According to the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering on November 18, the results of the 2021 co-election of academicians of the two academies were officially announced, and a total of 149 people were elected, of which Professor Zhang Xu of the PLA General Hospital was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zhang Xu, male, born in December 1962, chief physician, professor, doctoral supervisor.
The surgery he designed and completed was introduced into professional medical textbooks in the United States; his surgical videos became the "gold standard" repeatedly observed by his peers like a scenic spot film; on July 14, 2009, Zhang Xu successfully completed the world's first single-hole posterior abdominal adrenal surgery; at the 2010 European Laparoscopic Surgery Congress, he became the only Chinese doctor invited to give a surgical demonstration, and the only Asian doctor...
He is Professor Zhang Xu, Director of the Department of Urology and Medicine, PLA General Hospital, and specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of various types of urological tumors.
Professor Zhang Xu (center) performed the world's first single-hole posterior laparoscopic surgery exterior. The picture comes from the PLA General Hospital
As one of the pioneers of laparoscopic and robotic technology in urology in China, Professor Zhang Xu has promoted the development of minimally invasive urology technology in China. The posterior laparoscopic theory and technical system established by Professor Zhang Xu has changed the traditional treatment mode of urological diseases and popularized it in China, making it a general technology in the field of urology in China. Professor Zhang Xu established the earliest urological robot technology team in China, and combined posterior laparoscopic technology with robot technology to form a robot technology with Chinese characteristics.
Due to his outstanding contributions to the establishment and promotion of laparoscopic and robotic positral approach technology systems, Professor Zhang Xu has been invited to perform laparoscopic and robotic surgery at famous university hospitals and international conferences in Europe and Southeast Asia for 16 consecutive years, and has given special reports.
These innovative technologies go abroad, improve the international influence of Urology in China, through the promotion of technology, Professor Zhang Xu has trained thousands of minimally invasive specialists in Chinese and foreign urology, several of whom have become the director of urology in domestic and European famous medical centers, won the high recognition of domestic and foreign counterparts, and improved the overall level of domestic minimally invasive urology. Professor Zhang Xu has also won 2 second prizes of national scientific and technological progress, 4 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, the 3rd National Famous Doctor Excellence Award, and the 2021 Wu Jieping Urological Medicine Award. (Li Xin/Finishing)