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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1147-1151
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Our surgical heritage

Jia-Si Huang: "A Surgeon and Something More"

Song Wan, MD, FRCS*, Anthony P.C. Yim, MD, FRCS

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

* Address correspondence to Dr Wan, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (Email: swan{at}cuhk.edu.hk).

In contrast to many industrialized countries, the growth of thoracic surgery in China was much more difficult over the first 5 decades under the ever-changing political and harsh socioeconomic conditions. As a matter of fact, the struggle to establish this specialty in a developing country with more than one fifth of the world population was certainly one of the most crucial challenges in the last century. The unique story of a pioneering Chinese thoracic surgeon—Dr Jia-Si Huang (1906–1984) was a glorious example of heroic leadership and self sacrifice. His fundamental role in developing cardiothoracic surgery in China was clearly reflected not only by some first-in-China operations he personally performed, but also by his continued contributions in educating younger generations of Chinese surgeons.




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