Tongji Medical College
Tongji Medical College (TJMC, Chinese: 同济医学院; pinyin: Tóngjì Yīxúeyuàn), formerly Tongji Medical University (Chinese: 同济医科大学; pinyin: Tóngjì Yīkē Dàxué) is a top medical School in China. Now the college has been a significant part of the new Huazhong University of Science and Technology since 2000. 10 graduates of the medical school have been awarded prestigious memberships to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and/or Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The Medical College now has one member in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, more than 1,400 full and associate professors, over 1,800 lecturers, and over 7,500 staff. Doctorate degrees can be conferred in 31 subjects and specialities, with 116 tutors for doctoral candidates, and there are 51 subjects and specialities for which Master's degrees can be granted with over 540 tutors for graduate students. Post-doctoral mobile stations have been set up in basic medicine, public health, preventive medicine and clinical medicine.
Historical evolution
Summary of history
Tongji Medical University (now Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology) was first founded by Dr. Erich Paulun(埃里希·宝隆) in 1907 as named German Medical School. In 1927, it was renamed the Medical School of National Tongji University, that was originated from the German Medical School. In 1951, the medical school was moved from Shanghai to Wuhan and merged with the Medical College of Wuhan University. Then, it was named the Central-south Tongji Medical College. The Tongji Hospital founded in Shanghai in 1900 by Dr. Erich Paulun, a German, and Wuhan Union Hospital (formerly Hankow Mission and Hankou Union Hospital) founded in 1866 by Griffith John, a British man, were attached to Tongji College as its university hospitals. In 1955, the college changed its name to Wuhan Medical College; and in 1985, it was officially named Tongji Medical University. In August, 1996, the Public Health Ministry and Hubei Province decided to construct Tongji Medical University together, and Liyuan Hospital was affiliated as another teaching hospital. In January 1997, the University passed the evaluation of the State Educational Commission, together with the Public Health Ministry and Hubei Province that allowed funds for the key subjects of the "211 Project". On May 26, 2000, the medical school was renamed, as Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Shanghai German Medical school
- October 1, 1907, the medical school held begins school the ceremony. The school site was set up in the Tongji University hospital opposite white gram road (now Shanghai Fengyang road).
Tongji German Medicine School
- In 1908 "Shanghai German Medical School " changed its name to "Tongji German Medical School ".
Tongji Medical and Engineering School
- In 1912, additional engineering course was started, and the name was changed to Tongji Medical and Engineering School. Medicine, Engineering and the German were taught in the school.
- In 1922, the school moved to Wusong Town(吴淞镇)
National Tongji University Medical School
- On May 20, 1924, the name was changed to Tongji Medical and Engineering University, due to comprehensive expansion of the school.
- In August 1927, National Tongji University was established, and the original medicine, engineering branches were separately changed to medicine school and engineering school.
- In 1937, several additional colleges and schools were built, including colleges of Literature and sciences, and law school. The University became a comprehensive university, and was renowned for its prestigious reputation in medicine and engineering.
- In August 1937, Wusong Town and Shanghai city were engaged in a decisive battle of Far East field during World War II. Short after the battle, the medical school moved to East side of Shanghai city, then across provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Yunnan, and finally arrived in Yibin(宜宾) and Nanxi of Sichuan province in October, 1940.
- In July, 1946, Tongji University Medical School moved back Shanghai with ending of the World War II.
Central-south Tongji Medical College
- In February 1950, the Shanghai Tongji University Medical School and its attached Tongji Hospital moved to the interland Wuhan. The Medical School, along with Wuhan University medical School, formed new established Central-south Tongji Medical College.
Wuhan Medical College
- In August 1955, the Medical School changed the name to Wuhan Medical College during rearrangement of Chinese Higher Education system.
Tongji Medical University
- In July 1985, the Medical School changed the name to Tongji Medical University after significant expansion of the school. Dr. Wu Zai-De (吴在德) was appointed president, and Dr. Qiu Fazu 裘法祖 as honorary president.
Tongji Medical College of HUST
The discipline and state key laboratory
State key disciplines
- Internal medicine (Cardiology)
- The internal medicine (Critical Care)
- Surgery (General)
- Gynecology & obstetrics
- Work health and environment hygiene
- Forensic Medicine (Pathology and Clinical)
Province department level key discipline
- Human body anatomy and organization embryology
- Pharmacology
- Medicine phantom study
- Pathology and pathophysiology
- Otolaryngology
- Internal medicine, hematology
- Immunology
- Medical imaging and Nuclear Medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
- Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine
State key laboratory
Ministry of Education key laboratory
- Organ transplanting key laboratory, Prof. Chen Xiao-Ping
- Environment and health key laboratory, Prof. Zhou Yi-Kai
Ministry of health key laboratory
- Organ transplanting key laboratory, Prof. Chen Xiao-ping
- Respiratory system disease key laboratory, Prof. Xu Yong-Jian
Environmental protection bureau key laboratory
- Environmental protection and health key laboratory, Prof. Zhou Yi-Kai
Hubei Province key laboratory
- Tumor invasion and metastasis key laboratory, Prof. Ma Ding
- Nervous system significant disease key laboratory, Prof. Wang Jian-Zhi
- Target to biology treatment key laboratory, Prof. Huang Shi-Ang
Former Presidents
- 1907~1909 Baulon
- 1909~1917 Fu Shabo
- ? ~1940 Bai De
- 1941 Huang Rong-Zeng 黄榕增
- 1941.5 ~1942.1 Liang Zhi-Yan 梁之彦
- 1942.2 ~1942.9 Ding Wen-Yuan 丁文渊
- 1942 ~1944 Ruang Shang-Cheng 阮尚丞
- 1944 ~1945.8 Xu Yong-Ming 徐诵明
- 1945 ~1951 Du Gong-Zheng 杜公振
- 1951 ~1968 Tang Zhe 唐哲
- 1968 ~1972 Yin Chuang-Zhao 尹传昭
- 1972 ~1974 Xiong Yun-Fa 熊运发
- 1974 ~1981 Zhang Di-Sheng 张涤生
- 1981 ~1984 Qiu Fa-Zu 裘法祖
- 1984 ~1992 Wu Zai-De 吴在德
- 1992 ~1997 Xue De-Ling 薛德麟
- 1997 ~2000 Hong Guang-Xiang 洪光祥
- 2000 ~2005 Xiang Ji-Zhou 向继洲
- 2005 ~2006 Tian Yu-Ke 田玉科
- 2006 ~now Feng You-Mei 冯友梅
Structure
Clinical institutes and centers
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Research institute, center and graduate school
- Birth control research institute
- Cardiovascular disease research institute
- Cooperation of Chinese and Western medicine research institute
- Environmental medicine research institute
- Foundation medicine research institute
- Gerontology research institute
- Hematology research institute
- Higher medicine education research institute
- Immunology research institute
- Liver disease research institute
- Medicine humanities study research institute
- Medicine informatics research institute
- Neuroscience research institute
- Occupational disease research institute
- Organ transplantation research institute
- Otolaryngology research institute
- Pulomary disease research institute
- Social medicine research institute
- Urology research institute
Affiliated hospitals
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Student and teacher
Teachers approximately 2000 people, professors approximately 350 people, associate professors approximately 600 people. Current students approximately 10000 in the school. Graduates approximately 60000.
The name traces to the source
" Tongji University " two characters " Deutsch " (regularly transliterated from German as " De Yi Zhi") the harmonics. " Tongji University " the implication Chinese and the German unitify and progress together.
School anniversary date
On May 20 (in 1924 changed the name for Tongji University medicine labor university when decided)
Old exhortation to students Face upwards healthy tendency the place, law complete human ancient and modern
Notable alumni
Graduates
- Liang Boqiang 梁伯强 1916 -1923 Medicine educationalist, and pathologist, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, pioneer pathologist in China
- Jin Wen-Qi 金问淇 1919 -1920 Pre-medical course, State level one professor, Gynecology and obstetrics expert
- Bei Shi-Zhang 贝时璋 1919 -1921 Experimental biologist, cell biologist, educationalist. Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, founder of both Embryology and cytology in China, and founder of biophysics in China
- Li Fu-Jing 李赋京 1920 State level one professor, the famous pathologist
- Shen Qi-Zheng 沈其震 1923 entering medical school, medical physiologist, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lu Fu-Hua 吕富华 1925 -1932 Pharmacologist, and medical educationalist
- Tao Huan-Le 陶桓乐 1935 graduate, State level one professor, pulmonologist
- Xie Ming-Jin 谢敏晋 1932 -1936 microbiologist
- Qiu Fa-Zu 裘法祖 1932 -1936 pre-medical course, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wu Zhong-Bi 武忠弼 1936 Teaches at Tongji until now, pathologist
- Qian Zhong-Xin 钱信忠 Former Chinese Minister of Health
- Wu Meng-Chao 吴孟超 1949 graduate, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wu Sheng 吴旻 1950 graduate, member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lu Dao-Pei 陆道培 1955 graduate, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Hou Yun-De 侯云德 1955 graduate, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Gui Xi-En 桂希恩 1960 graduate, infectious disease expert, Belly-Martin medal winner
- Zhou Hong-Hao 周宏灏 1962 graduate, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Yin Da-Kui 殷大奎 1964 graduate, former vice Chinese Minister of Health
- He Jie-Sheng 何界生 1969 graduate, former vice Chinese Minister of Health, CEO of Chinese life insurance company
- Yang Bao-Feng 杨宝峰 1988 graduate, PhD of Pharmacology, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Harbin Medical University
- Frank Hu 1988 graduate, Professor at Harvard University
- Shen Kang 沈康 1994 graduate, HHMI Investigator, Assistant Professor at Stanford University
Faculty Members
- Wang Bao-Wen 王宝韫 1939 -1958 Taught at Tongji , State level one professor
- Tong Di-Zhou 童第周 1941 -1943 Taught at Tongji, experimental biologist, the educationalist, and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Founder of China experimental Embryology. In 1963, he performed nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning) by transferring DNA of Male Koi into eggs of koi, and it resulted replication of the male Koi with similar phenotype.
- Li Bao-Shi 李宝实 1947 -1955 year Taught at Tongji, State level one professor, otolaryngologist.
- Yu Guang-Yuan 于光元 1948- taught at Tongji, State level one professor
- Zhang Di-Sheng 张涤生 1949 -1955 taught at Tongji, State level one professor, orthopedic surgery expert
- Cai Dao-Hong 蔡宏道 1949- taught at Tongji, famous clinical pathologist, environment hygienist, medical educationalist
- Wang Zhi-Ping 王智平 Taught at Philosophy Department of Tongji Medical University. He initiated the medical student humanities education.
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