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Our Hospital joins hands with first-class heart and vascular institutes in U.S. to establish Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital

Updated: Jan 16, 2019
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On January 11, 2019, the signing ceremony for Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital jointly established by the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University and MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute/Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute was successfully launched in the new Science Teaching Building in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University. On the U.S. side, Vinod Thourani, Director of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jorge Garcia, former Director of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Chou, Chief Anesthesiologist, Robert Gilber, Leader of Operation Heart Beat (OHB) team, Professor Sun Li from Department of Cardiac Surgery and Li Gang, physician from Shady Grove Hospital attended the signing ceremony. On the Chinese side, Hong Jun, Assistant to the President of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Ren Huimin, former President of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Pan Cheng'en, former President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shi Bingyin, President of the Hospital, Liu Qingguang, Vice President of the Hospital, She Junjun, Assistant to the President of the Hospital, Xu Suochun, Vice President of Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Professor Mou Jianjun from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Zhang Yushun, Director of Department of Structural Heart Disease, Yan Yang, Vice Director of Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wang Haichen, Zhang Weida, Academic Leader, Wang Qiang, Director of Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Ma Xin, Executive Deputy Director of the Office of Party Committee, Jia Hongkui, Director of International Department, Zhang Guangjian, Director of Department of Human Resources, Ren Hui, Deputy Director of the International Exchange Office, Pang Liang, Vice Director of Department of Publicity and the medical staff from Cardiovascular Disease Hospital also witnessed the historical moment. The signing ceremony was presided over by She Junjun.

President Shi Bingyin extended a warm welcome to the U.S. delegation on behalf of the Hospital. He highlighted that since the 1990s, Marx, President of Washington D.C Edward Hospital and Dr. Garcia, an internationally renowned cardiologist, led a delegation to visit our hospital and became a "friendly hospital" with our hospital. Over the past 30 years, multiple experts and professors have paid a visit to our hospital for academic exchanges and guidance. Today, the visit by Professor Thourani is of great significance. To catch up with the pace of development in the field of cardiovascular diseases worldwide and promote the growth of discipline exchanges, the establishment of "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital" can provide a wider and higher international platform for academic exchange for the diagnosis, treatment and scientific research of cardiovascular diseases in this field. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the United States. Bilateral cooperation brings tremendous development and progress to the two countries. The establishment of "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital" will absolutely introduce more advanced medical technologies to our hospital, accelerate the rapid improvement of the discipline of cardiac surgery, bring concrete benefits to the patients with cardiovascular diseases from the northwest region and even across China, and contribute to building a healthy China.

Subsequently, Professor Daniel Chou, Jorge Garcia and Vinod Thourani delivered respective speeches, highlighting the significance of the establishment of "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital" in deepening and widening mutual collaboration and exchange, offering better medical services to the patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University and contributing to the growth of the cardiovascular discipline in China.

After that, President Shi Bingyin on behalf of the Hospital and Vinod Thourani, Director of MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute/ Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute officially signed the cooperation agreement and attended the unveiling ceremony for the "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital".

Assistant to the President Hong Jun extended a warm welcome to the U.S. experts on behalf of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, adding that the implementation of "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital" will rapidly elevate the diagnostic and therapeutic technologies for the cardiovascular diseases in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University and provide better medical and health services for the patients in the northwest region. He also expressed sincere expectations that the Cardiovascular Disease Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University could take the advantages of the talent, technology and management to enhance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases in northwest China.

After the signing ceremony, the two sides held detailed discussions on the cooperation plan, talent training and scientific research direction in the future, and reached a consensus through mutual communication. Dr. Thourani delivered an academic lectureentitled "Advances in TAVI Surgery".

As early as the beginning of 1990s,two hospitals have established cooperation and academic exchange. The establishment of "Sino-U.S. Cardiovascular Cooperative Hospital" is of milestone significance in establishing long-term cooperation and exchange between the two sides andelevating the quality of medical, teaching and scientific work, which signifies that the diagnostic and treatment technologies for cardiovascular diseases in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University go global, offers a wider and higher platform for academic exchange in this field and lays a consolidate foundation for the goal of building our hospital into a first-class medical center in China.


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