Dear colleagues and friends:

　　We cordially invite you to attend the 8th Asia–Oceania Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The afternoon session on disorders of consciousness, scheduled for October 8, will be hosted by Nanjing Zijin Hospital. We warmly welcome all participants to join us for guidance and exchange.

　　To comprehensively implement the vision of the Belt and Road Initiative, thoroughly advance the Outline of the “Healthy China 2030” Plan, carry out the national strategy for proactively addressing population aging, promote the development of the rehabilitation medicine sector, and foster international exchanges and cooperation—while drawing on cutting-edge domestic and international rehabilitation technologies and management practices—the 8th Asia–Oceania Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOCPRM), jointly hosted by the Asia–Oceania Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and supported academically by the Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee of the China Association of Private Medical Institutions, will be held in Chengdu from October 7 to 9, 2023.

Sub-forum on Disorders of Consciousness

Sub-forum time: Afternoon of October 8

Forum Venue: Chengdu • Tianfu International Conference Center, Room 118, Emei Hall

Organizing Unit: Nanjing Zijin Hospital

　　The “Forum on Disorders of Consciousness,” hosted by Nanjing Zijin Hospital, was held on the afternoon of October 8, 2023, in Hall 118 Emei at the Chengdu Tianfu International Conference Center. The event will feature distinguished speakers, including Zhang Hao, Deputy Director of the China Rehabilitation Research Center; Long Ying, Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Department at the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University (Shenzhen People’s Hospital); He Jianghong, Chairperson of the Disorders of Consciousness Group under the Neurorehabilitation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; Lu Xiao, Administrative Deputy Director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Center at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Zhang Shouzi, Director of the Geriatric Cognitive Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Beijing Geriatric Hospital; Feng Zhen, Executive President of the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University; Wang Changbao, Assistant to the President of Nanjing Zijin Hospital; and Liu Yafeng, Head of the Major Department at the Jiangning Campus of Nanjing Zijin Hospital, who will deliver insightful academic presentations. We cordially invite all professionals engaged in the field of rehabilitation medicine to attend this prestigious event.

Expert Introduction

Feng Zhen

Professor of the Second Grade, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor

Executive Dean of the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Nanchang University

Vice President of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Head of the National Clinical Key Specialty Construction Project (Rehabilitation Medicine) and the National First-Class Undergraduate Program (Rehabilitation Therapy)

Vice President of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Chairperson of the Rehabilitation Therapy Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rehabilitation for Disorders of Consciousness, Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Standing Committee Member, Rehabilitation Physicians Branch, Chinese Medical Association

Vice President and Secretary-General of the Jiangxi Provincial Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

Chairperson of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Jiangxi Provincial Medical Association

Chairperson of the Rehabilitation Physicians’ Branch of the Jiangxi Provincial Medical Association

Chairperson of the Medical Rehabilitation Institution Management Professional Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Hospital Association

Editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, among others.

Long Ying

Chief Physician, Professor, Master’s Supervisor

Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Department, Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University (Shenzhen People’s Hospital)

Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine Teaching and Research Section, Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University

Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine Teaching and Research Section, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xinhua College, Sun Yat-sen University

Incoming Chairperson of the 9th Committee of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Maritime Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine

Director of the Guangdong Provincial Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Quality Control Center

Chair of the Guangdong Province Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Training Program

Former Chairperson of the 7th Committee of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association

Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Committee

Chairperson of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine Branch of the Shenzhen Medical Association

Director of the Shenzhen Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Quality Control Center

He Jianghong

Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor

Chairperson of the Disorders of Consciousness Group, Neurorestoration Branch, Chinese Medical Association

Vice Chair of the Consciousness and Disorders of Consciousness Branch of the Chinese Neuroscience Society

Member of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Neuroscience Society

Deputy Leader of the Neurophysiology Group, Neurosurgical Society of the Chinese Medical Association

Member of the Neuromodulation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Visiting Scholar in Neurosurgery, University of Toronto

Professional Expertise:

Treatment for Awakening from Coma and Vegetative State

Multimodal Detection and Assessment of Covert Awareness in Patients with Cognitive and Consciousness Disorders

Non-invasive neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS, etc.) treatment protocols and assessment

Surgical Wakefulness-Promoting Procedures and Programmable Neurostimulation Techniques

Postoperative programming based on detection for precision

Human–machine interaction output based on residual consciousness and motor intention

Lu Xiao

Chief Physician, Professor, Doctor, and Postdoctoral Supervisor

Deputy Director of Administration (in charge of daily operations) at the Rehabilitation Medicine Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Vice Dean of the School of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director of the Intensive Care Rehabilitation Department.

Standing Committee Member, Chinese Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Standing Committee Member, Education Professional Committee, International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Incoming Chair of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Association

Young and mid-career academic leaders under Jiangsu Province’s “333” Program and the “Six Major Peak Talents” initiative.

Zhang Shou, courtesy name

Chief Physician, Director of the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly, Beijing Geriatric Hospital

Has been engaged in neurology and geriatrics for over 30 years.

Standing Committee Member, Alzheimer’s Disease Branch and Geriatric Medicine Branch, Chinese Association for Geriatric Health Care

Secretary-General of the National “Remembering the Road Together” Dementia Care Alliance of the China Geriatric Health Association

Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Cognitive Disorders and Related Diseases, Beijing Society of Neurology

Standing Committee Member, Anti-Aging Research Branch, Chinese Society of Geriatric Health and Medicine

Executive Committee Member, Cognitive Disorders Branch, Chinese Society of Geriatrics

Executive Committee Member, Professional Committee on Comprehensive Management of Cognitive Disorders, Beijing Society for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Standing Committee Member, Beijing Association for the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Wang Changbao

Assistant to the President of Nanjing Zijin Hospital, Director of the Department at the Qinhuai Campus, and Associate Chief Physician.

Executive Director of the Emergency Medicine Branch of the Chinese Society of Ethnic Medicine

Executive Committee Member, Second Session, Critical Care Rehabilitation Specialized Committee, Jiangsu Provincial Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

Member of the 12th Committee of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society of the Nanjing Medical Association

Areas of expertise include neurocritical care and rehabilitation, as well as the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, ischemic–hypoxic encephalopathy, encephalitis, and other conditions.

Liu Yafeng

Chief of the Department and Associate Chief Physician at the Jiangning Branch of Nanjing Zijin Hospital

Member of the First Committee of the Occupational Injury Rehabilitation Specialty of the Jiangsu Provincial Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

Member of the First Rehabilitation Physicians’ Branch of the Jiangsu Provincial Specialty Alliance for Rehabilitation Medicine

Member of the Nanjing Geriatric Medicine Society

Deputy Chairperson of the Professional Management Committee on Medical Record Quality, Chinese Medical Association

Proficient in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as chronic disorders of consciousness, neurologic and spinal cord rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and critical care rehabilitation.