He Jianxing
何建行
Professor and Chief Physician
Thoracic surgery with emphasis on spontaneous-ventilation and tubeless VATS, tracheal/carinal surgery, lung cancer surgery, mediastinal surgery, and lung transplantation.(胸外科，重点方向为自主呼吸/无管胸腔镜手术（Tubeless VATS）、气管隆突外科、肺癌外科、纵隔外科及肺移植。)
30,000+ career cases
(med.tsinghua.edu.cn)Leadership & Positions
- Director, National Center for Respiratory Medicine
- President, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health
- Director, Tumor Medical Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- Director, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Medical School
Guangzhou Medical College (1985)
Graduate
MD, Guangdong Cardiovascular Disease Research Institute
Fellowships & Training
American College of Surgeons — Fellow status (professional fellowship) (United States)
Royal College of Surgeons — Fellow status (professional fellowship) (United Kingdom)
Notable Publications
Expert consensus on tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (Guangzhou).
Journal of Thoracic Disease (2019) — first author
PubMed/DOIThoracoscopic surgery for tracheal and carinal resection and reconstruction under spontaneous ventilation.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2018) — corresponding author
PubMed/DOISpontaneous ventilation thoracoscopic thymectomy without muscle relaxant for myasthenia gravis: Comparison with "standard" thoracoscopic thymectomy.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2018) — corresponding author
PubMed/DOINew tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for small pulmonary nodules.
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (2017) — last author
PubMed/DOIPioneering Contributions
- Official hospital and institute profiles credit He Jianxing with globally pioneering tubeless spontaneous-ventilation airway surgery.
- He and collaborators led the Guangzhou expert consensus on tubeless VATS, helping formalize patient selection, anesthesia, and perioperative pathways for tubeless thoracic surgery.
- His team advanced spontaneous-ventilation VATS for tracheal/carinal reconstruction and mediastinal surgery, broadening tubeless approaches beyond simple wedge resections.
- Official profiles also credit him with pioneering minimally invasive thoracic surgery in China, including China’s first complete thoracoscopic radical lung cancer resection and Asia’s first allogeneic tracheal transplant.
Sources — He Jianxing
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/yxzx/zlyxzx/doctor_661.html—current affiliation, titles, department, specialty focus, pioneering contributions, hospital_profile_url(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://gird.cn/show.php?id=731—current leadership roles including Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health and National Center for Respiratory Medicine(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.med.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1280/2824.htm—education, years in practice, cumulative thoracoscopic case volume, additional current roles(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/en/news/108215—official English framing of tubeless program, 28 years of research and practice in tubeless minimally invasive surgery(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/en/train/news/a_108709.html—official English description of He Jianxing as pioneer of the Tubeless surgical approach and ITUS co-founder(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/en/news/108299—official case-volume context for tubeless thoracic surgery demonstration activity, including 58 surgeries on day one and 47 on day two of the 27th Tubeless Thoracic Masterclass(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/news/xwsd/a_108156.html—official 2024 feature confirming He Jianxing began work in 1985, describing nearly 40 years in practice, and stating his team completes more than 10,000 thoracic surgeries and 100+ lung transplants per year(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/ks/wk/xwk/about.html—official thoracic surgery department profile for cumulative minimally invasive lung-cancer surgery volume over 28,000 cases under He Jianxing's individualized minimally invasive system, and historical lung transplant totals(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://jtd.amegroups.org/user/view/296/109—editor biography for secondary support that He has dedicated over 35 years to clinical work and performed more than 10,000 surgeries(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/news/xwsd/a_107753.html—official 2024 report on Hengqin studio and international outreach context; confirms team-level lung transplant totals and cross-border service ambitions but not individual international consultation availability(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/myt/wz/a_1000282.html—official Chinese reporting on routine tubeless mediastinal surgery and day-level throughput of six mediastinal operations(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31737292/—publication verification: Guangzhou tubeless VATS consensus(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29548583/—publication verification: spontaneous-ventilation tracheal/carinal surgery(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29249499/—publication verification: spontaneous-ventilation thymectomy(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28007874/—publication verification: tubeless VATS for small pulmonary nodules(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
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