Hyen-taik Kimm

Hyen-taik Kimm (Korean: 김현택; MR: Kim Hyŏnt'aek; Chinese: 金显宅; pinyin: Jīn Xiǎnzhái; 7 March 1904 – 4 September 1990) was a Korean-Chinese physician that specialized in oncology.

In China, he is remembered as the "Father of Chinese Oncology" for his many pioneering contributions to the field in the country as a researcher, educator, and practitioner.

In order to evade arrest, he was sent by his father to Shanghai, China, where Kimm's older brother operated a clinic.

Kimm became a lead oncologist of the ward next year, making him the first Chinese person to study and practice oncology.

In 1941, after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese occupied the American-operated Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.

[7][8] From 1954, at the request of the China Ministry of Health, he began to offer oncology training programs annually to nationally selected physicians.

[2][9] He joined the Chinese Communist Party at the age of 81 and led the establishment of the China Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) around this time.

Hyen-taik Kimm
Kimm and his students (1954)
bronze statue of Hyen-taik Kimmd at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital