Motivación
Hola, soy el Dr. Junbo Ge, de Shanghái (China). Me presento como candidato a presidente electo de la Federación Mundial del Corazón para el periodo 2025-26.
Tras casi 10 años de estudios y trabajo en Alemania, he entablado una estrecha amistad con colegas de todo el mundo y me he convertido en miembro de numerosas sociedades internacionales de cardiología. Creo que estoy en condiciones de colaborar con todos vosotros para alcanzar nuestro objetivo.
En primer lugar, como cardiólogo de atención primaria, he sido testigo de la evolución del perfil de los pacientes en China, que han pasado de padecer cardiopatías reumáticas a cardiopatías isquémicas. El aumento de la incidencia de la diabetes y la dislipidemia ha provocado un rápido incremento de las enfermedades ateroscleróticas vasculares sistémicas en las últimas décadas. Creo que estas experiencias podrían ser útiles para que los países de renta baja y media no repitan la misma trayectoria epidemiológica.
En los últimos 20 años, he dirigido organizaciones cardiovasculares nacionales e internacionales y he acumulado una amplia experiencia. He puesto en práctica el concepto de «vía rápida» para el infarto agudo de miocardio, que se ha extendido a la red china de dolor torácico, que abarca más de 5 000 hospitales en todo el país y ha salvado la vida a millones de pacientes de alto riesgo. Además, nuestros datos han demostrado que la contaminación atmosférica y los cambios de temperatura ambiental influyen en la incidencia de los infartos de miocardio.
Tras casi 10 años de servicio y contribución a la WHF, me he dado cuenta de que sigo teniendo la pasión necesaria para seguir trabajando en la WHF durante los próximos años. La WHF presta especial atención a los países de renta baja y media con el fin de reducir la carga de enfermedades cardiovasculares, que es precisamente en lo que he trabajado y en lo que seguiré trabajando.
Si se me asignara el cargo, colaboraría con los miembros de la WHF para dedicar nuestros esfuerzos a mejorar la salud cardiovascular a nivel mundial.
Salud cardiovascular para todos.
¡Agradecemos enormemente tu apoyo!
¡Gracias!
Biography
Junbo Ge, born in 1962, received his doctorate degree in University Mainz, Germany in 1993. In 1995, he was promoted as the director of the Intravascular Ultrasound lab of the Department of Cardiology, University Essen, Germany. In 1999, he was invited to Shanghai, China and working as co-director of the Department of Cardiology of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University.
Prof. Ge is now Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director of the Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Chairman of Shanghai Cardiovascular Clinical Center and Chairman of Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases; Dean of Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University; Chairman of National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine.
He is also the President of Chinese College of Cardiovascular Physicians, President of Chinese Cardiovascular Association, Past President of Chinese Society of Cardiology (2015-2018); International Governor of American College of Cardiology, Board Member of World Heart Federation, Daniel L. Macken Visiting Professor of Columbia University.
Dr. Ge is devoted to academics, not only has made great achievements in clinical and scientific research, but also has rich experience in composing textbooks and operating journals. He has been responsible for over 120 international and national scientific research projects. He has published more than 639 papers as first author or corresponding author in international peer reviewed journals. He has edited and co-edited 25 monographs and textbooks.
He is also the Deputy editor of
International Journal of Cardiology, Deputy Editor of
Herz, Deputy Editor of
Heart，Editor-in-Chief of
Cardiology Plus, Chief Editor of
Textbook of Internal Medicine (8th and 9th editions), Chief Editor of
Practical Internal Medicine (15th and 16th edition) and international editorial board of many international academic journals.
He has long been engaged in cardiovascular disease research and interventional cardiology. In 2005, he created the retrograde wire technique and transmitted live demonstration to TCT for the first time which has been becoming the routine approach for coronary chronic total occlusion. He then modified the technique with the named AGT (active greeting technique) which made the intervention procedure easier and time saving. These techniques greatly improved the success rate of coronary chronic total occlusion. He leds his group developed and patented many innovative devices including biodegradable polymer DES,
As2O3 drug coated stent, transapical mitral valve repair device ValveClamp. In 1999, he implemented the “green channel” treatment concept of acute myocardial infarction which has been developed to the China’s chest pain treatment system, China Chest Pain Center, which covers about more than 4000 hospitals throughout China and rescued millions of emergent patients.
He has done hundreds of live transmissions of coronary intervention to most of the international meetings such as TCT, Euro-PCR, CCT, and national meetings. He has been invited to more than 20 countries including Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korean, Singapore, South Africa, India, and the Philippines etc. to do live demonstrations of coronary intervention. Under his leadership, CCA has established close relationship with most of the international cardiovascular societies and 52 well-known medical centers.
