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.

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

• State Natural Science Award (Second Class)
• Science and Technology Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
• November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ^[3]

References

External links

• Song Erwei on the Jiusan Society (in Chinese)