Chapter 499: Chapter 285: Dean James Comes to China to Visit Wu Ting (Part 2)

Even after stepping down, he still held the power of recommendation. He could easily elevate a few executive directors. Most critically, as the former chairman, he had the right to nominate candidates for the new chairman and vice-chairman positions. Anyone he recommended would make it onto the final ballot.

So, when James came to Jin Country for surgery and academic exchange, if he so much as raised his arm, supporters would flock to him!

This was the influence of the Dean of Cleveland Hospital and the Chairman of the International Cardiovascular Surgery Association!

Once James had his plan, Steve instinctively began to set things in motion.

The surgery would be livestreamed on the Cleveland Hospital’s official website and broadcast globally on the International Cardiovascular Surgery Association’s website as well.

Therefore, James needed to prepare thoroughly with Wu Ting. To ensure Wu Ting’s eventual debut was both dramatic and stunning, James planned to keep his identity a secret until the very end.

And so, an alluring and high-profile academic exchange was announced to the top cardiovascular surgeons and experts in Qinghe City, Jin Country.

Steve’s team from the Johnson & Johnson Group personally extended the invitations. The event would feature Dean James of Cleveland Hospital and Chairman of the International Cardiovascular Surgery Association as the guest of honor. Additionally, a mysterious doctor would be invited to jointly perform a brand-new type of surgery.

At this conference, the mysterious doctor invited by Chairman James would also give a speech, proposing the establishment and launch of an entirely new discipline.

Of course, before the academic exchange event got underway, Dean James, along with Wu Ting and Steve, paid a visit to Scholar Jiang.

Scholar Jiang was also very supportive of the idea.

With that, the project on Hybrid Technology expanded from just the team at Fuwai’s Cardiovascular Surgery Center into an exceptionally high-profile collaboration among the top cardiac surgery teams in Jin Country.

The original Hybrid Technology had its limitations and wasn’t very practical. However, through Wu Ting’s tireless exploration and advocacy, it had been enhanced with the fourth-generation bioresorbable polymer vascular stent, an adjustable self-expanding delivery system, and the latest off-pump surgery techniques.

It now truly had the potential to become an emerging discipline in its own right.

Now with James and Scholar Jiang both serving as co-deputy editors-in-chief, the plan to compile a textbook for this discipline became a matter of course. Needless to say, the invited professors and experts would do their utmost. Establishing a new discipline and writing a new textbook—this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Who could refuse?

Scholar Jiang was simply impressed that someone as young as Wu Ting could command his and James’s full support and mentorship.

’The young man’s future is boundless. With pioneering a new discipline on his resume, what would his limit be?’

Scholar Jiang realized that as highly as he already regarded Wu Ting, he had still underestimated him.

With the joint support of James and Scholar Jiang, Steve was full of drive. He was also increasingly glad that he had a keen eye for talent and had invested in and befriended Wu Ting early on.

’With Wu Ting’s current trajectory in cardiac surgery,’ Steve suddenly thought, ’once his international influence is established, his domestic clout will become immense—like a tiger sprouting wings. Then, he might even be able to strike a major blow against Professor Edwards’s team in the field of liver oncology.’

’The current patient was also a special case. Steve decided he would use a few "little tricks" and have a nice chat with Professor Owen. He wanted to see if he could persuade Professor Owen to turn on Edwards’s team and the International Liver Cancer Association at a critical moment in their future conflict with Wu Ting.’

’Of course, for something like this, the fewer people who knew before it succeeded, the better.’ Steve planned to keep it under wraps and only inform Wu Ting once he had something concrete to show for it.

Next, James, Wu Ting, and Scholar Jiang together drew up a list of invited experts.

The criteria for selection were simple: they had to be domestic heavyweights in cardiac surgery who had performed the Hybrid Technology procedure.

When deciding on the list, Wu Ting thought for a moment and added Director Liu from the emergency cardiac surgery department of Xingke University Hospital. He also specifically asked Steve to see to it that Director Liu brought Jiang Ming along.

After all, Jiang Ming was one of his own, so Wu Ting felt he should give him some special consideration.

Scholar Jiang didn’t say anything about it.

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The next day, top experts in the field of cardiac surgery from Jin Country’s premier hospitals—Fuwai, Anzhen, Union, and Xingke University Hospital—all received invitations from the Johnson & Johnson Group.

At Fuwai, He Guangzong, Director Wu from the second ward, and Director Ren from the third ward all received invitations.

This international conference was not only led by Dean James, but it was also the inaugural meeting to launch an entirely new discipline. Naturally, none of the experts would pass up such a golden opportunity.

In addition to Dean James, Scholar Jiang Keji was also an invited guest. On top of that, a mysterious doctor would be performing a joint surgery with Dean James during the event.

This description made the invited professors and experts extremely curious and filled with anticipation.

The Cardiovascular Surgery Center at Fuwai had a training camp scheduled, so the professors simply decided to incorporate this rare, high-profile conference as a clinical practice session.

The twelve finalists were ecstatic when they learned that Friday’s clinical training had been replaced with the opportunity to attend this top-tier academic conference with their respective directors.

’This is Fuwai’s training camp for you! Even the chief directors at our home hospitals wouldn’t be qualified to attend something like this.’

The experts invited this time were all from the top cardiovascular surgery hospitals in Qinghe City.

Anyone who analyzed the guest list carefully would notice that these were the very first teams in Qinghe City to begin researching and exploring Hybrid Technology.

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「Xingke University Hospital.」

Director Liu of the Emergency Surgery Cardiac Team also received an invitation, which left him feeling flattered and a bit overwhelmed.

However, the organizers had a special request: he had to bring Jiang Ming with him.

’Of course, this must be Scholar Jiang’s doing,’ Director Liu realized. ’I’m riding the coattails of a legacy kid.’

’Director Liu was well aware that he wasn’t qualified to attend such a prestigious event on his own merit. He made some subtle inquiries and, sure enough, Director Gan, the head of their hospital’s cardiac surgery department, hadn’t received an invitation.’

Director Liu happily informed Jiang Ming of the news, telling him to keep a low profile and not spread it around.

When Jiang Ming learned about this incredibly high-profile academic conference and heard that a titan in the field of cardiac surgery, Professor James, would be leading it, he was ecstatic.

’If it weren’t for my uncle, Scholar Jiang, I’d never have a chance to attend something like this.’

Jiang Ming initially wanted to share the news with Wu Ting, but he felt a little embarrassed since he had only gotten in through his connections.

’What if Wu Ting doesn’t even know about it? Or what if he knows but can’t go? That would just make him feel disappointed and needlessly upset.’

After some thought, Jiang Ming decided he would just take a lot of pictures at the event, jot down some of the key takeaways, and find an opportunity to share them with Wu Ting afterward.

’Thinking about it made Jiang Ming feel a little ashamed. Wu Ting was far more skilled than him in cardiac surgery; he just lacked connections in Qinghe City. It was true. For a typical young doctor, even getting to meet a chief director from Fuwai’s Cardiovascular Surgery Center was a huge deal.’

’A titan like James rarely visited Jin Country. How many people were lucky enough to get an opportunity like this?’

’Still, with Wu Ting’s talent, his day would come eventually.’

’That’s Dean James... I’m so envious of and impressed by the doctor who gets to operate alongside him at such an incredibly high-profile conference.’

The thought of getting to interact up close with Dean James and the mysterious doctor made Jiang Ming wish he could fast-forward to the day of the conference.

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