By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

Professor Wu Qingyu, President of Tsinghua University’s First Hospital (Beijing Huaxin Hospital), was recently inducted as a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) was founded in 1917 by specialists in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Roentgenology, Broncho and Esophagoscopy and Anesthesia to promote greater interest in thoracic surgery. Originally created by the last century's earliest pioneers in thoracic surgery, the AATS has become an international organization of 1188 members, including the world's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, from 35 countries throughout the world.