Jiang Shaoji

Who is Jiang Shaoji?

Jiang Shaoji is a famous internist and gastroenterologist in China. He also holds a lifetime professorship in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine. Jiang was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994.

Jiang is a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from Medical school of St. John's University and received M.D. in 1945. After that, he became an internist in Shanghai Hongren Hospital and promoted to the vice president of that hospital in 1954. In 1957, he was appointed as the vice president of Renji Hospital and also worked as the vice chief of internal medicine department. After 1978, he successively held the posts of vice president of medical science department in Shanghai Second Medical University, vice president and honorary president of Shanghai Institute of immunology, vice president of school administration committee in SSMU. He also held posts of vice president, president of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, which is a specialty society affiliated to Chinese Medical Association. He was one of the founders and the first president of Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, which was found in 1984.