Dong Jiahong
Doctor Dong Jiahong (Chinese: 董家鸿; pinyin: Dong Jiāhóng; born March 8, 1960) is a Chinese surgeon specialising in liver transplantation. Dong is the president of Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, president of the Clinical Medicine School in Tsinghua University,[1] and president of the Society for Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery in the Chinese Research Hospital Association.[2] He also serves as a committee member of the Chinese Surgical Association and the Chinese Transplantation Association, an executive councillor of the International Society of Digestive Surgery (ISDS), a scientific committee member of the International HPB Association (IHPBA), and honorary foreign member of the French National Academy of Surgery, the American Surgical Association, and the European Surgical Association.[3]
Dong Jiahong FACS FASA (Hon) FEAS (Hon) | |
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董家鸿 | |
Born | March 8, 1960 |
Nationality | Chinese |
Education | BSc, Xuzhou Medical College, (1982) PhD, Army Medical University, (1993) |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Employer | Tsinghua Changgung Hospital |
Honours | Honorary Fellow, American Surgical Association (2015) Honorary Fellow, French Academy of Surgery (2015) |
Education
Dong received a BSc from Xuzhou Medical College in 1982, and graduated with a PhD from the Army Medical University in 1993.[4]
Career
In 1996, Dong taught as a tenured professor at the Hepatobiliary Surgery Center at the Army Medical University. In 1998, he was promoted to surgeon-in-chief of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Center at the Third Military Medical University, and in 2006, became head of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing, China.[4]
In 2014, Dong became executive president of Beijing Tsinghua Changgung. Two years later in 2016, Dong and a team of doctors launched the first internet-based alliance of hepatobiliary disease clinics in China to help rural patients gain access to healthcare.[5]
In 2019, Dong led a research team at Tsinghua University which developed a COVID-19 Intelligent Monitoring and Control System, integrating big data, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence with clinical medicine.[6] He also remotely led a medical team in Shenzhen from Beijing, completing the world's first remote and cooperative brain surgery using 5G technology.[7][8]
Dong serves as the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery,[9] and according to publication aggregator ResearchGate, has published alongside co-authors 124 papers.[10]
Honours and awards
In 2015, Dong was elected an honorary fellow of the American Surgical Association,[11] and an honorary fellow of the French Academy of Surgery for his works in technical surgery, and surgical education.[12] In 2017, he was elected an Academician of the Division of Medicine and Hygiene.[13]
References
- "Global Recruitment for Faculty within the School of Clinical Medicine". Nature. 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- "Jiahong Dong, MD, PhD". Virology Education. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- "董家鸿" [Dong Jiahong]. Tsinghua University (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- "Dong Jiahong Faculty Profile". Tsinghua University Center for Synthetic & Systems Biology. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- Wang, Xiaodong (2016). "Medical alliance launched to aid rural patients - China - Chinadaily.com.cn". China Daily. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- Fu, Peiyue. "Tsinghua develops 8-in-1 smart solution for China and the world-Tsinghua University". Tsinghua University. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- "China Completes World's First 5G-Powered Remote Surgery". Yicai Global. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- Guo, Kai. "China performs first 5G-based remote surgery on human brain". China Daily. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- "Editorial Board - Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery". Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery.
- "Jiahong Dong's research while affiliated with Tsinghua University and other places". ResearchGate.
- "ASA Newsletter: Summer 2015". American Surgical Association. 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- Stain, Steven (2015). "Program of the 135th Annual Meeting" (PDF). American Surgical Association. p. 26.
- Wang, Siyang (2017). "Professor Dong Jiahong Elected Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering". Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital.