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China's 'Mayo Clinic' offers primary care, frontier medicine
May 9, 2012, Wednesday
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MR Zhao is a 53-year-old Shanghai CEO whose work involves a lot of travel, stress, eating, drinking and late nights. Every year he lives with more pain and less energy, but figures this is just a normal part of aging.
He only goes to the doctor when his wife forces him to get a check-up, but he hates going and doesn't expect the doctor to actually care about him.
Mrs Martin is a 41-year-old expat living in Shanghai with her husband and children. The different environment in Shanghai has caused new respiratory problems and allergies that she struggles to find solutions for. Trips to the doctor normally involve something lost in translation, a lot of waiting and no follow-up.
Both Mr Zhao and Mrs Martin have recently found the solution to their health-care needs at the WA Optimum Health Care center in Shanghai. Located in the middle of a beautiful park, the private Center of Medical Excellence comes with a white-gloved doorman and a smiling waitress who brings guests a selection of organic drinks during check-in.
"I finally found a doctor who will spend more than five minutes with me," Mrs Martin said. "From the receptionist to the doctor to the billing person processing my insurance, I felt like each person actually cared about me. Both my personal doctor and nurse sent me a message later in the day to see how my daughter was responding to treatment. That level of personal care makes all the difference."
New patient Mr Zhao admits, "I used to hate going to the doctor. My wife forced me to come here for an annual check-up and to get medicine for my joint pain. After a few months and many follow-up calls from my doctor, I am sleeping better, and I feel more energized and motivated to take better care of myself, after seeing immediate results. My joint pain is gone. My wife is happy that I am easier to live with now!"
Described as the "Mayo Clinic of China," the WA Optimum Health Care opened in the city more than a year ago. A center opens in Fragrant Hills Park in Beijing later this year. While providing primary and family care, it specializes in personal health management, finding solutions for those unable to find answers to their health challenges elsewhere. The integrative medical approach focuses on regenerative medicine, anti-aging and cosmetic medicine, orthopedics, management for diabetes, cancer and liver health, ovarian rejuvenation and urology.
The parent company, WA Regenerative Medicine Group, also has world-class research centers in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai's Caohejing biotech park where they research and develop the frontiers of medicine. This research division, China Biotech Group (CBG), is dedicated to regenerative medical therapies for serious diseases such as cancer, autism, cerebral palsy, diabetes and spinal cord injuries.
In April this year CBG announced the launch of a cancer cell therapy program that is focused on the treatment of metastatic melanoma, ovarian cancer and liver cancer. Dr Hans Keirstead, chairman of the scientific advisory board of China Biotech Group, commented, "This cancer treatment is one of the most effective treatments in the world."
Dr Keirstead, trained at the University of Cambridge in England, serves as professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI). Last year he spoke about this new technology at a special presentation at the WA center in Shanghai. Ms Yue Sai Kan, honorary chairperson of the WA Hope Healthcare Foundation, was present and commented, "It's so exciting to be a part of something that could bring hope to so many families."
Dr William Cao, president of CBG, holds post-doctorates from Stanford and Harvard universities and is a fellow at Fudan University's Medical College. Looking forward to the change that this type of breakthrough medicine will have in China, he says, "To see frontier medicine go from R&D to application is so rewarding."
Dr Helen Zhang, director of technology for the company, agrees. For many years she was a member of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative and oversaw clinical production according to FDA standards for Harvard Medical School.
"When researching new medical breakthroughs, being first is not the goal. Being the best for the patient is the goal. The energy and patience required to develop safe and effective new treatments is worth it," Dr Zhang says.
Mr Zhao and Mrs Martin do not suffer from cancer or any of the chronic illnesses mentioned above and they want to keep it that way. However, should they or their loved ones need help with a serious chronic or degenerative disease, it's encouraging to know that there is hope on the horizon.
He only goes to the doctor when his wife forces him to get a check-up, but he hates going and doesn't expect the doctor to actually care about him.
Mrs Martin is a 41-year-old expat living in Shanghai with her husband and children. The different environment in Shanghai has caused new respiratory problems and allergies that she struggles to find solutions for. Trips to the doctor normally involve something lost in translation, a lot of waiting and no follow-up.
Both Mr Zhao and Mrs Martin have recently found the solution to their health-care needs at the WA Optimum Health Care center in Shanghai. Located in the middle of a beautiful park, the private Center of Medical Excellence comes with a white-gloved doorman and a smiling waitress who brings guests a selection of organic drinks during check-in.
"I finally found a doctor who will spend more than five minutes with me," Mrs Martin said. "From the receptionist to the doctor to the billing person processing my insurance, I felt like each person actually cared about me. Both my personal doctor and nurse sent me a message later in the day to see how my daughter was responding to treatment. That level of personal care makes all the difference."
New patient Mr Zhao admits, "I used to hate going to the doctor. My wife forced me to come here for an annual check-up and to get medicine for my joint pain. After a few months and many follow-up calls from my doctor, I am sleeping better, and I feel more energized and motivated to take better care of myself, after seeing immediate results. My joint pain is gone. My wife is happy that I am easier to live with now!"
Described as the "Mayo Clinic of China," the WA Optimum Health Care opened in the city more than a year ago. A center opens in Fragrant Hills Park in Beijing later this year. While providing primary and family care, it specializes in personal health management, finding solutions for those unable to find answers to their health challenges elsewhere. The integrative medical approach focuses on regenerative medicine, anti-aging and cosmetic medicine, orthopedics, management for diabetes, cancer and liver health, ovarian rejuvenation and urology.
The parent company, WA Regenerative Medicine Group, also has world-class research centers in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai's Caohejing biotech park where they research and develop the frontiers of medicine. This research division, China Biotech Group (CBG), is dedicated to regenerative medical therapies for serious diseases such as cancer, autism, cerebral palsy, diabetes and spinal cord injuries.
In April this year CBG announced the launch of a cancer cell therapy program that is focused on the treatment of metastatic melanoma, ovarian cancer and liver cancer. Dr Hans Keirstead, chairman of the scientific advisory board of China Biotech Group, commented, "This cancer treatment is one of the most effective treatments in the world."
Dr Keirstead, trained at the University of Cambridge in England, serves as professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI). Last year he spoke about this new technology at a special presentation at the WA center in Shanghai. Ms Yue Sai Kan, honorary chairperson of the WA Hope Healthcare Foundation, was present and commented, "It's so exciting to be a part of something that could bring hope to so many families."
Dr William Cao, president of CBG, holds post-doctorates from Stanford and Harvard universities and is a fellow at Fudan University's Medical College. Looking forward to the change that this type of breakthrough medicine will have in China, he says, "To see frontier medicine go from R&D to application is so rewarding."
Dr Helen Zhang, director of technology for the company, agrees. For many years she was a member of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative and oversaw clinical production according to FDA standards for Harvard Medical School.
"When researching new medical breakthroughs, being first is not the goal. Being the best for the patient is the goal. The energy and patience required to develop safe and effective new treatments is worth it," Dr Zhang says.
Mr Zhao and Mrs Martin do not suffer from cancer or any of the chronic illnesses mentioned above and they want to keep it that way. However, should they or their loved ones need help with a serious chronic or degenerative disease, it's encouraging to know that there is hope on the horizon.
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