Professor CHENG Zhifan and PUMHS Department of Medical History

Abstract

Professor Zhifan Cheng is a notable expert on medical history in modern China. Since 1950 when he graduated from Peking University Medical School, Prof. Cheng was working in the Department of Medical History until he retired in 2002. During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the TCM Department of Bei Da Hospital (Now Peking University First Hospital). Professor Cheng devoted himself to teaching medical history, exploring the aim and methods of teaching in China, writing and editing textbooks, developing postgraduate education, training teachers and promoting the research of medical history in academic communications. Prof. Cheng, working for over a half century in the department, had made every effort for the development of this office.