Member, National Quality Control Center for Otorhinolaryngology
Standing Committee Member, Skull Base Surgery Committee, China Association for the Promotion of International Exchange of Healthcare
Standing Committee Member, Professional Committee on Otorhinolaryngology, China Medical Education Association
Standing Committee Member, Professional Committee on Otorhinolaryngology, China Association of Medical Equipment
Member, Professional Committee on Head and Neck Oncology, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
Member and Secretary, Tianjin Society of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Vice Chair, Otorhinolaryngology Committee, Tianjin Anatomical Society
Vice Chair, Professional Committee on Otorhinolaryngology, Tianjin Precision Medicine Society
Standing Committee Member, Professional Committee on Head and Neck Oncology, Tianjin Anti-Cancer Association
Standing Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology–Skull Base Surgery
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese Medical Abstracts: Otorhinolaryngology, and other professional journals
Dr. Zhai specializes in rhinology and endoscopic endonasal surgery, with particular expertise in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea, and complex sellar and skull base lesions. He is also highly experienced in the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of complex head and neck and skull base tumors.
He possesses profound clinical expertise in the systematic management of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, complex CSF leaks, and benign and malignant sinonasal and skull base tumors. His core technical strengths cover combined endoscopic approaches for the debridement and resection of complex nasopharyngeal and skull base necrotic lesions; endoscopic resection of complex tumors involving both the sinonasal tract and skull base with subsequent skull base reconstruction; surgical treatment of nasopharyngeal tumors with orbital involvement; and the integration of endovascular techniques into the multidisciplinary management of recurrent nasopharyngeal and skull base tumors.
Dr. Zhai has been actively involved in advancing endoscopic and multidisciplinary approaches to challenging skull base diseases, with multiple innovative surgical techniques reaching the advanced domestic level. He undertook an academic study visit to Italy in 2018. In 2019, he completed six months of medical assistance in an underdeveloped county of Gansu Province.
Academic Achievements:
Dr. Zhai has been frequently invited to participate in major national academic conferences in otorhinolaryngology and rhinology, where he has delivered plenary presentations and surgical video demonstrations. In 2021, he won First Prize in the North China Region of the Young and Middle-Aged Surgeons’ Surgical Video Competition organized by the Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association.
He has published more than 30 academic articles in SCI-indexed and leading Chinese core journals, obtained a Tianjin Municipal Scientific and Technological Achievement Award. He has also received recognition for a Tianjin Municipal Scientific and Technological Achievement and introduced an innovative clinical technique that addressed an unmet technical need in the field.