Shanghai Chest Hospital () is the first hospital in China specializing in
cardiovascular systems, lung, esophagus, trachea and mediastinum.
History
Founded in Shanghai in 1866, St. Luke's Hospital () was merged with St. Elizabeth's Hospital () in 1942 to form St. Luke's & St. Elizabeth's Hospital (or Hongren Hospital, ). Both hospitals were sponsored by the
American Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of ...
.
Hongren Hospital was affiliated to the
Shanghai Second Medical College
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationa ...
in 1954. It was reorganised as Shanghai Chest Hospital in 1957.
Huang Jiasi
Huang Jiasi (; July 14, 1906 – May 14, 1984) was a Chinese cardiothoracic surgeon and medicinal educator, known for being the founder of biomedical engineering in the People's Republic of China and the editor of the first modern surgery textboo ...
served as the first president, and the first vice-presidents were
Lan Xichun and Gu Kaishi. In 1957, it was designated by
Ministry of Health as a national training center for cadio-vascular and chest surgery. In 1994, it was designated Grade 3, Class A hospital. In 2004, it became Shanghai Red Cross Chest Hospital. Since 2005, it has been affiliated to
Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Teaching hospitals in Shanghai
Hospitals established in 1957
1957 establishments in China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xuhui District
Hospitals established in 1866
1866 establishments in China
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