Wang Chen | |
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王辰 | |
| Vice-President of theChinese Academy of Engineering | |
| Assumed office May 2018 | |
| President | Li Xiaohong |
| Member of the Standing Committee of theCPPCC (13th) | |
| Assumed office March 2018 | |
| Chairman | Wang Yang |
| President of thePeking Union Medical College | |
| Assumed office December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Cao Xuetao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-08-07)August 7, 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Capital University of Medical Sciences University of Texas |
| Occupation | Pulmonologist, physician |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pulmonology |
| Institutions | Peking Union Medical College Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) |
Wang Chen (Chinese:王辰;pinyin:Wáng Chén; born August 7, 1962) is a Chinese pulmonologist and physician currently serving as vice-president of theChinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and president of thePeking Union Medical College. He is a member of the Chinese Hospital Association (CHA) andChinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA).
Wang was born inDezhou,Shandong, on August 7, 1962. He graduated from theCapital University of Medical Sciences, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1985 and doctor's degree in 1991, both in medicine. He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Texas in 1994.
He worked at the Beijing Chaoyang Hospital between 1993 and 2013, where he successively was deputy director, vice-president, and president. From January 2013 to September 2014, he had a brief assignment to theMinistry of Health. In September 2014 he was appointed president of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital. After this office was terminated in January 2018, he became president ofPeking Union Medical College. He has been vice-president of theChinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in May 2018.
On February 5, 2020, Wang was interviewed byBai Yansong on China's national TV and said that the situation inWuhan was grim, and many patients were not admitted to the hospital in time, which is a great pressure; he was one of early and high-profile advocates ofFangcang Hospitals forCOVID-19 patients in China.[1]
He is a delegate to the19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Standing Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
During the2003 Beijing SARS outbreak and the2009 flu pandemic, he was appointed head of the National Clinical Expert Group, formulating a series of diagnosis and treatment procedures to treat large numbers of patients.[2]
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