Wu Tianyi

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Wu Tianyi
吴天一
Born
Ismail Sailimujiang

(1937-06-25) 25 June 1937 (age 84)
Yita Circuit, Xinjiang Province, Republic of China
Alma materChina Medical University (PRC)
AwardsJuly 1 Medal (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsCardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease
InstitutionsQinghai Institute of Plateau Medical Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese吴天一
Traditional Chinese吳天一

Wu Tianyi or Ismail Sailimujiang (born 25 June 1937) is a Chinese medical scientist best known for research in combatting against altitude sickness and for medical research in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1] He is of Tajik ethnicity. He is the only Tajik member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Biography[]

Ismail Sailimujiang was born into an intellectual Tajik family in Yita Circuit, Xinjiang Province, Republic of China (now Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), on 25 June 1935. Later, his family moved to Nanjing, where he got his Han Chinese name "Wu Tianyi". In 1951, he was accepted to the China Medical University (PRC), where he graduated in 1956. In January 1957, he was despatched to the 512 Hospital of People's Volunteer Army with his wife, and worked there until September 1958. Then he went to the PLA 516 Hospital in northwest China's Qinghai province. He was transferred to Xining No.1 People's Hospital and appointed head of the Internal Medicine Department. In January 1979, he became deputy director of Qinghai Plateau Heart Disease Institute, and held that office until February 1983. He joined the Communist Party of China in May 1982.[2] In January 1984, he moved to Qinghai Institute of Plateau Medical Sciences, where he successively served as deputy director, director, and president. In 2019, he was employed as a member of the Academic Department of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Personal life[]

Now all his relatives live in the United States.[3]

Honours and awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Xia Yan (夏研) (1 July 2021). 用生命守护生命，吴天一在高原上立下精神丰碑. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ “七一勋章”获得者吴天一——医者仁心照昆仑 守望生命为高原. sina (in Chinese). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ 最美声音唱响巍峨昆仑 最美人物感动大美青海. cncnol.cn. 30 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Recipients of CPC's highest honor". china.org.cn. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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