Xia Zhengyuan
Professor
The University of Hong Kong
China
Biography
Dr. Zhengyuan Xia had served as a cardiovascular anesthetist for more than 10 years in China before he completed his Ph.D study at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Canada in 2004 and postdoctoral studies at UBC and University of Calgary in 2007. He is Assistant Professor and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, and his major focus of research is cardiac protection during ischemia-reperfusion in diabetes. He has published more than 65 papers in reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism.
Research Interest
Antioxidant treatments for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury Pharmacological (anesthetic) preconditioning and postconditioning Reactive oxygen species signalling in diabetic cardiomyophathy