Chen Chang

Director of Lung Transplantation Center, Director of Tongji University Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Center, recipient of the National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Project, Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert of the National Health Commission, Leading Talent of Shanghai, and recipient of the "Shanghai Medical Craftsman" title in 2023. He led the establishment of the Shanghai Lung Transplantation Engineering Technology Research Center, creating the first lung transplantation-specific disease database in China; innovatively applied 10℃ constant temperature preservation technology, extending the effective preservation time of donor lungs to 12-14 hours; innovatively developed a single-port minimally invasive surgical instrument kit, establishing a resection path more consistent with anatomical and physiological structures; pioneered the use of a Y-shaped stent for the treatment of bronchopleural fistula; led the application of EVLP technology in marginal donor repair; and completed Shanghai's first pediatric double lung transplant. As the first author, he received the second prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award in 2018, the first prize of the Shanghai Anti-Cancer Science and Technology Award in 2019, and the second prize of the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award in 2020. He has published over 170 SCI papers as the corresponding author, including in *Journal of Clinical Oncology* (IF=50.7) and *Signal Transduct Target Therapy* (IF=38.1). He specializes in lung transplantation for end-stage lung disease and surgical treatment of various lung tumors, mediastinal tumors, and tracheal diseases.