Thecoverstoryofthe4thissueof"FriendsofPartyMembersandCadres"in2026featuresacademicianXieLixin,accompaniedbyanarticletitled"XieLixin,the'ChaserofLight'".Thearticledelvesintothemedicalpractitioner's61-yearcommitmenttothefieldofophthalmology,vividlyillustratingtheessenceofbeinga"chaseroflight".Thefulltextisreproducedbelow:Undertheshadowlesslamp,XieLixin,CAEMember,LifetimeProfessorofShandongFirstMedicalUniversity,andPresidentofQingdaoEyeHospitalaffiliatedtoShandongFirstMedicalUniversity,satattentively,gazingthroughthemicroscopeandfocusingintentlyonthepatient'seyeball.Hisfingertipslightlypressedagainstthemicrosurgicalinstruments,movingpreciselyont
OnJanuary30,2026,Elsevierofficiallyreleasedthe2025listof"HighlyCitedChineseResearchers".Atotalof11expertsinthefieldofophthalmologyinChinawereselected,andAcademicianXieLixinfromQingdaoEyeHospitalaffiliatedtoShandongFirstMedicalUniversitywasincludedinthelistforthreeconsecutiveyears.ThisrankingutilizesScopus,agloballyauthoritativecitationandindexingdatabase,asthesourceforstatisticsonthescientificresearchachievementsofChinesescholars.ItadoptsthemethodologydevelopedbyShanghaiRankingEducationInformationConsultingCo.,Ltd.andutilizesmultipleindicatorstosystematicallypresentthescientificresearchcontributionsandinnovativevalueofChinesescholarsinvariousdisciplines.Itha
XieLixin,academician(firstfromright).OnDecember20th,the2025WuJiepingMedicalScienceAwardCeremonywasheldinBeijing.ProfessorXieLixin,anacademicianoftheChineseAcademyofEngineering,tenuredprofessorofShandongFirstMedicalUniversity,andpresidentoftheAffiliatedQingdaoEyeHospitalofShandongFirstMedicalUniversity,washonoredwiththe2025WuJiepingMedicalScienceAward.AcademicianXieLixindeliversanacceptancespeech.TheWuJiepingMedicalScienceAward,ahigh-levelawardinChina'smedicalandhealthfield,ispresentedtoindividualswhohavepromotedtheadvancementofChina'smedicalscienceandtechnologyandhavemadeoutstandingcontributionstothedevelopmentofChina'smedicalandhealthcause.Itiss
Recently,theShandongProvincialDepartmentofEducationissuedthe"NoticeonCommendingOutstandingGraduateSupervisorsandGraduateSupervisionTeamsinShandongProvincefor2025".The"BlindingCornealDiseasePreventionandTreatmentSupervisionTeam",ledbyPrincipalSupervisorAcademicianXieLixinfromourinstitute,wasawardedthetitleof2025OutstandingGraduateSupervisionTeaminShandongProvince.Additionally,ProfessorZhouQingjunwashonoredasanOutstandingGraduateSupervisorinShandongProvincefor2025.OutstandingGraduateSupervisionTeam:BlindingCornealDiseasePreventionandTreatmentSupervisionTeamTheBlindingCornealDiseasePreventionandTreatmentSupervisionTeamisguidedandledbyPrincipalSupervisorAcademic
OnMarch27,2024,Elsevierreleasedthe2023"HighlyCitedChineseResearchers"list.Thescholarsselectedforthislistcomefrom496universities,enterprises,andresearchinstitutions,covering10disciplinaryfieldsand84firstleveldisciplinesoftheMinistryofEducation.Amongthem,308arefromclinicalmedicine,andAcademicianXieLixinfromtheOphthalmologyResearchInstituteaffiliatedwithShandongFirstMedicalUniversityisonthelist.The2023"ChineseHighlyCitedScholars"listusesElsevier'scitationandindexdatabaseScopusasthestatisticalsource,andadoptsthemethoddevelopedbyShanghaiSoftScienceEducationInformationConsultingCo.,Ltd.todeeplyanalyzeandidentifyChinesescholarsatdifferentstagesoftheirscientific
Xiaotianisonly19yearsold,buthehasbeensufferingfroma"strangedisease"for16years.Duetothedelayinidentifyingthecause,hehascompletelylostthesenseoflightinhislefteyeandnearlylosthissightinhisrighteye...Whenhewasdesperate,hemetXieLixin,anacademicianoftheCAEMemberandheadoftheQingdaoEyeHospitalaffiliatedtoShandongFirstMedicalUniversity.Theacademicianpersonallyperformedtheknifeandsuccessfullycompletedthishighlydifficultandhigh-riskcomplexpenetratingkeratoplastysurgery,furtheridentifyingtheunderlyingcausethathasplaguedthepatientformanyyears.ItisunderstoodthatXiaotianhaddevelopedjointdeformitiesattheageof3,andhisvisioninbotheyesdecreasedattheageof10.Hewenttomajorhospita
TheAsiaCorneaSocietyBiennialScientificMeetingisthelargestandthemostauthoritativemeetinginkeratopathyinAsiaandoneofthemostinfluentialeventsinthisfieldintheworld.Theopeningofthe6thAsiaCorneaSocietyBiennialScientificMeetingwasheldonMay16th-20th,2018onQingdao.Morethan1,000well-knownexpertsincornealdiseasesaroundtheworldwereinvitedtothemeetingandleadingscholarsinkeratopathygatheredhereforacademicexchanges,sharingthelatestresearchoutcomesandachievements.
OnNovember10,FudanUniversityHospitalManagementInstitutereleasedFudaneditionof2018Chinahospitalspecialistreputationranking.QingdaoEyeHospitalofShandongFirstMedicalUniversityranksinthetoptenophthalmicschoolsinChinafor10consecutiveyears.Inthepasttenyears,theHospitalManagementInstituteofFudanUniversityhasusedtheevaluationmethodof"besthospitalsranking"intheUnitedStatesforreference,insistedontakingtheclinicaldisciplinelevelandprofessionalreputationasthecore,andgivenconsiderationtothescientificresearchoutputofthatyear.Duetothescientificityoftheevaluationmethod,theresultsoftherankingarealsowidelyrecognizedbythemedicalindustry.Thisyear,thenumberofexpertsparticipating
TheCO2laser-assistedsurgerysurgery,inventedbyProfessorEhudAssiainIsrael,usesafar-infraredCO2laserwithawavelengthof10640nmtoablatethedeepsclera,theouterwallofSchlemmtubeandthetrabecularmeshworkposteriorelasticmembrane,soastomaketheaqueoushumorcontinuouslypermeateanddraintothesclerapoolandthesuperiorchoroidalcavity,therebyreducingtheintraocularpressure.CO2laser-assistedsclerectomysurgery,asanewtypeofantiglaucomasurgery,providesasafer,moreaccurateandmoresimplesurgicaltreatmentschemeforpatientswithglaucomabecauseofitsstandardization,accuracyandthecharacteristicsofnodependenceonfilteringblebandlesscomplications.InordertopromotethedevelopmentofclasssurgeryinQingda
Throughtheintelligentvisioninterventionplatform,QingdaoEyeHospitalofShandongFirstMedicalUniversityhascompletedthescreeningofmorethan27000primaryandsecondaryschoolstudents.Schoolsandparentscanobtainthevisualinformationofstudents'strengthandscientificearlywarningthroughtheplatform.Theintelligentplatformwillprovidetargeted"healthprescription"guidance,preventionandcontrolintervention,andcreatethe"Qingdaomode"ofmyopiapreventionandcontrol.Qingdaoeyehospitalhasorganizedascreeningteamofmorethan50medicalstafftocompletethescreeningofabout27000primaryandsecondaryschoolstudents.Thescreeningworkwasorganizedinaccordancewiththelatest"keyandappropriatetechnicalguideline
