About Zhongdong Du’s work
From September 1999 to March 2000, Zhongdong Du held a Croucher Visitorship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the time, Du was based at Children’s Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics.
Biography
Zhongdong Du graduated from the Department of Pediatrics of Qingdao Medical College in 1985, received his master’s degree from Peking Union Medical College/Capital Institute of Pediatrics in 1988, and received his PhD from Capital Medical University in 2006. He was the Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiology and the Deputy Director of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics.
He studies the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cardiovascular diseases, including Kawasaki disease, pediatric echocardiography, myocardial diseases, genetic research of cardiovascular diseases, diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease, syncope, etc. Among them, the epidemiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery comorbidities of Kawasaki disease are at the forefront of the world, especially the long-term management of children with Kawasaki disease complicated with coronary artery aneurysms has rich experience, and the world's largest long-term intervention for Kawasaki disease complicated with coronary artery aneurysms has been established.