Huang Jiasi

Huang Jiasi (; July 14, 1906 – May 14, 1984) was a Chinese cardiothoracic surgeon and medicinal educator, known for being the founder of biomedical engineering in the People's Republic of China and the editor of the first modern surgery textbook in the Chinese language.

Huang joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1955. He was selected as the deputy to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th National People's Congress. Meanwhile, he was the member of the 5th and 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Early life and education Huang was born on July 14, 1906. The early death of Huang's father somewhat accounted for his future profession. He was enrolled at Nankai High School in 1921. and obtained his BS diploma from Yenching University in 1930. Then he took MD degree from the medical college in 1933.

Since Japanese captured Shanghai, Huang went Kunming along with the college. In 1940, Huang got Tsinghua University's single place for the medical student studying in the U.S. whose expense from the return of the Boxer Indemnities.

Huang shown his refused attitude towards the Reorganized National Government. During the same period, Huang also dedicated much of his energy to edit the first modern surgical textbook in the Chinese language, which was distributed for evaluation at medical schools nationwide in 1958. The material was revised in May 1960 and a second edition was published in 1964.

In 1975, Huang and Wu Jieping began working on a new edition of the Textbook of Surgery. It was widespread among the medical schools of mainland China as it published in 1979. He also put a high premium on the rural medicine. He led a circuit medical team at Xiangyin in 1964, then he edited a textbook for the barefoot doctors in the next year.

There is a memorial square with Huang's statue and a memorial hall at his home town.

Family Huang's mother, Xie Yuhong , was one of a few contemporary literate females in China, raised her five sons alone and died in 1925. When Huang approached 18 years of age, his marriage was prearranged by his mother and grandfather. He never met his bride, Xu Chundi until the wedding day in April 1926. Xu was once a mathematics teacher. They had a son: Huang Wenkun and a daughter: Huang Wenmei .