Luo Weici

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Training background

Professor Luo Weici is a renowned Chinese respiratory medicine specialist and clinical medical scientist, with decades of experience in clinical practice, teaching, and research in respiratory medicine. He has worked in the field of respiratory medicine for over 50 years, conducting in-depth research on various respiratory disorders, including sarcoidosis, Legionnaires’ disease and other respiratory infections, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary neoplasms, and acute and chronic respiratory failure. He led several national-level research projects, including the State Seventh Five-Year Plan Key Project “The Effect of Danggui (Angelica sinensis) on Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension”, the State Education Commission Doctoral Program Research Project “Study on the Effect of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide on Hypoxic Pulmonary Arteries”, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China Project “Study on the Etiology of Sarcoidosis and Borrelia burgdorferi”. He has published 84 scientific papers and served as chief editor of Clinical Guidance in Internal Medicine, Modern Respiratory Medicine, and Peking Union Medical College Dictionary of Medicine. He also contributed to several authoritative monographs, including Thoracic Diseases (edited by Professor Wu Yingkai), Respiratory Medicine (edited by Professor Zhu Guiqing), Chinese Internal Medicine (edited by Professor Chen Minzhang), Modern Internal Medicine (edited by Professor Fang Qi), and Allergy (edited by Professor Ye Shitai). Professor Luo received the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Science and Technology Progress Award in 1984 and 1991, and the Second Prize of the Ministry of Health Science and Technology Progress Award in 1999. He was named Advanced Worker in 1957 and 1982, and Beijing Model Worker in 1985. Later, he was designated a Distinguished Medical Expert and awarded the State Special Allowance. He was awarded a Third-Class Merit once in 1954 by the General Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission. In 2006, he was honored as a National Outstanding Retired Cadre Worker by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China.

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Institution

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Comprehensive Hospital in Beijing. Appointment availability and the final treating team must be confirmed by the institution.