Prof. Huang Guoying

Academic Profile

Prof. Huang Guoying is a pediatric cardiologist. His Lancet study proved that pulse oximetry plus clinical assessment detects critical congenital heart disease in asymptomatic newborns — a dual-index method now adopted as national screening policy across China. His team also leads landmark randomized trials in Kawasaki disease and large-scale rural CHD screening research.

Appointments & Honors

• Corresponding author of the landmark 2014 Lancet study on neonatal pulse-oximetry CHD screening — now China's national policy
• Landmark Kawasaki disease randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine; further work in Circulation
• Former President, Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Appointments

• Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University (former President)
• National leader in pediatric cardiovascular medicine
• Principal investigator of landmark CHD screening & Kawasaki disease trials

Academic Achievements

• 2014 Lancet study established dual-index neonatal CHD screening — adopted as China's national policy
• Led the landmark randomized trial of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in Kawasaki disease (NEJM)
• Extended CHD screening research to rural China (Circulation 2021)
• Former President, Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Selected Publications

• Pulse oximetry with clinical assessment in screening for critical congenital heart disease in asymptomatic newborn babies in Shanghai

  The Lancet · 2014 · Corresponding author

• Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in rural China

  Circulation · 2021 · Corresponding author

• Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy with intravenous immunoglobulin in Kawasaki disease: a randomized trial

  The New England Journal of Medicine · 2024 · Senior author