Xia Qiang

Currently serving as President and Deputy Party Secretary of Renji Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Director of the Shanghai Organ Transplantation and Immunological Engineering Technology Research Center, Director of the Shanghai Organ Transplantation Institute, Director of the China-Southeast Asia Translational Research Center for End-Stage Liver Disease in Children, Director of the Shanghai Liver Transplantation Quality Control Center, and a leading expert in liver surgery. He graduated from Anhui Medical University in 1987 and from Fudan University (formerly Shanghai Medical University) in 1997 with a Doctor of Medicine degree. A renowned pediatric liver transplant expert, a key pioneer and leader in pediatric liver transplantation in my country, the founding chairman of the Pediatric Transplantation Committee of the Chinese Medical Association and the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and the first member of the Pediatric Committee of the International Society for Liver Transplantation in mainland my country. He has long been engaged in clinical and basic research in liver surgery, specializing in the surgical treatment of end-stage liver disease and benign and malignant liver tumors in children. He has led his team to complete 4,000 pediatric living donor liver transplants, achieving a 10-year overall survival rate of 92%; he spearheaded the publication of the "Global Expert Consensus on Minimally Invasive Donor Liver Technology"; and he led the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Excellent Research Group Project "Liver Transplantation and Homeostasis Remodeling". A National Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert in Health and Wellness, a Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Elite, a Shanghai Municipal Leading Talent, and an Outstanding Academic Leader, enjoying special government allowances from the State Council. As the first author, he has won one second-class National Science and Technology Progress Award and three first-class provincial/ministerial-level awards; he spearheaded the establishment of the first professional committee on pediatric organ transplantation in China and led the development of the first "Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Pediatric Liver Transplantation in China"; he has published over 170 papers in journals such as Cell, Gut, and J Hepatology. In 2001, he received the title of "Rising Star in the Medical Field" in Shanghai, and in 2017, he was awarded the title of "China's Most Beautiful Doctor."