Areas of Expertise

Zhong Aimei, Associate Chief Physician in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Wuhan Union Hospital and a visiting scholar at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA, specializes in eye plastic surgery, comprehensive rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation injections, and more.

Biography

Aimei Zhong has been engaged in clinical work in plastic and aesthetic surgery for nearly 20 years, with solid theoretical knowledge of plastic and aesthetic surgery and superb surgical skills. She has extensive experience in various aesthetic rhinoplasties, revision rhinoplasty after failed rhinoplasty, nasal and facial skin tumors, traumatic nasal deformities, nasal defects, deviated nose, and lip and nasal deformities after cleft lip surgery. She advocates a natural appearance and insists on personalized surgical plans based on patients' requests and professional backgrounds; she is skilled in applying the concept of structural rhinoplasty to aesthetic nasal surgery and combining this technique with functional reconstruction of the lip and nasal muscles for simultaneous improvement of secondary lip and nasal deformities after cleft lip repair. She is also deeply engaged in research on the mechanisms of scar formation and clinical treatment, has a relatively in-depth and comprehensive understanding of scar prevention and comprehensive treatment, and is skilled at providing relatively comprehensive treatment plans for patients through various treatment modalities.

Academic Appointments:
Member, Plastic Surgery Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association
Standing Committee Member, Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology Branch, Hubei Medical Association
Deputy Head, Rhinoplasty Academic Working Group, Plastic Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Member, Scar Comprehensive Treatment Academic Working Group, Plastic Surgery Branch, Chinese Medical Association
Youth Standing Committee Member, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Branch, China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care
Member, Rhinoplasty Professional Committee, Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association

She was funded by the China Scholarship Council for a joint training program in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA. She has presided over two National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and one Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, and participated in a National Key R&D Program project. As deputy chief editor, she completed the monograph Key Points, Difficulties, and Countermeasures in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, and as a co-author participated in monographs including Wound Repair Surgery and Autologous Fat Transplantation. As first author or corresponding author, she has published more than 10 papers in domestic and international academic journals, 10 of which are indexed by SCI; she holds one utility model patent.