Wang Zhonggao


Wang Zhonggao was a Chinese vascular surgeon who was a professor at Capital Medical University, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Biography

Wang was born in Xiaoshan County, Zhejiang, on 28 July 1937. He attended the.
After graduating from Shanghai First Medical College in 1961, he was despatched to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, where he worked under Prof.. In 1979, he became a visiting scholar at Duke University and the University of North Carolina. He returned to China in 1981. He joined the Jiusan Society in 1982. In 1986, he was transferred to Beijing Cardiopulmonary Vascular Center - Anzhen Hospital, he remained in the hospital until 1992, when he was transferred again to the 8th Clinical College of Peking University - Institute of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Posts and Telecommunications. In 2000, he was hired by the Vascular Research Institute of the 1st Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, and in January 2004 moved to the Institute of Vascular Surgery of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University.
On 3 November 2023, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 86.

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