PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Yang Peizeng, MD., PhD.
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Director, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology
Director, Chongqing Eye Institute
Date of Birth: June 24, 1957
Nationality: P. R. China
CONTACT INFORMATION:
#1 Yixueyuan Road, Yu Zhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China
TEL: 0086 8901 2851
Fax: 0086 8901 2851
Email: peizengycmu@126.com
EDUCATION :
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, China B.Sc. 1982 Medicine
Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, China M.S. 1987 Ophthalmology
Sun Yat-sen Medical University, Guangzhou, China Ph.D. 1990 Ocular Immunology
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENTS:
1982-1984 Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, The First Teaching Hospital, Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, China.
1990-1995 Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen Sun Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen Medical University, Guangzhou, China
1994-1995 Visiting Scholar, The Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2002 Research fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Oregon, USA
1995-2008 Professor and Deputy Director, Sun Yat-sen Sun Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen Medical University; Director, Eye Institute, Guangzhou, China
2008-: Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University; Director, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology; Director, Chongqing Eye Institute, Deputy Director, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION & SERVICES:
1994-: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
1997-: Chairman, Chinese Ocular Immunology Society
2002-: Member of the International Uveitis Study Group
2007-: International Council Representative of International Ocular Inflammation Society
2008-: Council Member of International Society for Behcet’s Disease
2008-: Founding Executive Member of Asia-Pacific Intraocular Inflammation Study Group
2010-: Standing committee member, Chinese Ophthalmology Society
2014-: Deputy editor of Curr Mol Med（SCI,IF:3.621）
HONORS & AWARDS:
1994: Second Prize for the achievement in science and technology of Sun Yat-sen Medical University
1995: Yao-zhen Chen Prize
1997: Second Prize for the Achievement in Science and Technology of Chinese Health Ministry
1997: Second Prize for the Achievement in Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
1998: National Prize for the Progress in Science and Technology (Third Prize)
1999: The Second Distinguished Young Scientists nomination of Guangdong Province
1999: Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contribution to the Ministry of Health
1999: Teaching and Excellent Teachers of South Guangdong Province
2001: National Model Teacher
2004: First Prize for the Outstanding Achievements of Scientific and Technological Progress in Colleges and Universities (Education Ministry of P. R. China)
2004: Excellent Teachers of Bao-gang Educational Foundations
2004: Chang Jiang Scholars of Chang Jiang Scholars Program
2005: First Prize of Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award (Chinese Medicine Association)
2006: First Prize for the Progress in Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
2006: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chinese Ophthalmology
2007: National Prize for the Progress in Science and Technology (Second Prize)
2007: National "May Frist" Labor Medal
2007: Fourth Ke Lin Medical Prize
2009: The Sixth “Best Physicians in China” Award of Chinese Doctor Association
2009: Distinguished Achievement Award of Asia-Pacific Intraocular Inflammation Study Group
2010: Second Prize for the Outstanding Achievements of Scientific and Technological Progress in Colleges and Universities (Education Ministry of P. R. China)
2010: Scientist of Bayu Technological Innovation Project in Chongqing Province
2010: Award for Outstanding Achievement Scientist of Chongqing Province
2010: Distinguished Expert of PAR-EU Scholars Program
2011: Outstanding Achievement Award for Progress in Science and Technology of Chongqing Province
2012: Delegate of The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
2012: Nomination of Top Ten National Award for Excellent Scientist in China
2012: National Excellent Scientist Award
2013: National model of medical ethics
2013: Golden Key Award (Presented by The Chinese-American ophthalmology Society, for distinguished achievement in ophthalmic research)
2014: First Prize for the Progress in Science and Technology of Chongqing
2014: Award for outstanding professional and technical personnel of China
2015: Lead experts of chief expert studio of Chongqing Province
2016: Achievement Award for Making Good Contributions To The Scientific Programs Of The APAO Congresses
2016: Chief medical expert of Chongqing Province
2017: National Prize for the Progress in Science and Technology (Second Prize)
2017: Golden Apple Award for Distinguished Achievement in Ophthalmic Education presented by The Chinese-American Ophthalmological Society
2017: Contribution Award for enriching people and prospering Chongqing
2018: Chinese good doctor prize
2019: Model of teaching prize
PUBLICATIONS:
A. Monographs and Textbooks
1. Uveitis, P Yang, People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 1998, ISBN7-117-02862-9 (0.6 million Chinese Characters)
2. Clinical Uveitis, P Yang, People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 2004, ISBN 9787117061308 (1.4 million Chinese Characters)
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis, P Yang, People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 2009, ISBN 987-7-177-10699-3/R.10700 (2.5 million Chinese Characters)
4. Clinical and Basic Research in Ophthalmology, P Yang, J Chen, J Ge, D Wu. People’s Medical Publishing House Beijing, 2006, ISBN 7-177-07241-5/R.7242 (1.98 million Chinese Characters)
5. Ophthalmology, National textbook for medical university students, the seventh edition, K Zhao and P Yang (eds), People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 2008, ISBN987-7-117-10158-5
6. Ophthalmology, National textbook for medical university students, the eighth edition, K Zhao and P Yang (eds), The People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 2013 in press.
7. Essentials of the Diagnosis &Treatment of Uveitis, P Yang, People’s Medical Publishing House, Beijing. 2016, ISBN978-7-117-22106-1/R.22107(676 thousand Chinese Characters)
B. Peer-reviewed publications in English journals (excludes 142 papers in Chinese literature)
SCI papers published: 238, with 10 representing papers listed as below:
1. Hou S, Du L, Lei B, Pang C, Zhang M, Zhuang W, Zhang M, Huang L ,Gong B, Wang M, Zhang Q, Hu K, Zhou Q, Qi J, Wang C, Tian Y, Ye Z, Liang L, Yu H, Li H, Zhou Y, Cao Q, Liu Y, Bai L, Liao D, Kijlstra A, Xu J, Yang Z, Yang P(corresponding author) . Genome-wide association analysis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome identifies two new susceptibility loci at 1p31.2 and 10q21.3. Nat Genet 2014;46:1007-11.
2. Li H, Hu J, Yang P(corresponding author). A 50-year-old woman with a recurrent eyelid swelling. Lancet Infect Dis 2019 Mar;19(3):338
3. Zhou Q, Hou S,Liang L, Li X, Tian X, Wei L,Lei B, Kijlstra A,Yang P (corresponding author). MicroRNA-146a and Ets-1 gene polymorphisms in ocular Behçet’s disease and Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome. Ann Rheum Dis 2014;73:170-6
4. Jiang Z, Yang P (corresponding author), Hou S, Du L, Xie L, Zhou H, and Kijlstra A. IL23R gene confers susceptibility to Behcet's disease in a Chinese Han population. Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:1325-1328.
5. Yu H, Zheng M, Zhang L, Li H, Zhu Y, Cheng L, Li L, Deng B, Kijlstra A, Yang P(corresponding author) . Identification of two novel susceptibility SNPs in IL10 and IL23R-IL12RB2 for Behçet's disease in Han Chinese. J Allergy Clin Immunol S0091-6749(16)30522-X.
6. Chi W, Yang P (corresponding author), Li B, Wu C, Jin H, Zhu X, Chen L, Zhou H, Huang X, Kijlstra A. IL-23 promotes CD4+T cells to produce IL-17 in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;119:1218-1224.
7. Du L, Kijlstra A, Yang P (corresponding author). Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Novel insights into pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Prog Retin Eye Res 2016;52:84-111.
8. Zhong Z, Su G, Kijlstra A, Yang P (corresponding author). Activation of the Interleukin-23/Interleukin-17 Signalling Pathway in Autoinflammatory and Autoimmune Uveitis. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020 May 15;100866.
9. Ye Z, Zhang N, Wu C, Zhang X, Wang Q, Huang X, Du L, Cao Q, Tang J, Zhou C, Hou S, He Y, Xu Q, Xiong X, Kijlstra A, Nan Qin, Yang P (corresponding author). A metagenomic study of the gut microbiome in Behcet's disease. Microbiome 2018 Aug 4;6(1):135
10. Hou S, Qi J, Liao D, Zhang Q, Fang J, Zhou Y, Liu Y, Bai L, Zhang M, Kijlstra A,Yang P(corresponding author) . Copy Number Variations of C4 are associated with Behcet's disease but not with Ankylosing spondylitis associated with Acute anterior uveitis. Arthritis Rheum-us 2013;65:2963-2970.
