Tian Wei


Tian Wei is a Chinese surgeon and professor and doctoral supervisor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and serves as the president and deputy party chief of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital.

Biography

Tian was born in February 1959. After graduating from Peking [University Health Science Center] in 1983, he became a surgeon at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. In 1989 he pursued advanced studies in Japan, earning a doctor's degree from Hirosaki University in 1994. Then He carried out postdoctoral research at the university. He returned to China in 1995 and that same year became vice-president of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. He founded spinal surgery for the hospital and served as its director. Tian Wei, assumed his position in 2003 and served until August 2020, when he resigned.

Downfall

In mid March 2024, he has come under investigation for "serious violations of laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

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