title: Jia-Si Huang: "A surgeon and something more".
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. swan@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Anthony P C
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Yim
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*