Zhang Haibo, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Expert in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Deputy Director of the Heart Center, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Research. He has long been dedicated to the frontline of surgical treatment for pediatric congenital heart disease. Over the past 30 years of medical practice, he has performed more than 5,000 congenital heart disease surgeries, filling multiple domestic technical gaps. He specializes in surgical correction of complex congenital heart disease and hybrid cardiology-surgery treatments, with profound expertise in neonatal and infant complex congenital heart surgery, various valvular lesion corrections, single ventricle correction, cardiac tumors, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy correction, and clinical application of valved conduits. Currently holds the following positions: Vice Chairman of the Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of the Shanghai Medical Association, Vice President of the Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of the Shanghai Medical Doctor Association, Vice Chairman of the Maternal-Fetal Cardiac Disease Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association, Vice Chairman of the Congenital Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment Expert Committee of the National Telemedicine and Internet Medical Center, Standing Committee Member of the Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Deputy Leader of the Congenital Heart Disease and Critical Care Group, Member of the 9th National Committee of the Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Standing Committee Member of the Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of the National Cardiovascular Disease Professional Committee, Standing Committee Member of the Congenital Heart Disease Committee of the National Cardiovascular Disease Professional Committee, and Standing Committee Member of the First Cardiovascular Surgery Professional Committee of the China Non-Government Medical Institutions Association. He has received honors including Shanghai Advanced Worker, Shanghai Medical Craftsman, the "Silk Road Angel" Medal from the Red Cross Society of China, "Most Beautiful Volunteer" of the Shanghai Health System, the first "Benevolent Physician" Award in Shanghai, the "Golden Scalpel Award" from the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and "Advanced Individual of the Shanghai Health Bureau." Overseas training: He studied pediatric congenital heart disease diagnosis and treatment techniques at the Cardiac Surgery Department of the National Children's Medical Center in Washington, USA, and the Cardiac Surgery Department of Boston Children's Hospital. Main research directions: Hybrid surgical treatment of complex congenital heart disease, establishment and application of key technologies for perinatal diagnosis and treatment of neonatal complex congenital heart disease, basic and clinical research on tissue-engineered blood vessels, and 3D printing and computational hemodynamics-assisted optimization of surgical design. **Research Projects** | Project Type | Project Title | |---|---| | National Natural Science Foundation of China | Research on constructing artificial blood vessels based on biodegradable biomaterials and in vivo tissue engineering technology | | National Natural Science Foundation of China | Design and preparation of PCL macroporous vascular scaffolds based on media structure and physiological stiffness, and their in vivo transplantation study | | Pudong New Area Health and Family Planning Commission Key Discipline Group | Integrated perinatal diagnosis and treatment of cardiac birth defects | | Jude Charity Foundation Research Project | Digital individualized surgical design for congenital aortic malformations | | Shanghai Science and Technology Commission | Clinical study on individualized comprehensive treatment of functional single ventricle complex congenital heart disease | | Shenkang Emerging Frontier Technology Joint Research Project | Clinical application of simulation technology in precise surgical diagnosis and treatment of structural heart disease | | Medium- and Long-term Clinical Research Project | Evaluation of mid- to long-term outcomes after tetralogy of Fallot surgery using 3D printing technology and traditional surgical techniques for pulmonary artery patch construction | | Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine | Continuing education and training on pediatric congenital heart disease for countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" |