Chapter 505 - 289: "Head of the 800,000 Imperial Guards" Wu Ting
Chapter 505: Chapter 289: "Head of the 800,000 Imperial Guards" Wu Ting
The second half would be a test of comprehensive theoretical knowledge: contestants would give a presentation based on a topic assigned on the spot.
The topic for the second half was to be decided on the spot by the presidium. Watanabe Yu had already hatched a plan to guide the two senior figures into setting the topic as a showcase of the contestants’ research, complete with a live Q&A session. The specific theme would be:
"Exploring Future Directions in the Development of Cardiac Surgery!"
Watanabe Yu was certain that the two professors would find such a topic irresistible and impossible to refuse.
Watanabe Yu wanted to use this opportunity for his student, Director Toriyama Akira, to showcase his one-of-a-kind machine-assisted technology.
Watanabe Yu didn’t believe that any team or young doctor today could present research with more promise and potential than his own cutting-edge machine-assisted technology.
After the impromptu online meeting concluded, the organizing committee began contacting Professor Livingston and Dean James, as per the resolution, to inform them of the competition rules and the new presidium system.
After the meeting, Director Toriyama Akira—Watanabe Yu’s student and the genius doctor who had inherited his mantle—sought out his teacher.
Toriyama Akira showed Watanabe Yu the surgical video of Wu Ting and Dean James that had been posted on the Cleveland Hospital official website that day.
After watching the video, Watanabe Yu found himself quite impressed by the concept behind the surgery and the application of the novel vascular stent and adjustable self-expanding delivery system.
"I never thought Dean James would uncover such a brilliant doctor. During the upcoming Asia-Pacific Region International Competition, I’ll take you with me to visit him. We’ll learn more about this procedure and the lead surgeon... This surgery is quite interesting!"
Though Watanabe Yu admired the surgeon, he remained supremely confident in himself.
The emergence of this procedure also gave Watanabe Yu a greater sense of urgency. He knew he had to establish the expert consensus for his machine-assisted technology as quickly as possible.
Watanabe Yu was fiercely competitive. He didn’t fear competition; in fact, he looked forward to and savored the clash between different schools of academic thought.
’A combination of traditional surgery and interventional therapy? Could it be from Jiang Keji’s team at Fuwai?’
With his sharp judgment, Watanabe Yu had some familiarity with the research field of Jiang Keji’s team. However, he had always looked down on the Hybrid Technology coming out of Jin Country.
’The limitations of this Hybrid Technology are just too great. Could they have recently made a breakthrough?’
’But as I think about it, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on the Fuwai team who could be a rival.’
’Director He Guangzong... I know him. Strong clinical skills, but not very innovative. Just a brute.’
’Scholar Jiang Keji is past his prime, basically ready to exit the stage.’
’As for the other figures in cardiac surgery, none of them stand out.’
"Don’t focus on these external factors and people. Just concentrate on your own work."
"Our machine-assisted technology is second to none."
After giving his student a pep talk, Watanabe Yu also began to immerse himself completely in his research.
’Rather than waste time sizing up the competition, it’s better to keep pushing my own limits.’
Seeing the surgery that Dean James was so strongly promoting had, contrary to what one might expect, made Watanabe Yu excited.
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「Jin Country, Fuwai Hospital.」
The other contestants in the training camp continued with their regular schedule: theory in the morning, clinical practice in the afternoon.
Wu Ting, however, had begun a higher-level training regimen with Dean James. They were training the directors of the editorial board in a program that would span the period before and after the Asia-Pacific Region International Competition.
In Dean James’s view, once Wu Ting’s monograph was published and the discipline of Hybrid surgery was established, ’what would a mere championship in the Asia-Pacific Region skills competition even matter?’