Bone plays a vital role in human activity and health. Only with healthy bones can a person avoid the problems of orthopedic diseases and have a perfect and happy life. With the advent of an aging society and the rapid development of industry and transportation, the amount of orthopedic patients have increased significantly, especially in critical patients. More than 40 million people in China receive orthopedic treatment every year.

Development of China’s Orthopedics

From the beginning of the 20th century, the orthopedics in China is still in its infancy in China, and only a few cities has developed its orthopedics. A group of medical students who have studied abroad have returned to China, and they have introduced western orthopedic medical technology into the China. Many predecessors worked together to establish orthopedics of western medicine in the land of China, filling the gap.

The first orthopedic specialty was established in 1921, the Department of Surgery of Peking Union Medical College Hospital established the first western medical orthopedics group to perform operations such as fracture treatment, deformity correction and arthroplasty. Its establishment marked the beginning of orthopedics surgery in China as an independent specialty.

Around the 1960s, China was ahead of international level in the surgical treatment of bone and joint tuberculosis, the treatment of fractures in the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine and the replantation of broken limbs (finger). There were also great progressin traumatic first aid, anti-shock, anti-infection and wound treatment.

In the 1970s and 1980s, China made outstanding achievements in basic theoretical researches in orthopedics, bone tumors, microsurgery and artificial joint replacement.

Since the 1980s, the level of clinical diagnosis, treatment and basic research in orthopedics in China have been greatly improved. There were many breakthroughs in many uncurable diseases, and a series of mature treatments have been developed.

Orthopedics covers a wide range. Surgery is its focus, and experts are the core assets. In this special discipline, the intensive technical and practical development due to the large amount of operations makes it necessary for orthopedic surgeons to learn for life without being slack in order to keep up with the development of orthopedics.

Strategic Development of Gloryren

What Gloryren is doing is to converge global famous orthopedic experts, to establish international orthopedist alliance and to link global entity hospitals with asset-light.

The purpose of the founding of Gloryren Orthopedics is to build an international orthopedic communication platform which is centered on the mainland and radiates to the world, coordinating the two major domestic and international situations, establishing a global vision, actively promoting communication between Chinese orthopedics and the international community, and strengthening academics exchange with international organizations, in order to expanse the influence of our orthopedics in the world.

In the environment where the resources of orthopedic experts are scarce, Gloryren has signed contract with internationally renowned orthopedic surgeons to become their sole authorized partner in China and the only official strategic partner of internationally renowned orthopedic hospitals.

About orthopedics, we are serious

After many procedures and processes, The People's Hospital of Jiangmen welcomed international expert as visiting professors for the first time. The international expert in this academic exchange is Daniel Rosenthal. Professor Rosenthal exchange for two weeks at The People's Hospital ofJiangmen, which brought valuable technical and conceptual experience to the hospital.

It could still be remembered that when Gloryren conveyed the idea of international visiting professor to the leadership of the hospital, everyone felt that impossible. It sounded impossible that primary hospitals could be connected with international experts.

After repeated consultations, many meetings and discussions, finally, the leaders of the hospital decided to become a cooperation unit with Gloryren to take in international experts.

After the two-week academic exchange, at the conclusion meeting, Director  Yizhong Lin of the Second Department of Orthopedics said that the academic exchanges were very beneficial. Professor Rosenthal gave medical staff of the The People’s Hospital of Jiangmen’s Orthopedics Surgery Department a lot of help from treatment concept to microscopic techniques.

Prof. Rosenthal gave academic speech

Professor Rosenthal is patient-centered at the choosing of treatment plan, hoping to minimize patients’ suffering and accelerate recovery within the patient's financial ability. Secondly, the professor's concept of "minimally invasive" is different from that in China. Minimally invasive refers to fine operation under the microscope with emphasis on application to reduce the spinal cord and nerve damage of patients, rather than simply emphasizing small incisions.

Preoperative discussion of Prof.Rosenthal and surgeons

Physical examination of patient by Prof. Rosenthal

For such a result, Gloryren is gratified, and we are serious in working at orthopedics.

Group photo of Prof. Rosenthal and staff of Orthopedics Surgery Department

Introduction of Introduced Experts

Head of the Section of Spine Surgery, Regional Hospital Bad

Homburg, Germany

1992-1996 Head of staff and vice director

(Klinik für Neurochirugie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang

Goethe- Universit?t, Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

1997 Secretary of the German Society for Spine Research

2006 -2010 Treasurer of the German Spine Society

2010-2012 President elect of the German Spine Society

2013 President of the German Spine Society

Brief Introduction of Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany

The neurosurgery hospital Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany is a special hospital with main focus on diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders. The hospital specializes in the conservative and surgical treatment of diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.

Strain disorders such as herniated discs or stenosis (narrow spinal canal) as well as tumors and injuries of the spine belong to their therapy offer.

Treatment Focus:

·Herniated discs

·Stenosis (spinal canal narrowing)

·Injuries

·Tumors

·Inflammatory diseases

Microscopic operations, fusion operations or disc replacement (prosthesis) are part of hospital’s everyday works. A special position is occupied by the endoscopic surgery of the thoracic and lumbar spine. For this, the hospital can use to state-of-the-art equipment and techniques for diagnostics and surgical treatment. The hospital has intraoperative CT which provides a precise real-time control of the operative actions. Only a few centers nationwide have such devices.

In this field, the hospital is one of the leading international institutes in patient care for diseases of the thoracic spine and in the development of new techniques and instruments for endoscopic spine surgery.

List of introduced international visiting professors

The People’s Hospital of Jiangmen

Daniel Rosenthal

Daniel Rosenthal

Jiangmen Central Hospital

Hermann Otto Mayr

Hermann Otto Mayr

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hermann Otto Mayr

Hermann Otto Mayr

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Michael Mayer

Michael Mayer

Dongguan People’s Hospital

Werner Eduard Siebert

Werner Eduard Siebert

Foshan Hospital of TCM

Markus Walther

Markus Walther

Shantou Central Hospital

Jeffrey C. Wang

Jeffrey C. Wang

Peking University People’s Hospital

Markus Walther

Markus Walther

Peking University People's Hospital has only employed 12 visiting professors since its establishment 100 years ago. This year, Peking University People's Hospital celebrates its centenary celebration. The hospital has employed Professor Markus Walther, director of the Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery at Sch?n Klinik Munich Harlaching as visiting professor.

In the future next six months to one year, the above hospitals will welcome international visiting professors to their hospitals for a 1-2 week academic exchange, including but not limited to academic lectures, case discussions, surgical guidance and surgical practice. In the future, more expect will be unlimited.

In the near future, Gloryren will introduce more international top experts and scholars to China for exchange visits, and more Chinese hospitals will introduce international visiting professors to themselves.

Introduction of International Visiting Professors

Head of Spine Center Munich at Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching since 1998, Director of FIFA Medical Center of Excellence since 2007.

He has performed operations on many important persons, such as Gorbachev, Mubarak, etc.

His clinical research focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal surgery on athletes, footballers’ lower back pain, cervical disc replacement, computer-assisted surgery, spinal arthroplasty, etc. He has invented the famous Mini-ALIF technique.

·Founding Member of ISASS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery

·Founding President of German Spine Society

·Founding Member SAS and Congress Chairman SAS I Munich, 2001

·Member AO Technical Commission Spine, 2004 - 2014

·President EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe, 2006

·President German Spine Society, 2006

·Board Member AOSpine Europe, 2010-2014

·Head of the Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery at the Orthopedic Hospital  Munich Harlaching since 2005

·Medical Director of Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching and FIFA Medical Centre Munich since 2012

His current scientific work focuses on biomechanics, traumatology and reconstructive surgery of foot and ankle, as well as minimal invasive surgery. He has a special focus on sports injury and cartilage reconstruction. He provides consulting service for many famous athletes. He is Professor for Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany and is ranked as one of the top foot and ankle specialist in the country.
·Board Member of the GFFC (Germany Society of Foot and Ankle Surgery) since 2008

·President of the GFFC (Germany Society of Foot and Ankle Surgery) since 2012

·Member of the medical team of the premiere league soccer team FC Bayern Munich since 2015

·Head of Department of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery, Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching

·President German Society of Joint Surgery and Arthroscopy (AGA), 2009 - 2011

·President German Knee Society (DKG), 2012 – 2015

·Board member German Knee Society (DKG) since 2012

·Chair “European Sports Medicine Associates” (ESMA) ESSKA Section since 2016

2013-present Chief, Spine Service Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA

2013-present Co-Director, USC Spine Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA

2017: President, Cervical Spine Research Society

2017–present Vice President, North American Spine Society (NASS)

2018: President, 16th President of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

2018: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Senior Achievement Award

2017- present AO Foundation Board Member

2015-2018 Past Chair, AOSpine International

Director of Vitos Orthopedic Center Kassel

Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,

Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Past President of the South German Orthopedic Society (Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthop?den, VSOU)

President of the European Hip Society (EHS) 2014-2016

Initiator and Organiser of 12th EHS Congress in Munich, 6-9th Sept 2016

President Elect of the German Knee Society (DKG) 2017

President Elect of the German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC) and President Elect of the Congress of German Orthopaedic and Trauma Society (DKOU) 2018

With the gradual development of China's orthopedic industry, this huge market has become the most extensive soil for academic exchanges between China and foreign countries. China's large case base is also a resource for foreign scholars. Therefore, the cooperation between Chinese and foreign experts in orthopedics a win-win action for both sides.

Under the background of multi-point practicing, hierarchical diagnosis and treatment in the country, we will promote the effective sinking of high-quality medical resources in China, and at the same time, we will connect top experts in the field of orthopedics at home and abroad, and provide domestic doctors with efficient and high-quality learning and exchange opportunity in the industry by virtue of medical advantages at home and abroad, so that they can get in touch with experts at home and abroad, feel the cutting-edge technology in the field of orthopedics, which is the original aim of Gloryren and also the common hope of all to promote the development of orthopedics.

On September 7th -8th, 2018, The 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2018 (2018SEOS), jointly hosted by Gloryren and Foshan Hospital of TCM, truly achieved the goal of bringing internationally renowned orthopedic experts from China and Europe together. The most cutting-edge lectures, high-quality scientific information, warm discussions and exchange of opinions had the ultimate goal to strengthen cooperation between Chinese and European orthopedic surgeons, bringing the latest academic information from Europe to China, sharing with Chinese doctors and making international exchanges smoother.