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(Hypertension. 2001;37:e2.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Hypertension Electronic Pages

Tao Shou-chi

Michael F. O’Rourke, MD, DSc

St. Vincent’s Clinic, Darlinghurst, Australia

	Introduction

 
Physicians, especially cardiologists and epidemiologists, the world over, were saddened to hear of the death on March 20, 2000, of Tao Shou-chi in Beijing. The formal notification from Professor R Gao, President of the Cardiovascular Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, read as follows:

We are informing you with great sadness that Dr. Tao Shou-chi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Honorary and Former President, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences passed away at 4:53 am on the Monday, March 20, 2000. Professor Tao’s funeral will be held on April 5, 2000 in Beijing Ba Bao Shan Cemetery.

Professor Tao was not only one of the best cardiologists but also one of the founders of the modern cardiovascular medicine in China. He contributed his whole life to our people’s health and saved innumerous lives with his remarkable medical services. He played a critical role in foundation and development of the cardiology and preventive cardiology in China, not only at the time he served as the chairman of the Chinese Society of Cardiology and the president of the Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, but also through his whole career. He had been also actively involved in many international efforts for control and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and promoted the scientific exchange as well as friendship between China and other countries. During his life, he had been elected as the Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, the Consultant for the WHO . . . [Full Text of this Article]