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LI Xiaomei

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Pediatric Surgery
Beijing Huaxin Hospital
li-xiaomei@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Chief Physician, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor. Obtained MD from the University of Essen, Germany (1991-1993). Served as Attending Physician to Chief Physician/Professor at Peking University First Hospital (Pediatrics/Cardiology, 1979-2009.1). Currently holds positions as Chief Physician (Second-Level Professor), Doctoral Supervisor, Director of Pediatric Cardiology, and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the Heart Center of Tsinghua University First Hospital.

Professional Expertise

Primary research focus: Diagnosis, treatment, and interventional therapy of pediatric arrhythmias.

With 40 years in pediatric clinical practice (33 years in pediatric cardiology), pioneered China's earliest application of interventional techniques for childhood heart disease diagnosis/treatment. Since 1994, has led nationwide in pediatric radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for tachyarrhythmias, maintaining:

· Highest cumulative pediatric RFCA case volume in China

· Largest annual procedure count

· Youngest treatment age (minimum: 3 months)

Current annual performance:

· 200 procedures with >96% success rate

· <0.3% complication rate

Also initiated pacemaker therapy for pediatric bradyarrhythmias, implanting epicardial permanent pacemakers in neonates as young as 30 minutes postpartum. These achievements represent national leadership in the field.