On April 13, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University issued an obituary. Comrade Chen Mingzhen, a member of the Communist Party of China, former director of neurosurgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and a famous neurosurgery expert, died at 9:00 on April 9, 2022 due to illness Thirty points passed away in Guangzhou at the age of 86.
Chen Mingzhen, male, Han nationality, from Nan’an, Fujian, born in July 1936, joined the Communist Party of China in April 1955, and started working in September 1961. He used to be the director of neurosurgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, a distinguished professor of neurosurgery of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the consultant of neurosurgery of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Hospital, the third member of the Neurosurgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and the neurosurgery of the Guangdong Medical Association. Member of the 3rd and 4th Chairman of the Scientific Branch, Honorary Chairman of the 5th Session, Standing Member of the 1st Senior Expert Committee of the Guangdong Medical Association, Member of the Chinese Neurosurgery Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association (1st Session), Member of the Chinese Neuro-Oncology Expert Committee, Chinese in the world Member of the Academic Committee of the Neurosurgery Association (first session), member of the World Federation of Neurosurgery (WFNS), reviewer and editorial board member of many journals such as the Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery. Member of the Guangdong Provincial Cadre Health Expert Group, enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council, won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Neurosurgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and the Guangdong Medical Association Centennial Outstanding Contribution Expert.
In the article “Chen Mingzhen: Neurosurgery “Wonderful Hero” and “Craftsman” published on WeChat of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University on May 20, 2021 He once commented on Professor Chen Mingzhen: As a former leader in the field of neurosurgery in South China, Professor Chen Mingzhen is well-known in the medical field of Guangdong. Looking back on the development history of neurosurgery in Guangdong, he can be called a “leader” – in 1980, he participated in the establishment of the Neurosurgery Branch of the Guangdong Medical Association, served as the first and second vice chairman and secretary, the third and fourth chairman, and the third and fourth chairman. Five-term honorary chairman, and more importantly, he has been a pioneer in pituitary tumor surgery for decades, and is a milestone representative in this field.