A conversation with the 2024 "Oriental Rising Star" awardee

Yuanjia Zhu; Song Wan

doi:10.1177/02184923241304159

A conversation with the 2024 "Oriental Rising Star" awardee

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2025 Jan 10:2184923241304159. doi: 10.1177/02184923241304159. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yuanjia Zhu^{1

2}, Song Wan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² Department of BioEngineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
³ Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 39790051
DOI: 10.1177/02184923241304159

Abstract

Aiming at encouraging young talents to become dedicated surgeon-scientists in the field of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, an "Oriental Rising Star Award" was established at the 32nd annual meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery ("ASCVTS 2024") which was held in Wuhan, China, on May 23-26, 2024. The winner of the First Prize was Dr. Yuanjia Zhu from Stanford University, USA. Following the conclusion of the "ASCVTS 2024," Professor Song Wan, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the "ASCVTS 2025," conducted an interview with Dr. Zhu. Their conversation is presented below.

Keywords: Cardiothoracic surgery; academia; research; women in surgery.

Publication types

Editorial