Hangzhou Medical College | China
Prof. Zhifei Wang, MD, MBA, FACS is a world-renowned surgeon, academic leader, and innovator specializing in hernia, foregut, metabolic and bariatric, and minimally invasive and robotic surgery, currently serving as Chair and Professor of Surgery at the Department of Hernia Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College. He earned his MD from Zhejiang University School of Medicine, an MBA from the University of Illinois Chicago, and completed advanced fellowships at The Valley Hospital (NJ), Cleveland Clinic (OH), and Florida Hospital (Orlando), gaining expertise in HPB, foregut, and robotic surgery. In leadership roles including Director of International Cooperation, Director of the GERD Center, and Co-Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, he has advanced clinical excellence, global collaboration, and surgical education. A pioneer in surgical simulation and medical education, he has developed 3D-printed surgical training models and hydrogel-based organ simulation, improving training quality, reducing learning curves, and expanding access worldwide. He has authored over 160 SCI-indexed publications, many as first or corresponding author, in journals such as Surgical Endoscopy, BMC Surgery, Scientific Reports, Journal of Visualized Experiments, International Journal of Surgery, and ACS Applied Bio Materials, alongside influential Chinese publications, and holds multiple patents for innovative surgical models and tools. His work has earned numerous awards, including the Medical Educator Consortium Best Scientific Paper Award (SLS Annual Meeting 2024, USA), provincial and national awards for scientific innovation, and recognition for excellence in surgical education and medical technology entrepreneurship, with 6,228 citations by 4,790 documents, 160 publications, and an h-index of 46, reflecting his global impact on surgery, research, and education.
Featured Publications
Xia, J., Xia, M., Zhu, Z., et al. (2025). Printed simulation models versus organ models in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass training: A prospective validation study of efficacy, learning curve, and cost-effectiveness. BMC Surgery, 25, 484.
Zhu, Z., Amadi, S. M., Mao, J., Zhou, M., Xia, M., Parikh, N. J., Hu, J., & Wang, Z. (2025). A randomized cohort study on the use of 3D printed models to enhance surgical training in suturing techniques. Scientific Reports, 15(1).
Amadi, S. M., Vadher, R., Mandizadza, O., et al. (2025). What makes a confident surgeon? Perspectives from surgical trainees and surgeons in Kenya, China, and Mali. BMC Medical Education, 25, 1311.
Yu, S., Xu, X., Ma, L., Zhao, F., Mao, J., Zhang, J., & Wang, Z. (2024). Versatile and tunable performance of PVA/PAM tridimensional hydrogel models for tissues and organs: Augmenting realism in advanced surgical training. ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Xia, J., Mao, J., Chen, H., Yang, D., Xu, X., Ruan, N., Yang, J., & Wang, Z. (2024). A cost-effective milestone training model based on 3D-printing for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. American Journal of Surgery, 229, 174–178.
Amadi, S. M., & Wang, Z. (2023). Enhancing robotic-assisted surgery training with 3D-printed bio-models: A new era. The Innovation Medicine, 1(3), 100031.