Prof. Zhe Tang, M.D is presently Head of the General office of Beijing Geriatric Healthcare Center, and he is the Director of General Office of Division of Geriatrics of Capital Medical University. He is a supervisor of master in Geriatrics. Prof. Tang is also a chief physician in both Department of Geriatrics and Department of Cardiology in Xuan Wu Hospital of Capital Medical University.
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Tang studied medicine at The Second Military Medical University (SMMU) in China, where he received his MD in 1977. Prof. Tang had further education training on Geriatric epidemiology in National Institute of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation as a visiting scholar in Italy in 1995, and then had studied on Geriatric in Stockholm Aging Research Center in Karolinska Institute in 1997. From 1983, Prof. Tang began to work in Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Cardiology in Xuan Wu Hospital of Capital Medical University, and then he was nominated as Head of Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine in Beijing Geriatric Research Center and the Head of the General office of Beijing Geriatric Healthcare Center.
Membership In Professional Societies
Permanent member of Geriatrics Committee of Gerontological Society of China; Executive Director of China Association of Gerontology Research; Executive Director of Committee on Teaching and Research of Gerontological Society of China; Distinguished Expert on “Aging Think Tank” Committee of China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics; Committee member of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Branch of Committee of Experts on the Prevention and Control of Diseases of the Ministry of Health; Assistant Director of Geriatrics Committee of Beijing Association for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases; Committee member of Geriatric Expert Committee of Beijing Medical Doctor Association; Executive Director of Beijing Gerontology Association; Permanent member of Geriatrics Committee of Beijing Medical Association; Assistant Director of Health and Long-term Care Committee of Beijing Gerontology Association.
Academic and Professional Experience
Prof. Tang has long been engaged in theoretical studies and clinical medical practice of cardiovascular diseases in the aged, specializing in the research of Geriatric Medicine, Epidemiology and Social Medicine. Prof. Tang has undertaken several important international projects such as United Nations Population Funds, the World Laboratories, the United Nations Development Programme and other scientific projects in China such as National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Health Industry Special Fund and so on. Prof. Tang originated large community geriatric research and prevention bases for 39 neighborhood committees and 28 villages in three representative districts (including urban, suburban and mountainous areas) in Beijing. He has led the team to follow more than 6,500 elderly cases (29800) for up to 20 years and have periodical physical examination for more than 13,800 elderly individuals. The large amount of valuable and reliable scientific research data regarding senile chronic diseases and health obtained from the above researches in Beijing provided important reference for government to develop polices for elderly population. In recent years, Prof. Tang was given the Second Award of the Scientific and Technological Progress of the State, Second Award of the Scientific and Technological Progress of Beijing for 4 times, Third Award of the Scientific and Technological Progress of Beijing for 3 times and First Award of Ten-Year Achievement of Gerontology of the State. Prof. Tang published more than 100 original research scientific papers and multiple chapters in books, being chief editor of the book The Ageing and Elderly Health Care. The majority of his publications are on the field of cardiovascular disease and gerontology.
Publications
1. Zhe Tang (Chief Editor). Survey on the demand of health and health services for the elderly in Beijing. HuaXia Press, July 2014, First Edition.
2. Lina Ma, Li Zhang, Zhe Tang*, Fei Sun, Lijun Diao, Jianping Wang, Xiaoling Zhao, Gaizhen Ge. Use of the Frailty Index in evaluating the prognosis of older people in Beijing: A cohort study with an 8-year follow-up. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2016，64：172-177
3. Lina Ma, Xiaoling Zhao, Zhe Tang*, Yun Li, Fei Sun, Lijun Diao, Gaizhen Ge,Ming Feng, Jieyu Wang. Epidemiological characteristics of hypertension in the elderly in Beijing, China. PLOS ONE，2015，10(8): e0135480
4. Zhe Tang, Tao Zhou, Yanxia Luo, Changchun Xie, Da Huo, Lixin Tao, Lei Pan, Fei sun, Huiping Zhu, Xinghua Yang, Wei Wang, Aoshuang Yan, Xia Li, Xiuhua Guo. Risk Factors for Cerebrovascular Disease Mortality among the Elderly in Beijing: A Competing Risk Analysis. PLOS ONE. 2014，9(2): e87884
5. Tang Z, Wang C, Song X, Shi J, Mitnitski A, Fang X, Yu P, Rockwood K. Co-occurrence of cardiometabolic diseases and frailty in older Chinese adults in the Beijing Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and ageing. 2013，42(3):346-51
6. Xia Li, Wei Wang, Qi Gao, Lijuan Wu, Yanxia Luo, Zhe Tang*, Xiuhua Guo*. The Trajectores and Correlation between Physical Limitation and Depression in Elderly Residents of Beijing, 1992-2009. PLOS ONE. 2012，7(8): e42999