In 1992, Yao Xiaoming came to Guangzhou Jinan University School of Medicine to study for a doctorate in corneal transplantation. At this time, he had an idea in his mind. He wanted to compile the first "Eye Bank" monograph in China while studying. In addition to introducing professional knowledge In addition, he also presented to readers the advanced concepts and successful experiences of cornea and other organ donation abroad. His ideas received support and help from his mentor.
In 1997, my country's first eye bank monograph "Eye Bank" compiled by Yao Xiaoming and others was officially published. The content contained many of his instillations of advanced foreign concepts during this period. And "the problem of organ transplantation will be a big problem if it is not solved for a long time" still formed a knot in his heart: Is cornea donation really insurmountable?
In March 2000, he founded the Shenzhen Eye Bank. So far, the Eye Bank has received more than 400 corneal donations and treated more than 800 patients. The Shenzhen Eye Bank has become the only hospital in China that accepts corneal donations from all over the country. The eye bank is currently the eye bank that obtains the largest number of donated corneas in my country and all donor corneas come from free donations.
Since 2002, he has advocated the concept of "Happy Charity, Happy Charity", cooperated with charity societies and enterprises, and carried out bright activities in Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang and other old, remote and poor areas. Activity. He has personally performed more than 10,000 sight-restoring surgeries alone.
On June 30, 2002, the "Shenzhen Lions Eye Bank" was officially launched in Shenzhen Eye Hospital, and Yao Xiaoming became the executive chairman of the Shenzhen Lions Eye Bank. Later, due to Yao Xiaoming's fruitful work, the three Lions Club Governors broke with convention and appointed him to serve as chairman of the Lions Eye Bank Committee for three consecutive terms. He hopes that the eye bank is not just a warehouse for storing eyeballs, because it is a cross-industry organization. The reason why the eye bank should be named after the Lions Club is to be in line with international standards, and at the same time, he hopes to be able to get the Lions Club name. support and help the eye bank develop healthily.
On August 23, 2003, the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Regulations on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation" were passed. During the process of bill discussion and legislation, Wu Jiangying ran around calling for legislation. As a result, she won the 2003 CCTV Legal Figure of the Year, and Yao Xiaoming also won the title of the Most Caring Person in the First Shenzhen Care Action.
On September 17, 2005, Yao Xiaoming personally transplanted his mother's corneas to eight patients with corneal diseases. my country's first feature film with the theme of cornea donation, "Mother's Eyes", was adapted from Yao Xiaoming. In the past 10 years, Yao Xiaoming has facilitated the first cornea donation in Hubei, Hunan, Jilin, Hainan, Inner Mongolia and other places and the organ donation in Shenzhen.
Candidate for the 2005 CCTV "Moving China" Personality of the Year.
On February 20, 2006, Yao Xiaoming personally directed and coordinated the first unrelated brain-dead multi-organ donation in Shenzhen and China in 2006. The donor donated two corneas, two kidneys, and a Liver;
On March 18, 2006, he once again facilitated the second case of brain-dead unrelated multiple organ donation in the country this year. Yao Xiaoming believes that brain death legislation is conducive to establishing a scientific view of death, making rational use of limited health resources, and providing legal support for patients with end-stage organ failure to donate their organs to benefit other critically ill patients.
2006 is still a busy year for Yao Xiaoming, and his surgery time is already very full: he will go to Shandong and Sichuan in June, and in July he will undergo cataract surgery at the invitation of relevant parties in Nepal.
Torchbearer of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
In August 2008, the porous nanohydroxyapatite-polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel artificial cornea was successfully used in rabbit eye alkali burn animal model experiments.
In 2009, it won the National invention patent authorization. Hosted and participated in 8 provincial and municipal scientific research projects, and published more than 30 papers in well-known professional journals at home and abroad (2 articles included in SCI).
In November 2009, Yao Xiaoming cooperated with the Shenzhen Charity Society to establish the "Xiaoming Eye Bank Fund", which has provided hundreds of people in Guangdong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Myanmar. Cataract patients regain sight, and provide financial and technical support for cornea donation and eye bank construction in Shenzhen, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Hunan and other places. Today, in Shenzhen, cornea donation and organ donation have increasingly become the last choice for more and more people.
2009 "Moving Yichun" Person of the Year. He has donated blood for free many times and won the Gold Award for Promotion of Free Blood Donation from the Red Cross Society of China.
On May 11, 2012, the launching ceremony of the "Sichuan Emeishan Cataract Vision Brightness Campaign" was held grandly at the Emeishan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
From May 11 to 12, 2012, more than 150 cataract patients selected by the organizers of the "Sichuan Emeishan Cataract Vision Brightness Campaign" will enjoy free surgical treatment.