Xu Kecheng (born August 23, 1940) is a Chinese specialist in gastroenterology, hepatology and cancer treatment and president of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital. Born in

Nantong Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

, Xu Kecheng graduated from

Nantong Medical College Nantong University College of Medicine (COM-NT; ) (former Nantong Medical College-) is located at the end of the Yangtze River, Nantong City, China, 100 km north of Shanghai. History Nantong Medical College, stemmed from a private Medic ...

. He is honorary Chairman of the International Society of Cryosurgery (ISC). He was awarded the "Bethune Medal" in 2012 for his contributions to China's national healthcare system. In 2014, he was awarded the title of "the Role Model of the Times" by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. He was professor of internal medicine and director of digestive research at

Nantong University Nantong University (), colloquially known in Chinese as Tong da (通大, ''Tōngdà''), was established in 1912. The university is located in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. It occupies 4000 acres and have 800 thousand square meters used for sc ...

, guest professor in

First Military Medical University Southern Medical University (), formerly known as First Military Medical University, affiliated to the People's Liberation Army of China, is an institution of higher learning in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province, China. It was f ...

, visiting professor at

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in Japan,

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in USA. He is the Chief member for Digestive Disease Committee of Chinese Association of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, the head of the National Cancer Research Collaboration Committee.

Edited books

*''Nothing but the Truth'', Guangzhou Publishing House, Guangzhou, 2010. *''Modern Cryosurgery for Cancer'', World Scientific Publishing, Singapore 2012.

References

External links

* http://www.fudacancerhospital.org/famousdoctor/201507015.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Kecheng 1940 births Living people Chinese medical researchers Scientists from Nantong Writers from Nantong Biologists from Jiangsu