Wengao ZHANG

Specialties

• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

• Elderly diseases

• Internal medicine diseases

• Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment for coronary heart disease after stent placement and bypass surgery

• Comprehensive treatment of refractory hypertension, frequent premature beats, atrial fibrillation, severe heart failure, and severe coronary heart disease

• Traditional Chinese Medicine health care, tonic therapy, and external treatment utilizing TCM

Work Experience

• Comes from a family of doctors, with four generations practicing medicine for over 60 years

Academic Achievements

• More than 20 scientific research accomplishments

• Won 10 silver medals and national and provincial science and technology awards at the 20th Geneva International Invention Exhibition

• Established the first doctoral program in Shandong Province that combines Traditional Chinese and Western medicine, training 10 postgraduate students (some of whom have become party secretaries and deans of Level III Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals) and 28 master’s students

• Edited nine monographs and series and published over 200 papers in journals

• Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships

• Named Capital Special Expert by Beijing Gulou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

• Director, Expert Committee of Beijing Institute of Food and Health Tonic Diet Medicine

• Awarded the 2003 Jin Bai Que Top 100 Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors

• First Vice President & Current Advisor, Geriatric Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies

• Chief Expert and Executive Director of China Tonic Diet Research Association and executive deputy director of the expert committee

• Honorary President, Natural Medicine Branch of the China Elderly Health Care Association
• Vice President, National Medical Hall Branch of the Chinese Society of Ethnic Medicine
• Member, Expert Committee of the China Anti-Aging Promotion Association

• 5th Executive Director, Chinese Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and the 3rd Vice Chairman of the Cardiovascular Disease Professional Committee

• Vice Chairman, first and second sessions of the Health Preservation and Rehabilitation Medicine Professional Committee
• Executive Committee Member, Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Association.

• Vice Chairman and Secretary General, Minimally Invasive Gallbladder Preservation Committee of the Endoscopy Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

• Among first group of TCM experts from Shandong who received special allowances from the State Council