Tian Wei (; born February 1959) is a

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surgeon and professor and doctoral supervisor at

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and

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. He is an academician of the

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and serves as the president and deputy party chief of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital.

Biography

Tian was born in February 1959. After graduating from

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in 1983, he became a surgeon at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. In 1989 he pursued advanced studies in Japan, earning a doctor's degree from

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in 1994. Then He carried out postdoctoral research at the university. He returned to China in 1995 and that same year became vice-president of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. He founded spinal surgery for the hospital and served as its director. He has been president of the hospital since 2003.

Honours and awards

* October 21, 2016 Science and Technology Progress Award of the

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* September 1, 2017 Honorary Fellow of the

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* January 14, 2019 Foreign Fellow of the

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* November 22, 2019 Member of the

(CAE)

References

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