region, better serve orthopedic patients, and thus contribute the strength of the western region to the construction of a healthy China.

All members take a group photo at the scene.