Dr Wenjian Jiang on concluding his Victor Chang Surgical Fellowship

The inaugural Surgical Fellowship with the Victor Chang Foundation has now come to a close. Dr Wenjian Jiang is now returning to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China. Here he will apply the knowledge and skills learnt over 22 months working with Dr Paul Jansz in Sydney.

While Dr Jiang is sad to leave Australia, he believes this is what Dr Victor Chang would have wanted – for skills in heart surgery to be taught here and taken back to his (Victor’s) home country to teach other surgeons, and help communities, in China.

“It is my great honour to be awarded as the inaugural Victor Chang Foundation Surgical Fellow. [I am] greatly inspired by the legendary cardiac surgeon Dr Victor Chang.

“I have helped more than 70 cases of heart implantation, around 30 cases of retrieval and over 500 cases of other cardiothoracic surgeries. I think this experience is important for me to help the development of my career after returning to Beijing.

“Many thanks for the Victor Chang Foundation to give me this precious chance.”        

Dr Jiang looks forward to sharing the knowledge and skills he learnt here under Dr Jansz with other Chinese cardiac surgeons, and save the lives of countless people by doing so.