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Dr. Shen Yuqin, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chief Physician at Shanghai Tongji Hospital. Dr. Shen directs the Rehabilitation Medicine Center and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department. A doctoral supervisor and National Advanced Worker, Dr. Shen is a pioneer in cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure.

Dr. Shen was the first in China to implement cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)-guided rehabilitation for heart failure. Dr. Shen also introduced the use of the anaerobic threshold to prescribe exercise intensity. The team created a nationwide hospital–community–home closed-loop model. In 2020, they opened Shanghai’s only inpatient cardiac rehabilitation ward in a tertiary hospital.

Dr. Shen is the principal investigator of two NSFC General Projects. Honors include the CRMA Science and Technology Award, First Prize (2019), and the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Science and Technology Progress Awards, First Prize (2018, 2024). Dr. Shen has published over 50 papers as first or corresponding author. Dr. Shen served as chief editor of one monograph and associate editor of two. The portfolio includes 22 patents (15 authorized, including three invention patents) and five software copyrights. Nine technology transfers have been completed.

Dr. Shen is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (FAACVPR) and a CDQI certified expert. Dr. Shen serves as an associate editor and editorial board member. Dr. Shen led the drafting of eight consensuses, guidelines, and standards, and organized 20 national courses. The center has served more than 10,000 patients. The care model has been extended across Shanghai and introduced in Yunnan.

Dr. Yu Li is Acting Head and Deputy Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Shanghai Tongji Hospital. She is a Chief Physician and Professor with 30 years of experience in respiratory medicine. She specializes in chronic cough, asthma (including severe asthma), and COPD. She provides cause-based diagnosis, precision treatment, biologic assessment, and care for complex and critical cases.

She leads research in cough and asthma as principal investigator on more than 10 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. She has published over 60 SCI papers, including in Respirology and Lung. She co-drafted China’s cough guideline, the primary care cough guideline, and the consensus on refractory chronic cough. She serves as Secretary of the China Cough Alliance and as Deputy Head of the Shanghai COPD Group. She is a reviewer for The Clinical Respiratory Journal. She was a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University in 2013–2014. She received her M.D. from Tongji University.

Her honors include Outstanding Respiratory Physician of Shanghai. She received the Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, Third Prize, in 2015 as the third contributor. She was named one of the “Top Ten Physicians” of Shanghai Tongji Hospital in 2026. She was also recognized as an Outstanding Young Respiratory Physician of Shanghai.

Dr. Xu Juntang, MD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow, Chief Physician, and Master’s Supervisor. He is the Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at Xiamen Humanity Hospital. His work focuses on preventing and treating cardiovascular and thrombotic diseases, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmias, and emergencies. He is skilled in cardiovascular biomarker testing.

He provides standardized care for thromboembolism related to valvular heart disease and non‑valvular atrial fibrillation, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and obstetric thrombophilia. He also conducts clinical and laboratory assessments of thrombosis and coagulation disorders. He is the Vice Chairman of the Laboratory and Clinical Branch of the Chinese Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology.

Shu Yue is a specialist at Hainan Chengmei Hospital and serves as Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department and Associate Chief Physician. She focuses on cardiac rehabilitation and exercise-based therapy for cardiovascular diseases and critical illnesses. Her work covers hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, cardiopulmonary endurance assessment, and post-operative ICU care training after heart surgery.