**Work Experience:**
1988–1993: Department of Medicine, Shanxi Medical University.
1995–1998: Master's degree in Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences.
1997: Awarded "Ministry of Health & Japan's First Pharmaceutical" Outstanding Postgraduate, and Outstanding Postgraduate of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. After graduation, remained at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, where he has worked to date.
1999: Qualified as Attending Physician.
June 2003: Obtained Doctorate in Clinical Medicine from Sun Yat-sen University; same year, awarded Guangdong Province Nanyue Outstanding Doctoral Student Scholarship.
2005: Promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery.
2000: Advanced training at the Department of General Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester, MA).
2003: Advanced training at the Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.
2013: Promoted to Chief Physician.
2017: Appointed Deputy Director of the Endoscopy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.
2018: Participated in the preparation of the First Affiliated Hospital (Nansha) of Sun Yat-sen University. Appointed Vice President of the First Affiliated Hospital (Nansha) of Sun Yat-sen University and Executive Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
**Social Appointments:**
Chief Physician, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Doctoral Supervisor; Vice President, First Affiliated Hospital (Nansha) of Sun Yat-sen University; Member of the 14th Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); Member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the China Democratic League (CDL); Deputy Director of the Health and Health Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CDL; Deputy Chair of the North Campus Committee of the CDL at Sun Yat-sen University; Member of the Science Popularization Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Standing Committee Member of the Medical Science Popularization Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Convener of the Guangdong Provincial Health Science Popularization Expert Database; Deputy Director of the Digestive Oncology Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association; Chair-elect of the Medical Science Popularization Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association; Deputy Director of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Branch of the Guangdong Medical Doctor Association; Standing Committee Member of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Branch; Deputy Director of the Digestive Endoscopy MDT Branch of the Guangdong Health Management Association; Editorial Board Member of the *Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery*, *Chinese Journal of Colorectal Surgery (Electronic Edition)*, *Journal of Digestive Oncology*, and the Oncology Volume of the *Chinese Medical Encyclopedia*; Corresponding Editorial Board Member of the *Chinese Journal of Experimental Surgery*; Specially Invited Reviewer for the *Chinese Medical Journal* (English Edition); Founder of the renowned health science popularization platform "Lan Shi Ting"; Author of *Gastrointestinal Health Matters* (People's Medical Publishing House), which received the National Health Commission/Ministry of Science and Technology New Era Health Science Popularization Works Competition Entry Award and the Guangzhou Outstanding Science Popularization Book Award.
**Publications:**
1. Zhang T, Yuan K, Wang Y, Xu M, Cai S, Chen C, Ma J*. Identification of Candidate Biomarkers and Prognostic Analysis in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases. *Front Oncol*. 2021 Aug 4;11:652354. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.652354. PMID: 34422629; PMCID: PMC8371911.
2. Yang G, Zhang T, Ye J, Yang J, Chen C, Cai S, Ma J*. Circ-ITGA7 sponges miR-3187-3p to upregulate ASXL1, suppressing colorectal cancer proliferation. *Cancer Manag Res*. 2019 Jul 12;11:6499-6509. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S203137. PMID: 31372051; PMCID: PMC6636182.
3. Yang J, Ma JP*, Xiao S, Zhang XH, Xu JB, Chen CQ, Cai SR, He YL. Evaluating the prognostic value and functional roles of transcription factor AP4 in colorectal cancer. *Oncol Lett*. 2018 May;15(5):7545-7554. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.8290. Epub 2018 Mar 16. PMID: 29725460; PMCID: PMC5920486.
4. Yang J, Zhang XH, Huang YH, Chen B, Xu JB, Chen CQ, Cai SR, Zhan WH, He YL, Ma JP*. Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal Arterial Bleeding After Radical Gastrectomy: a Retrospective Analysis of 1875 Consecutive Resections for Gastric Cancer. *J Gastrointest Surg*. 2016 Mar;20(3):510-20. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-3049-z. Epub 2015 Dec 14. PMID: 26666547; PMCID: PMC4752581.
5. Ma JP. A 50-year review of gastrointestinal surgery in Guangdong. *Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery*. 2017;20(11):1211-1215.
6. Nie, YM. and Ma JP*. A Case of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Associated with the Low-Frequency Platelet Antigen HPA-21bw in Chinese. *Transfusion*, 2017. 57: p. 19A.
**Books:**
1. Ma JP (Editor-in-Chief). *Gastrointestinal Health Matters*. People's Medical Publishing House, 2020.
2. Ma JP, Yang J (Editors). *Understandable Medicine: The Secrets of Digestion*. Publishing House of Electronics Industry, 2016.
3. Wang TH, Xiao HP, Chen CQ (Editors-in-Chief), Ma JP (Associate Editor). *Modern Disaster Medicine*. Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2011.
4. Ren JL (Editor-in-Chief). *Pancreatic Cancer*. People's Military Medical Press, 2010.
5. Liang LJ (Editor-in-Chief). *General Surgery*. People's Medical Publishing House, 2006.
6. Wang JP, Zhan WH (Editors-in-Chief). *Gastrointestinal Surgery*. People's Medical Publishing House, 2006.
**Patents:**
Holds 27 national patents, including 16 invention patents.