Zhang Jinzhe

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jinzhe (Chinese: 张金哲; 25 September 1920 – 24 December 2022) was a Chinese pediatrician, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[2]

Zhang Jinzhe
张金哲
Born	(1920-09-25)25 September 1920[1] Ninghe County, Hebei, China
Died	24 December 2022(2022-12-24) (aged 102) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Yenching University Peking Union Medical College St. John's University, Shanghai Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University
Scientific career
Fields	Pediatrics
Institutions	Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	张金哲
Traditional Chinese	張金哲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Jīnzhé

Zhang was a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[3]

Biography

Zhang was born in Ninghe County (now Ninghe District of Tianjin), Hebei, on 25 September 1920.^[3] He attended Tianjin Yaohua High School, and graduated from Yenching University, Peking Union Medical College, St. John's University, Shanghai, and Shanghai Medical College.^[3]

Since June 1947, Zhang successively served as attending surgeon, teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor at the Affiliated Hospital to Medical College of Peking University.^[3] From 1951 to 1953, he worked as a surgeon in the Korean battlefield during the Korean War.^[4] In June 1955, he was recruited by the newly founded Beijing Children's Hospital [zh], and worked until 2011, when he was transferred to the Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute as its president.^[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1956.^[3]

On 24 December 2022, Zhang died in Beijing, at the age of 102.^[3]

Honours and awards

• 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[3]
• 2002 Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)^[3]