Prof. Ming Gao is a head and neck surgeon (chief surgeon) dedicated in the thyroid surgery and thyroid cancer research. He performs over 400 thyroid surgeries annually. His research interests are the clinical and biological behavior of papillary thyroid cancer, the early detection of highly aggressive DTC and the identification of pathogenic gene mutation of familial medullary thyroid cancer. He is the president of Head and Neck Oncology of CACA ; Former President, Chinese Association of Thyroid Oncology, CATO; Vice president, Chinese society of medical oncology; Associate Editor-in-Chief, 《Thyroid》Chinese version; Tianjin 131 Innovative Talents Project—First Class.