Faculty

Professor Qiang XIA is the current President of Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the director of the Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation. He is the leading expert in liver transplantation and liver surgery, including living donor and split liver transplantation. Over 6,000 cases of liver transplantation has been performed by his unit since 2004.

Professor XIA’s main research focused and publications are  on ischemia/reperfusion injury, primary liver cancer and post-LT immune tolerance. He has conducted multi-centric clinical studies and published clinical guidelines on pediatric liver transplantation. He is the Chief Scientist for a National Key R&D Program of China and had received multiple grants in total 40 million RMB. He has received multiple awards in recognition of his contribution, notably the National Science and Technology Progress Award.