HAO Siguo, MD, PhD, is currently a multi-site physician in the Department of Hematology at Jiahui International Cancer Center and director of the Department of Hematology at Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. He also serves as Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Supervisor.

Dr. HAO graduated from Shanghai Second Medical University and Shanghai Institute of Hematology with a PhD in Hematology. In 2000, he was a senior visiting fellow of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) at the Haematology Centre of Singapore General Hospital. From 2004 to 2007, he conducted postdoctoral research in tumor immunotherapy in Canada.

Dr. HAO has over 30 years of medical practicing experience. He specializes in the treatment of difficult and complicated hematological diseases, such as acute/chronic leukemia, malignant lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), aplastic anemia, and anemia, thrombocytopenia caused by various reasons. In addition, he is also an experienced expert in autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (including haploidentical and cord blood transplantation). The Hematology Department of Xinhua Hospital, which he leads, is the only department in Shanghai that performs umbilical cord blood transplantation to treat adult malignant blood tumors. Dr. HAO conducted early clinical research on CAR-T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory lymphoma and multiple myeloma in China, and he has communicated his research results in international conferences many times. And also Dr. HAO has accumulated rich clinical experiences in CAR-T therapy. 

Dr. HAO serves as the Vice Chairman of the 10th and 11th Shanghai Hematology Society of Chinese Medical Association, the Vice Chairman of Hematology and Oncology Branch of Shanghai Anti-Cancer Association, the member of Hematology Branch of Chinese Geriatrics Society, the member of Cord Blood Application Committee of Chinese Maternal and Child Health Association, the Vice President of Shanghai Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Alliance, the Standing Committee member of Hematology Branch of Shanghai Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Association, the member of Expert Committee of Chinese Stem Cell Bank, the Deputy Director of Shanghai Institute of Hematology, and the member of Hematology Branch of Shanghai Immunology Society. He has undertaken and completed several provincial and ministerial scientific research projects including projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation. Dr. HAO has published more than 100 academic papers, including more than 50 SCI papers. He has presided over 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects. He has also presided several research projects of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Health Commission and Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center. Dr. HAO also has been in charge of multiple clinical research projects. He chaired the BCMA CAR-T cell therapy for R/R multiple myeloma program, which has been communicated in several oral presentations at international congresses such as IMWG, ASH, etc., and the results of his research have also been published in the journal Haematologica 2023.