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Dr. Liu Zhongmin

刘中民

Hospital

Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai

Experience

35+ years in cardiothoracic surgery (PhD from Shanghai Second Medical University, 1992)

Languages

English, Mandarin

About

Former President of Shanghai East Hospital; Professor; Chief Physician; Doctoral Supervisor; Cheung Kong Distinguished Professor; Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering

Specialties
Cardiac surgeryheart failure surgical treatmentartificial heart implantationheart-lung transplantationcomplex valve surgery
Background

Performed over 5,000 cardiac surgeries; led Shanghai East Hospital's upgrade from Grade 2A to Grade 3A — becoming Pudong's first locally-grown 3A hospital; chief scientist for National 863 Program major projects; recipient of He Liang He Li Science and Technology Progress Award and Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award; holds 5 national patents; authored/translated 8 specialized monographs; elected Foreign Academician of Russian Academy of Engineering (2022)

For International Patients

Dr. Liu is a pioneer in China's artificial heart and heart transplantation programs. Patients with end-stage heart failure should consider consultation at Shanghai East Hospital, which has become a leading center for advanced heart failure therapies. The hospital serves over 50,000 foreign visitors annually through its emergency department.

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