Zhang Jinzhe
Zhang Jinzhe | |||||||
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张金哲 | |||||||
| Born | 25 September 1920[1] | ||||||
| Died | 24 December 2022 (aged 102) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Yenching University Peking Union Medical College St. John's University, Shanghai Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Pediatrics | ||||||
| Institutions | Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张金哲 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張金哲 | ||||||
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Zhang Jinzhe (Chinese: 张金哲; 25 September 1920 – 24 December 2022) was a Chinese pediatrician, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[2]
Zhang was a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3]
Biography
[edit]Zhang was born in Ninghe County (now Ninghe District of Tianjin), Hebei, on 25 September 1920.[3] He attended Tianjin Yaohua High School, and graduated from Yenching University, Peking Union Medical College, St. John's University, Shanghai, and Shanghai Medical College.[3]
Since June 1947, Zhang successively served as attending surgeon, teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor at the Affiliated Hospital to Medical College of Peking University.[3] From 1951 to 1953, he worked as a surgeon in the Korean battlefield during the Korean War.[4] In June 1955, he was recruited by the newly founded Beijing Children's Hospital, and worked until 2011, when he was transferred to the Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute as its president.[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1956.[3]
On 24 December 2022, Zhang died in Beijing, at the age of 102.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]- 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[3]
- 2002 Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 中国工程院院士自述. 1998. ISBN 9787532061631.
- ^ Zhao Siyao (赵司尧) (25 December 2022). 我国小儿外科主要创始人张金哲院士逝世，享年102岁. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 缅怀！从医70余年，他为上万儿童操刀手术. sina (in Chinese). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ 他要“儿无痛 母不悲”100岁中国小儿外科之父 张金哲的故事. qq.com (in Chinese). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- 1920 births
- 2022 deaths
- Engineers from Tianjin
- Chinese surgeons
- Yenching University alumni
- St. John's University, Shanghai alumni
- Peking Union Medical College alumni
- Fudan University alumni
- Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Members of the 7th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Chinese men centenarians