Xu Yinxiang

　　Xu Yinxiang (1907-1986), graduated from Soochow University in Suzhou in 1928, obtained his doctorate in Peking Union Medical College. He spent two years in the US focusing on laryngeal and tracheoesophageal studies since 1940. He was the founder of Beijing Hospital of Otolaryngology, the first of its kind in China, in 1953. In 1955, he set up the Research Office of Beijing Hospital of Otolaryngology, and took his posts of vice-president of Beijing Tongren Hospital and deputy director of BIO in 1958. From 1963 to 1986, he was the second director of BIO. He had been the deputy chairman of the committees of Chinese Society of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) of Chinese Medical Association in his career.

　　Xu was dedicated to the development of China’s otorhinolaryngology and made great contributions to talent cultivation, laryngologeal and tracheoesophageal study. He had won the Special Prize for his “outstanding performance in fostering professionals” issued by Beijing Municipal Health Bureau. He set up China’s first occupational laryngeal disease clinic. He spent his whole life concentrating on bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy study and administration. He took out countless foreign bodies from bronchus during his medical career. The Tracheoesophageal Science compiled by him is the only work of its kind in China. He also published the first English-Chinese Dictionary on Otolaryngology.