Zhang Jixian
Zhang Jixian | |||||||
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| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) | ||||||
| Education | Department of Clinical Medicine, Hubei Medical University | ||||||
| Known for | Discovering the SARS‑CoV‑2 | ||||||
| Medical career | |||||||
| Profession | Master of Medicine, Professor | ||||||
| Field | Pulmonology | ||||||
| Institutions | Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张继先 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張繼先 | ||||||
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Zhang Jixian (simplified Chinese: 张继先; traditional Chinese: 張繼先; pinyin: Zhāng Jìxiān, born 1966) is a Chinese pulmonologist. She is known to have discovered SARS‑CoV‑2, and was the director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine. She is also a member of the Chinese Communist Party.