About Shutian Zhang’s work
Shutian Zhang held a Croucher Visitorship at the University of Hong Kong from January to July 2002. At the time, Zhang was based at Capital Medical University.
Biography
Zhang Shutian is the Director of the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, the Secretary-General of the National Clinical Research Collaborative Innovation Strategic Alliance, the Director of the National Key Clinical Specialties, the Director of the Beijing Digestive Disease Center, the Executive Director of the Chinese Medical Association, the Executive Director of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, the Executive Director of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine, and the President of the World Association of Chinese Gastroenterologists. Zhang's main clinical research area is digestive endoscopic interventional (minimally invasive) diagnosis and treatment, with a research focus on the molecular mechanism, intervention, early diagnosis and early treatment of precancerous diseases of the digestive system. He has taken the lead in formulating more than 10 guidelines for clinical diagnosis and treatment and standardized operation of endoscopy, and three consensuses on the screening, diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions and early cancers of the digestive system. His specialty is in digestive endoscopic intervention (minimally invasive) diagnosis and treatment, such as endoscopic resection of early cancer, stent placement of advanced cancer, ligation and sclerosis of liver cirrhosis bleeding, endoscopic hemostasis of ulcer bleeding, endoscopic stone removal of gallstones, endoscopic treatment of pancreatitis.