Song Erwei

Song Erwei (Chinese: 宋尔卫; born April 1970) is a Chinese oncologist currently serving as president of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences and the Canton Hospital.

Song Erwei
BornApril 1970 (age 50)
Heshan, Guangdong
NationalityChinese
Alma materSun Yat-sen University
University of Duisburg-Essen
Harvard Medical School
Scientific career
FieldsOncology
InstitutionsSecond Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese宋爾衛
Simplified Chinese宋尔卫
In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.

Education

Song was born in Heshan, Guangdong in April 1970. His father is an English teacher.[1] He primarily studied at Chaotianlu School and secondary studied at Guangzhou No. 2 High School.[1] After graduating from Sun Yat-sen University in 1995, he became a surgeon at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. In 1999 he was sent abroad to study at the University of Duisburg-Essen at the expense of the Chinese government, where he obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree. In 2002 he did post-doctoral research at the Harvard Medical School.[1]

Career

After returning to China, he worked at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. In 2017 he was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th Central Committee of Jiusan Society.[2] In 2018 he became a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Honours and awards

References
  1. Cao Si (曹斯) (2 December 2019). 中科院院士宋尔卫：广州仔 逸仙情. southcn.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. 九三学社第十四届中央委员会委员. Jiusan Society (in Chinese). 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. 宋尔卫教授当选中国科学院院士. qq.com (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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