Questions for Dr. Xiao from an US citizen

1. Among those 1,850 patients (“over 350SCI and 1500SB cases since 2000”) underwent Xiao Procedure performed by you, Dr. Xiao, how many were Chinese residents who lived in mainland China? Of these Chinese patients, how many were told that Xiao Procedure was an experimental surgical procedure before they were brought to the operating room?

2. When you were working in NYU, you were awarded $2,423,082 by National Institutes of Health for your research (NIH (NIDDK) R01 DK 53063 01A2, Period: 9/1999 - 9/2006). During that 7 years period, how many cases were performed with the Xiao Procedure in the U.S.? Did you ever use the federal funding to support your work in China?