Areas of Expertise

Li Jingtao, Associate Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow, works in the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University. With years of experience, he specializes in reconstruction of congenital craniofacial deformities and defects, maxillofacial muscle regeneration, and more.

Biography

Li Jingtao: Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, and Deputy Director of the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery. He holds a PhD in Stomatology, completed postdoctoral training in Plastic Surgery at Stanford University, USA, and served as a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is a Member of the Cleft Lip and Palate Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association, a Member of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Committee of the Sichuan Stomatological Association, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has successively served as Principal Investigator on one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one project funded by the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program, and one project funded by the Sichuan University Excellent Young Scholars Research Fund, and as a main researcher on one National Key R&D Program of China project. He has published more than 40 SCI-indexed academic papers as first or corresponding author, and has contributed to five internationally authoritative books, including Comprehensive Cleft Care and Plastic Surgery. He has received the Huaxia Medical Science and Technology Progress Award and the IADR China Division Outstanding Young Scholar Award. He is committed to clinical and basic research related to the repair of congenital craniomaxillofacial deformities and defects.

Research Areas: Repair of congenital craniofacial deformities and defects; maxillofacial muscle regeneration.