1. Zhong Nanshan was born on 20 October 1936 and is a Chinese pulmonologist.
24 Facts About Zhong Nanshan
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Zhong Nanshan was president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Disease.
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Zhong Nanshan earned international fame for managing the SARS outbreak and was renowned for refuting the official line which downplayed the severity of the crisis.
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Zhong Nanshan was voted one of China's top 10 scientists in 2010.
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Zhong Nanshan was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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Zhong Nanshan was educated at Beijing Medical University, where he finished his residency training in internal medicine.
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Zhong Nanshan once taught medicine, worked as a worker, and edited the school newspaper until he was transferred back to the Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College in 1971.
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Zhong Nanshan completed further training at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and the University of Edinburgh Medical School between 1979 and 1981, graduating from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with an MD in 1981.
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Zhong Nanshan was awarded the title of one of the first batch of national-level experts with outstanding contributions in 1984.
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Zhong Nanshan became president of the Chinese Thoracic Society in 2000 and became president of the Chinese Medical Association in 2005.
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Zhong Nanshan is currently the director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Disease.
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Zhong Nanshan discovered the relationship between protein malnutrition and COPD and has developed a calibrated formula on energy consumption for patients with COPD.
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When Zhong Nanshan directed the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, they received the second case of a SARS patient as early as 20 December 2002.
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On 28 January 2003, Zhong Nanshan felt sick and discovered that he had caught pneumonia.
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Concerned that the news that a leading researcher and doctor for respiratory diseases falling ill during the SARS outbreak would cause fear and panic for the general public, Zhong Nanshan decided to not receive treatment in the hospital.
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On 11 February 2003, at a press conference held by the Guangdong Department of Health, Zhong Nanshan explained the disease and its symptoms, and calmed the public by asserting that it was "preventable" and "curable".
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Zhong Nanshan said later in an interview that he knew this might bring dishonor and defamation, but he persisted because he trusted in his observations and scientific judgements regarding the disease.
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Zhong Nanshan's presentation was well-received and his methods were adopted around the world.
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In early January 2020, Zhong Nanshan visited Wuhan, in response to a growing cluster of then-unidentified pneumonia cases, and was reassured by city health officials that the disease was controllable and preventable.
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Zhong Nanshan has compiled a coronavirus diagnosis and treatment protocol, and has made great contributions to the prevention and control of epidemics, treatment of severe cases, and COVID-19 research.
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In 2020, Zhong Nanshan worked with Tencent to establish an AI Joint Lab to conduct research on disease screening, prevention, and outbreak warnings.
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Zhong Nanshan worked on pandemic research projects with Foxconn and Alibaba Cloud.
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On 12 December 2020, the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University unveiled a bronze statue of Zhong Nanshan was unveiled on its 132nd anniversary.
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Zhong Nanshan's father, Zhong Shifan, is a doctor of medicine from the State University of New York and a pediatric medical expert.