Zhang Xianlong

Chief Physician

Specializes in robot-assisted artificial joint replacement (hip, knee, unicompartmental) surgeries, and is the first expert in China to perform robotic surgeries (total hip, total knee, unicompartmental); skilled in small-incision minimally invasive hip and knee joint replacements, as well as hip resurfacing arthroplasty; proficient in primary complex hip joint replacements, such as for ankylosed hips, sequelae of pyogenic hip conditions, post-acetabular fracture surgeries, congenital hip dysplasia (high dislocation), etc.; skilled in primary complex knee joint replacements, such as for severe varus and valgus deformities, flexion contracture deformities, ankylosed knees, Charcot's arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, and other severe deformities caused by other diseases, as well as total knee arthroplasty for patients with high BMI obesity; adept at revision hip/knee arthroplasty surgeries, such as for periprosthetic fractures, aseptic loosening caused by osteolysis, especially periprosthetic infections, etc.

Introduction of the expert

Hainan Chengmei Hospitals Honorary President and Discipline Leader of the Minimally Invasive Intelligent Orthopedic Center. Chief Physician, Professor, Doctor of Medicine, Doctoral Supervisor, and Postdoctoral Supervisor. Currently serving as the Executive Deputy Director of the Orthopedic Department at the Sixth Peoples Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Discipline Leader of Arthroplasty, Director of the Arthroplasty Robot Clinical Application Training Center at the National Orthopedic Medicine Center, and Chairman of the Arthroplasty Robot Clinical Application Alliance at the National Orthopedic Medicine Center.

He has won the "Silver Snake Award" and the title of "exemplary individual" in the 9th Shanghai Health System, the "Technological Innovation Pacesetter" award for medical staff in Shanghai, the special excellence award in the assessment of doctoral supervisors at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, the Presidents Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Baosteel Education Award of Shanghai, the title of "Peoples Famous Doctor • Outstanding Achievement" in the 5th session, and has been selected into the top 2% of worlds top scientists for three consecutive years. He was also honored as a guest editor of JOA in 2025. He has undertaken 2 national key research and development plans, 5 general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 1 public welfare industry research fund from the Ministry of Health; he has published more than 190 papers in important domestic and international journals, including more than 130 SCI papers; he has edited 8 domestic monographs and translated 3 books; he has obtained 9 utility model patents and invention patents. He has presided over and participated in more than 20 national and provincial-level projects, and his research achievements have won the first prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of China University Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of Shanghai Clinical Achievement Award, the second prize of Promotion Category of Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, the third prize of Chinese Medical Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and the first prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award.

Medical expertise

He is skilled in robot-assisted artificial joint replacement (hip, knee, and unicompartmental) surgeries, and is the first expert in China to perform robotic surgeries (total hip, total knee, and unicompartmental). He excels in minimally invasive hip and knee arthroplasty with small incisions, as well as hip resurfacing arthroplasty. He is also proficient in primary complex hip arthroplasty, such as for ankylosed hips, sequelae of pyogenic hip disease, postoperative acetabular fractures, and congenital hip dysplasia (high dislocation). Additionally, he specializes in primary complex knee arthroplasty for severe hallux valgus deformity, flexion contracture deformity, ankylosed knees, Charcots joint disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other severe deformities caused by other diseases, as well as total knee arthroplasty for patients with high BMI obesity. Furthermore, he is adept at revision hip/knee arthroplasty, including aseptic loosening caused by periprosthetic fractures and osteolysis, especially periprosthetic infections.

Research direction

Research and development of artificial joint prosthesis materials, osteolysis of artificial joint prostheses, and periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).

Academic Association Appointment

I. Deputy Leader of the Arthroplasty Group, Orthopedic Branch, Chinese Medical Association

II. Deputy leader of the expert group for the "Research Project on Improving Clinical Application Ability of Digital Orthopedic Technology" of the Capacity Building and Continuing Education Center of the National Health Commission

III. Deputy leader of the Arthroplasty Group, leader of the Surgical Standardization Group, and advisor of the Digital Orthopedics Group, Orthopedic Surgeons Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association

IV. Leader of the Artificial Joint Surface and Interface Material Research Group (CASIS) of the Orthopedic Accelerated Rehabilitation Specialty Committee of the Chinese Association of Research Hospitals

V. Chairman of the Clinical Application Alliance of Joint Surgery Robots at the National Orthopedic Medicine Center

VI. Chairman of the ASIA Consensus Committee on Artificial Joint Infection, Vice Chairman of the SICOT Chinese Section Joint Surgery Society

VII. Member of the Medical Robotics Branch of the Robotic Surgeons Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

VIII. Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

IX. Founding Chairman of the Hip Surgery Working Committee (CHS) of the Orthopedic Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

X. Founding Chairman of the "Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)" Specialty Committee of the Extra-Articular Joint Committee of the Orthopedic Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

XI. Leader of the Arthroplasty Group, Orthopedic Branch, Shanghai Medical Association

Essays and works

I. On September 21, 2024, the Joint Surgery Robot Clinical Application Training Center of the National Orthopedic Medicine Center was established. In November 2025, the monograph "Digital Orthopedics - Joint Surgery" was published, and he was one of the main initiators of Chinas first "Guidelines for Clinical Surgical Techniques Assisted by Orthopedic Artificial Intelligence and Robot Systems".

II. Since 2026, he has been appointed as an International Associate Editor by the editorial department of the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA), a globally top-tier authoritative journal.

III. Other positions in magazines: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Arthroplasty, JOA Chinese Edition, Chinese Journal of Joint Surgery Electronic Edition, and Chinese Journal of Anatomy and Clinical Medicine; Editorial Board Member of Chinese Medical Journal (English Edition), Chinese Journal of Surgery, Chinese Journal of Orthopedics, Chinese Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, International Journal of Orthopedics, Chinese Journal of Bone and Joint, and Chinese Journal of Geriatric Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Electronic Edition.