On February 27, Professor Gian Paolo Fadini, Professor of Endocrinology and Deputy Director of the Metabolic Diseases Unit at the University‑Hospital 

of Padua, Italy, visited our university for academic exchange. 

Xu Yong, Party Secretary of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, accompanied Professor Fadini on a tour of the Sichuan Provincial 

Key Laboratory of Metabolic Vascular Diseases. Long Yang, Laboratory Director, and Jiang Zongzhe, Deputy Director, gave a detailed introduction to the 

laboratory’s major research achievements in recent years and future research plans.

Professor Fadini spoke highly of the laboratory’s research accomplishments in the field of metabolic vascular diseases and expressed his expectation of 

actively promoting in‑depth scientific cooperation between the University‑Hospital of Padua and our hospital in basic research and clinical translation.

In the afternoon, an academic exchange meeting was held in the meeting room on the 4th floor of the Surgery Building of the Affiliated Hospital. Jiang 

Yong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice‑President of Southwest Medical University, as well as President of the 

Affiliated Hospital, extended a warm welcome to Professor Fadini. He noted that the exchanges would further boost the development of endocrinology and metabolic diseases discipline at the hospital, and looked forward to broader and deeper cooperation with the professor and his team in talent training, 

scientific research and clinical technology.

Jiang Yong presented Professor Gian Paolo Fadini with the appointment letter of Guest Professor of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical 

University. Afterwards, Professor Fadini delivered an academic lecture entitled How Tirzepatide Enables A Paradigm Shift in Early T2DM Management. Wan Qin, Director of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Gao Chenlin, Deputy Director, and other specialists engaged in vigorous academic discussions and interactions with the guest professor.
This exchange visit not only deepened mutual understanding between the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University and the University‑Hospital of Padua in Italy, but also laid a solid foundation for substantive future cooperation between both sides in endocrinology and metabolic diseases.