Zhu Zhijun

Research areas: Clinical and basic research on liver transplantation, liver surgery and portal hypertension surgery, transplant tolerance and organ protection, cross-assisted domino liver transplantation.

Cutting-edge technology: With over 30 years of medical experience, he has performed more than 3,200 liver transplant surgeries, including over 1,100 living donor liver transplants and over 1,100 pediatric liver transplants, making him one of the most prolific liver transplant surgeons in my country. He pioneered the world's first double domino cross-assisted liver transplant and the world's first cross-assisted domino liver transplant, which was hailed by the president of the International Society for Liver Transplantation as a "rule-changing procedure." He performs a variety of surgical techniques, including living donor liver transplantation, domino liver transplantation, dual donor liver transplantation, single liver segment transplantation, reduced-volume liver transplantation, and auxiliary liver transplantation.

Specializes in treating: acute and chronic liver failure of various causes, cirrhosis, end-stage portal hypertension, biliary atresia, hyperammonemia and other congenital and metabolic liver diseases in children, as well as malignant liver tumors.

Academic Highlights and Core Values: Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor; Director of the Liver Transplantation Center at Beijing Friendship Hospital; Director of the Clinical Diagnosis and Research Center for Pediatric Liver Transplantation at Capital Medical University; Deputy Director of the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases; Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Transplant Tolerance and Organ Preservation. A recipient of the Ministry of Health's Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert Award, enjoying special allowances from the State Council, a Beijing Strategic Scientific and Technological Talent, and an Honorary Foreign Member of the French Academy of Surgery. Member of the Pediatric Committee of the International Society for Liver Transplantation, Member of the Organ Transplantation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and Vice Chairman of the Living Organ Transplantation Committee of the Organ Transplantation Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. Received the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award as the second author and the Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award as the first author, among other awards. Published over 200 academic papers and edited/translated 3 books.