Name:Tucheng Sun,M.D.

Title:

Director of department of Heart & Aortic surgery (2nd section of department of adult cardiovascular surgery)

Specialties:

adult cardiovascular surgery

Clinical Interests / Expertise:

1.Aortic surgery, especially valve-sparing root replacement (David), complex aortic arch surgery (frozen elephant trunk), and surgery for type A dissection, TAAA

2.Mitral, tricuspid and aortic valves repair / replacement surgery

3.CABG on pump, especially coronary endarterectomy

4.Risk stratification and surgical audit

Biography:

Jul.2001 - Oct.2010:  Attending surgeon,

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Union Hospital,

Tongji Medical College, HUST, Wuhan, P.R. China

Dec.2004 - Jan. 2007: Guest surgeon (surgical training),

German Heart Center Berlin

Nov.2010 - May.2016: Associate Consultant,

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Union Hospital,

Tongji Medical College, HUST, Wuhan, P.R. China

May.2016 - Oct.2019: Associate Consultant,

Deputy director of 2nd section of Dept. of adult cardiovascular surgery,

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. Canton, P.R. China

Nov.2019 - April.2021: Consultant,

Deputy director of 2nd section of Dept. of adult cardiovascular surgery,

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. Canton, P.R. China

May.2021 - present: Consultant,

Director of department of Heart & aortic surgery

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. Canton, P.R. China

Education:

Sep.1991 - Jul.1996: Under graduate student for Clinical Medicine.

Tongji Medical University

Sep.1996 - Jul.2001: Doctoral candidate of cardiothoracic surgery

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College,

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

Awards and Honors:

2013 The Excellent Young Doctor Scholarship "Cultivation Award" of Cardiovascular Surgeons Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association

2010 The Lillehei Scholarship "New talent Award" of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Professional memberships:

Deputy Secretary of the Youth Committee of the Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chinese Medical Doctor Association.

Standing member of Committee of the Society of Vascular Disease, Guangdong Medical Doctor Association.

Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Medical Association.

Member of Roland Hetzer International Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Society (RHICS)

Publications:

1.Xianwu Zhou, Jiancheng Cheng,  Zerui Chen, Huadong Li, Shu Chen, Fei Xu, Ruixin Fan, Jian Zhuang*, Tucheng Sun*. Role of c-Abl in Ang II-induced aortic dissection formation: Potential regulatory efficacy on phenotypic transformation and apoptosis of VSMCs.  Life Sciences 2020, 256(1): 117882

2.Jie He, TuchengSun(#), Zhengbo Chen, Dong Luo,  Sanming Wang, Gang Zhao(*). Surgical repair of aortic rupture  caused by retained neurointerventional guidewire. Ann Thorac Surg 2019;108:e81-4

3.Jianchengcheng, Xianwu Zhou, Xionggang Jiang, Tucheng Sun*, Deletion of ACTA2 in mice promotes angiotensin II inducedpathogenesis of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. J Thorac Dis 2018; 10(8): 4733-4740

4.Tucheng Sun, Shu Chen, Nianguo Dong, Xianwu Zhou, Huadong Li. Imatinib inhibits angiotensin II- induced aortic dissection through the c-Abl signaling pathway. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2017; 10(5): 5316-5324

5.Ke, Tie(#)，Han, Meng，Zhao, Miao，Wang, Qing Kenneth，Zhang, Huazhi，Zhao, Yuanyuan，Ruan, Xinlong，Li, Hui，Xu, Chengqi，Sun, Tucheng(*)，Alpha-actin-2 mutations in Chinese patients with a non-syndromatic thoracic aortic aneurysm. BMC Medical Genetics2016.7.18，17（1）：45~53

6.Huadong Li, Xionggang Jiang, Tucheng Sun*. Open surgery for superior vena cava syndrome after failedendovascular stenting.Ann Thorac Surg 2014; 97(4): 1445-7

7.Huadong Li,Tucheng Sun*.Bowel ischemia caused by a giant thrombus in the ascending aorta: A case report. Vascular 2014; 23(6):641-4.

8.Tucheng Sun, Lin He, Zongquan Sun*. Damus-Kaye-Stansel Biventricular Repair for Transposition of the Great Arteries with Pulmonary Hypertension. J Card Surg2010; 25(6): 742-744

9.Tucheng Sun, Gang Wang, Kailun Zhang, Huimin Liang, Xionggang Jiang*. Hybrid Procedure for Thoracic Aortic Disease. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technol［Med Sci］2010; 30(5):666-668

10.Tucheng Sun, Xionggang Jiang, Kailun Zhang, Jie Cai, Shu Chen, NYANGASSA BJ, Zongquan Sun. Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection：A Retrospective Analysis of 122 Cases.J Huazhong Univ Sci Technol［Med Sci］2009; 29(2): 207-211