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Zhong Nanshan
钟南山
Born (1936-10-20) 20 October 1936 (age 88)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Alma materPeking University Health Science Center, University of Edinburgh Medical School
Known fordiscovering the SARS coronavirus
SpouseLi Shaofen
Scientific career
FieldsPulmonology, respiratory diseases
InstitutionsGuangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical University

Zhong Nanshan (Chinese: 钟南山; pinyin: Zhōng Nánshān; born 20 October 1936)[1] is a Chinese pulmonologist who discovered the SARS coronavirus in 2003.[2] He was president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Disease.[2] He is most well known for managing the SARS outbreak in Guangdong province in 2003.[3] He was voted one of China's top 10 scientists in 2010.[4]

Education

Zhong was born in October 1936 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,[5] traces his ancestry to Kulangsu, Xiamen, Fujian.[6] Zhong was educated in the Beijing Medical University and finished his residency training in internal medicine in the university hospital. In 1980s, he completed further training at the St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and the University of Edinburgh Medical School between 1979 and 1981. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with an MD in 1981.[2]

Career

Zhong became president of the Chinese Thoracic Society in 2000. He became president of the Chinese Medical Association in 2005. He is currently the director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Disease.[2] Zhong has discovered the relationship between protein malnutrition and COPD and has developed a calibrated formula on energy consumption for patients with COPD.[5]

Personal life

Zhong Nanshan and Li Shaofen in 1963.

Zhong was an outstanding college athlete in the 1950s. The Beijing Municipal Track and Field Team attempted to recruit him as a full-time athlete, but he was determined to become a doctor and declined the offer. Through his sports connection, he was introduced to Li Shaofen [zh], a top basketball player who was a member of the China women's national basketball team for 13 years. They married on 31 December 1963.[7] They have two children: son Zhong Weide and daughter Zhong Weiyue. Zhong Weide is a physician, and Zhong Weiyue is a swimming player.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "钟南山" (in Chinese). Chinese Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zhong Nanshan, MD". Journal of Thoracic Disease. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. ^ "SARS hero Zhong Nanshan named China's best scientist". whatsonxiamen. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. ^ "SARS hero named among China's 10 best scientists, technicians". Xinhua. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Zhong Nanshan". The HoLeung Ho Lee Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  6. ^ "院士钟南山回乡传授长寿秘诀_台海网". www.taihainet.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ^ "钟南山的妻子是女篮５号". Sina. 16 June 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ^ "钟南山曾是400米栏全国纪录保持者 娶女篮名将为妻". Sina. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

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