On the morning of September 7, 2018, a ceremony was held at the Ultrasound Department for appointing Professor Laurence Needleman, Director of the Ultrasound Department and Co-Director of the Vascular Center of Jefferson University Hospital, as a visiting professor of West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University. The ceremony was hosted by Professor Luo Yan, Director of the Ultrasound Department. Professor Wan Xuehong, Executive Vice President of WCH/WCSM, Professor Yang Taizhu from West China Second University Hospital and Professor Liu Jibin from Thomas Jefferson University also attended the ceremony.