Dr. Mingyan Cai is an associate professor and a surgical endoscopist at Endoscopy Center, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai China. She has MD and Ph.D. degrees from Fudan University. She completed her General Surgery training in Shanghai, then finished specialist interventional endoscopy training under the direct mentoring of world-famous surgical endoscopist, Prof. Pinghong Zhou.
Dr. Cai performs a wide range of advanced endoscopic procedures including ESD, EFTR, tunnel endoscopy (POEM, STER, etc), NOTES, EUS, and ERCP. Dr. Cai has been to Germany for clinical study training (2013), Japan for magnifying endoscopy training (2014), and America for visiting a professorship at the University of Iowa tutoring POEM/ESD and learning EUS (2016). Most recently, she finished the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training (GCSRT2018-2019) Program at Harvard University. She has published one monograph on ESD as the deputy editor and more than 20 papers in reputed journals. She’s an international member of ASGE and an active member of WIGNAP (Women in GI Network Asia-Pacific Region).