M.D., Tianjin Medical College, Tianjin, China, 1982.

Residency/Fellowship: Tianjin Red Cross Hospital, Tianjin, China (orthopedic surgery), 1982-1983; Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin, China (hand and microsurgery), 1983-1984; Tianjin Red Cross Hospital, Tianjin, China (orthopedics), 1984-1988; Tianjin Red Cross Hospital, Tianjin, China (spine surgery), 1988-1989; Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (research fellowship), 1997-2000.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., research associate, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1999-2002; senior research associate, 2002-2003; Professional Associate in Research II, 2003-2011.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2011; Joint appointments in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, 2022-present; Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics, 2013-present.