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Ai Fen

1974 - Today

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Ai Fen (Chinese: 艾芬; pinyin: Ài Fēn) is a Chinese doctor and director of the emergency department of Central Hospital of Wuhan. In December 2019, she was one of the first doctors to encounter pneumonia patients infected with the then-unknown virus, SARS-CoV-2. On 30 December 2019, Ai Fen received a diagnostic report of suspected "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome cases". An image of the diagnostic report was shared on WeChat by an ophthalmologist at the hospital, Li Wenliang. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ai Fen is the 722nd most popular physician (down from 716th in 2024). (down from 4,991st in 2019)

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Among physicians, Ai Fen ranks 722 out of 726. Before her are Siddhartha Mukherjee, Suniti Solomon, Amina Okueva, James Heilman, Jonny Kim, and Atul Gawande. After her are Felipe Contepomi, Rebecca Gomperts, Nidal Hasan, Yvonne Cagle, Li-Meng Yan, and Tomislav Smoljanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ai Fen ranks 1,004. Before her are Paul Epworth, Nataliya Burdeyna, Igor Yanovsky, Tomáš Goder, Jacob Lekgetho, and Pedro Horrillo. After her are Marco Abreu, Simon Elliott, Fabinho, Manolo Poulot, Samuel Caballero, and Jani Sievinen.

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