Yes Dr. Wei Changkong is a famous kidney disease researcher in China. 20 16 received a doctorate. According to the profile of Dr. Wei Changkong, Dr. Wei studied under Mr. Ye, so Wei Changkong is Ye's apprentice. Ye has served as the director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, the national director of nephrology of the Chinese Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, the second to fourth standing committee of the China Society of Nephrology, the former professor of internal medicine of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the former director of nephrology of the First Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University. He enjoys a high reputation in nephrology.