Wu Tianyi | |||||||
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| Born | Ismail Salimjan (1935-06-25)25 June 1935 (age 90) Yita Circuit,Sinkiang Province,Republic of China | ||||||
| Alma mater | China Medical University (Liaoning) | ||||||
| Awards | July 1 Medal (2021) | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease | ||||||
| Institutions | Qinghai Institute of Plateau Medical Sciences | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴天一 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳天一 | ||||||
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Wu Tianyi (Chinese:吴天一; bornIsmail Salimjan on 25 June 1935[1]) is a Chinese medical scientist best known for his research in combatting againstaltitude sickness and his medical research in theTibet Autonomous Region.[2] He is ofTajik (Pamiri) ethnicity, and is the only Tajik member of theChinese Academy of Engineering.
Wu was born Ismail Sailimujiang to an intellectual Tajik family in Yita Circuit,Sinkiang Province (present-dayTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), on 25 June 1935. Later, his family moved toNanjing, where he received his Chinese name Wu Tianyi. In 1951, he was accepted to theChina Medical University (PRC), where he graduated in 1956. In January 1957, he was despatched to the 512 Hospital ofPeople's Volunteer Army with his wife, and worked there until September 1958. Then he went to the PLA 516 Hospital innorthwest China'sQinghai province. He was transferred to Xining No.1 People's Hospital and appointed head of the Internal Medicine Department. In January 1979, he became deputy director of Qinghai Plateau Heart Disease Institute, and held that office until February 1983. He joined theChinese Communist Party in May 1982.[3] In January 1984, he moved to Qinghai Institute of Plateau Medical Sciences, where he successively served as deputy director, director, and president. In 2019, he was employed as a member of the Academic Department of theChinese Academy of Medical Sciences.[citation needed]
Now all his relatives live in theUnited States.[4][undue weight? –discuss]