Cheng Liming, a native of Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, is a doctor of medicine, chief physician, professor and doctoral supervisor. He is currently the vice president of tongji hospital affiliated to Tongji University and the director of the Institute of Medical Science; Director of General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Spinal Surgery and Institute of Spinal Cord Injury, Tongji University. It is unique in minimally invasive surgical treatment of spinal diseases such as spinal cord injury, severe cervical spondylosis and complex spinal stenosis.