Dr. Jia Lin, born into a medical family, is now an outstanding oncologist with a passion for medicine. She serves between clinical and translational research, constantly exploring innovative medical technologies.

 

Hospitals are the place where I grew up, and I am not unfamiliar with them, "Dr. Jia Lin recalled from her childhood." When I was sick, I knew I would go find a doctor and shuttle between doctors, nurses, and pharmacies to get injections and take medicine. Choosing to study medicine later felt quite natural
 

 

Dr. Jia Lin's grandfather is an old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and her father is a doctor who combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Medicine is a continuous learning process. When Dr. Jia Lin chose medicine, her grandfather even had a detailed conversation with her. "As an older generation of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, my grandfather believes that traditional Chinese medicine doctors need to accumulate a certain network and time experience to become old Chinese medicine practitioners, so that people can come to see you. Doctors need to endure loneliness and go through a long process of growth

 

Dr. Jialin did experience what her grandfather called 'loneliness', but with a passion for this profession, she has been studying and growing up with oncology for over 20 years.

 

Interest is the best teacher
 

When I first started working as a resident doctor, the first department I rotated through at a specialized oncology hospital was CT Every day, I see images of cancer patients, and I am particularly curious about how tumors occur and are treated. This initial interest drove her to pursue a career in oncology.

 

In the era of tumor chemotherapy, Dr. Jia Lin learned about chemotherapy treatment through various clinical and scientific research forms. With the further advancement of tumor treatment methods and the advent of the targeted era, learning and researching targeted drugs became inevitable. "The development of the oncology discipline is very rapid. After so many years, I have found that only by constantly improving myself can I not fall behind in clinical practice. So, after obtaining a master's degree in chemotherapy, I also learned a doctoral degree in oncology that studies targeted drugs. With the advent of the era of immunotherapy, Dr. Jialin, who is 40 years old, did not hesitate to choose to become a postdoctoral fellow in tumor immunology at Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States.
 

 

Having accumulated over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Jia Lin said, "The growth of a doctor is linked to the development of their specialty and various forms of continuing education. If you have an interest, you should study and apply what you have learned to clinical practice to give back to patients, help them, and enrich their clinical experience. This is the essence of the way of practicing medicine

 

Actively joining the work and exchanges of national and provincial specialized committees is also a way to learn about the latest fields in this profession. I will strengthen communication with experts from other hospitals and use the information collected to enhance collaboration with various departments of the hospital, including the clinical efficacy of drugs, whether the hospital can find channels to introduce drugs for patients, which departments and experts can work together for the benefit of patients, and which innovative treatment methods from abroad can be used for reference. All of these need to be constantly understood. "Dr. Jia Lin spends her spare time every day learning about important industry information and collaborating with our hospital's pharmacy department on innovative cancer drugs to achieve real-time updates.
 

 

Explore new treatment methods based on the actual situation

After practicing medicine for so many years, Dr. Jia Lin believes that medical knowledge needs to be updated every five years. On the one hand, it is to review old knowledge, and on the other hand, it is to learn from places that are on par with or at a higher level than existing hospitals. Because of this continuous enterprising spirit, Dr. Jia Lin once went to study with the Shen Lin team at Peking University Cancer Hospital and deeply experienced the advantages of multidisciplinary consultation from the patient's perspective. "Each doctor's knowledge is limited, and if more specialties can be involved in treatment, the biggest beneficiary is the patient," which is also why Dr. Jia Lin hopes to provide multidisciplinary consultation for each patient after joining Shenzhen New Wind United Family Hospital, involving different specialists for different diseases, including imaging. Department of Radiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Surgery, Department of Nutrition, Department of Pharmacy, etc, Comprehensively assist patients in finding the most suitable diagnosis and treatment plan and conducting long-term management.
 

 

If the treatment cannot achieve the expected results under the existing medical model, we will explore new treatment methods for patients, "Dr. Jia Lin introduced." By comparing treatment models through clinical studies initiated by doctors independently, we can explore some new models and plans that are suitable for our country, profession or field and benefit patients

 

In recent years, people have attached increasing importance to science education. In addition to curing diseases, we also need to improve the quality of life of patients and ensure the function of various organs in medical care, "Dr. Jia Lin introduced. Nowadays, many specialized committees have formulated guidelines and standards to regulate and guide diagnosis and treatment." For cancer diagnosis, we recommend full process management, starting from primary prevention screening and even advancing prevention and control, which can improve the cure rate of the disease

 

Communication is an essential skill for doctors

I used to be very introverted, but doctors needed to communicate with patients to understand their condition, past comorbidities, personal wishes, finances, and all other situations. This is called 'talk and talk'. Gradually, I became more talkative and spoke faster. Time is limited, so how to learn more information in a limited time, correctly and quickly grasp it, effectively make patients and their families fully understand the condition and plan, and actively cooperate with the standardized diagnosis and treatment process, this requires testing the ability of each doctor.

 

Establishing trust with patients requires a solid foundation in medical expertise, a serious and attentive attitude, and empathy. These are the most basic conditions, and strong communication skills are also required, "Dr. Jia Lin has summarized in years of clinical communication." Doctors need to have the ability to generalize, that is, to sort out the details of thousands of cases, summarize them, and then output them in language that ordinary people can understand and accept, so that laypeople can immediately understand them.
 

 

Doctor's Introduction

Oncology Department Jialin

 

Dr. Jia Lin holds a PhD in oncology from Hebei Medical University and is pursuing a postdoctoral degree in tumor immunology at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital. She has studied at Peking University Cancer Hospital and Sun Yat sen University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, and was awarded the title of "Outstanding Visiting Scholar of Peking University School of Medicine in 2016".

 

Dr. Jia Lin is a well-known expert in oncology and has been engaged in related work for more than 20 years. She has worked at Hebei Cancer Hospital, Hebei University Affiliated Hospital, and Guangzhou Third level Cancer Specialized Hospital. In terms of scientific research, Dr. Jia Lin has participated in multiple national, provincial, and municipal projects in the United States NIH fund RO1 Two projects have been published in over 20 professional papers in domestic and international journals. In addition, Dr. Jia Lin is currently a member of the Chinese Anti Cancer Association (Youth Committee of the Tumor Microenvironment Special Committee, Clinical Research Committee of Tumor Drugs, and Targeted Therapy Special Committee), a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and a member of the American Association for Cancer Diagnosis and Research (AACR).

 

Dr. Jia Lin is good at medical treatment of digestive tract tumors such as breast cancer, lung cancer, urinary system tumors, and gastrointestinal cancer. She has also shown outstanding performance in palliative support treatment for advanced tumors, as well as in handling difficult cases related to tumors and critical care rescue.