Hu Yamei | |||||||
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| Born | April 27, 1923 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Died | October 3, 2019 (aged 96) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Yenching University Peking University | ||||||
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| Fields | Pediatric hematology | ||||||
| Institutions | Beijing Children's Hospital | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 胡亞美 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 胡亚美 | ||||||
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Hu Yamei (Chinese: 胡亚美; 27 April 1923 – 3 October 2019) was a Chinese physician and medical researcher. She served as President of Beijing Children's Hospital, and co-founded Beijing Hu Yamei Children's Medical Research Institute (BHI). She was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1] A specialist in the treatment of pediatric leukemia, she cured more than 700 children.[2]
- ^ Liu Guangbo (刘光博), ed. (3 October 2019). 我国唯一小儿内科院士胡亚美去世 专攻小儿白血病. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Huang Juan (10 August 2009). "Physician Dedicated to Curing Children with Leukemia". Womenofchina. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.