Wang Guangfa

Wang Guangfa
Wang Guangfa
王广发
Born	1964 (age 59–60)
Alma mater	Beijing Medical University; Jichi Medical University; Peking University
	Scientific career
Fields	respiratory medicine, critical care medicine
Institutions	Peking University First Hospital [zh]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	王廣發
Simplified Chinese	王广发
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Guǎngfā

Wang Guangfa (Chinese: 王广发, born 1964)^[2] is a Chinese physician. He is a respiratory expert at Peking University First Hospital [zh].^[3]

Career

Wang entered Beijing Medical University in 1981, majoring in medical, where he graduated in 1987 and earned a bachelor's degree. Between 1995 and 1996 he was studied in Jichi Medical University, majoring in respiratory medicine. Later, he earned a master's degree in Peking University in 2001, and doctor's degree in 2006.

Since 1998 he started working in Peking University First Hospital [zh]. During SARS Outbreak, he served as the chief examiner and expert group leader of SARS at Peking University First Hospital, responsible for SARS treatment of the hospital.^[4]

In January 2020, a "unknown cause pneumonia" (later known as COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan. Wang was part of National Health Commission's expert group and visited Wuhan. On 10 January, Wang told China Central Television (CCTV) that "There was uncertainty regarding the human-to-human transmission" and the outbreak was "preventable and controllable".^[5] However, he was infected by COVID-19 and hospitalized on 21 January.^[6]^[7] On 30 January, he recovered and discharged from the hospital.^[3]