Tao Shu, MD

Title

Associate Chief Surgeon

Research Interests

l Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS)

l surgery for degenerative spinal disorders

l surgery for spinal trauma

l surgery for spinal infectious diseases

Dr. Shu has been involved in the field of spine surgery & orthopeadic for the past 14 years. He is experienced on clinical diagnosis and therapy in spinal degenerative disease, spinal trauma, spinal cord injury, spinal tuberculosis, spinal deformities, etc. He’s good at various minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) including interbody fusion assisted with endoscopy or tubular retractor (MISTLIF), percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD), microendoscopic discectomy (MED), percutaneous pedicle screw fixation, percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous kyphoplasy (PKP). He’s also proficient in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior one-side open door laminoplasty. He’s also Interest in stem cells (iPS and MSCs), tissue engineering on spinal cord injury and lumbar disc degeneration.

Education and Experience

Education

Graduation of Wuhan University, Bachelor Degree on Medical Science (2003)

Graduation of Wuhan University, Master Degree on Surgery (Orthopedics) (2008)

Graduation of Sichuan University, MD on Surgery (Orthopedics) (2011)

Work Experience

Resident in the Department of Orthopedics, Wuhan Hospital of the 2rd Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan (2003)

Resident in the Department of Orthopedics, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin (2011)

Resident in the Department of Spine Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou (2012)

Attending surgeon in the Department of Spine Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou (2015)

Associate chief physician in the Department of Spine Surgery, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou (2016)

Publications

(1) Shu T#, Wu T#, Pang M, Liu C, Wang X, Wang J, Liu B, Rong L*, Effects and Mechanisms of melatonin on neural differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2016, 474(3):566-571.

(2) Shu T#, Pang M#, Rong L*, Liu C, Wang J, Zhou W, Wang X, Liu B, Protective effects and mechanisms of salvianolic acid b against H2O2-induced injury in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cells, Neurochemical research, 2015, 40(6):1133-1143.

(3) Shu T#, Pang M#, Rong L*, Zhou W, Wang J, Liu C, Wang X, Effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza on neural differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014, 153(1):233-241.

(4) Wu T#, Shu T#, Kang L, Wu J, Xing J, Liu Z, Chen S, Lv J*, Icaritin, a novel plant-derived osteoinductive agent, enhances the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow- and human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells, International journal of molecular medicine, 2017, https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/ijmm.2017.2906.

(5) Pang M#, Shu T#, Chen R, Liu C, He L, Yang Y, Bardeesi AS, Lin CK, Zhang LM, Wang X, Liu B*, Rong L*, Neural precursor cells generated from Induced pluripotent stem cells with gelatin sponge-electrospun PLGA/PEG nanofibers for spinal cord injury repair, International journoul clinical experimental medicine, 2016, 9(9): 17985-17994.

Contact

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

No.600, Tianhe Street, Guangzhou

Department of Spine Surgery

Appointment Phone: 86-20-85252900

E-mail: shutao5959@163.com