Prof. Ma is experienced in diagnosis and treatment of thoracic cancer (lung cancer, breast cancer, esophagus cancer, mediastinal tumor, chest wall tumor, and etc.). He is able to conduct the following surgical procedures proficiently:

1. Lobectomy, pneumonectomy, wedge resection and VATS pleural biopsy and pleurodesis, mediastinoscopy with biopsy and anterior mediastinotomy and VATA lobectomy;

2. Right transpleural esophagectomy for mid-lower esophagus cancer (cardiac carcinoma), supra-aortic arch and infra-aortic arch esophagogastrostomy, three-incision esophagectomy for mid-lower esophagus cancer, left cervical esophagogastrostomy and VATS esophagectomy for esophageal cancer;

3. Benign breast disease surgeries (segmental mastectomy, quadrantectomy, simple mastectomy and etc.); He has mastered modified radical mastectomy (Auchinclos and Patey) and standard radical mastectomy (Halsted), as well as breast-conserving surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy.

4. Chest wall and mediastinal tumor surgery

Work experience
07/1994-11/2000 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, surgeon

11/2000-12/2003 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, attending physician

01/2004-08/2004 Toronto General Hospital, Visiting physician (studied thoracic surgery and transplant)

09/2004-01/2006 Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), research fellow (studied application of robots in the field of thoracic surgery)

University of Western Ontario, clinical fellow (thoracic surgery)

01/2006-12/2007 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, attending physician

01/2008-present Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, associate chief physician

09/1998-07/2001 Master of Medicine in Clinical Medicine, former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences

09/2001-12/2003 Doctor of Medicine in Clinical Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University

09/2004-01/2006 Postdoctoral degree, University of Western Ontario

Updated by International Office, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center