Affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Department of Orthopedics, Nanjing, China

Dr. Shu-jie Zhao received his Doctor of Medicine from Nanjing Medical University in 2020. Currently, he is the attending doctor for orthopedics at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University). His major research interests focus on bone fracture and metabolic reprogramming of macrophages. His latest study investigated the critical role of macrophage MSR1 in promoting BMSCs osteogenic differentiation during intramembrane osteogenesis and endochondral osteogenesis, which are two distinct modes of ossification. His work further elaborated the mechanism of fracture healing, and identified macrophages represent a viable target for fracture treatments with a potentially broad therapeutic window.