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Dr. Zhang Huayan

Chinese name: 张华岩
Chief Physician, Professor . Neonatology
Dr. Zhang Huayan is Director of the Neonatal Medical Center at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center and a professor at Guangzhou Medical University. Also an attending neonatologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, she is an internationally recognized expert in neonatal respiratory support and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

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Neonatal centre leadership
Clinical experience in paediatric surgery
NICU beds at the Guangzhou centre
since 2018
2024 Fok Ying Tung World Outstanding Chinese Physician Award
200 3. International honour

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About Dr. Zhang Huayan

Dr. Zhang Huayan is Director of the Neonatal Medical Center at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center and a professor at Guangzhou Medical University. She also serves as an attending neonatologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a clinical professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her clinical and research work focuses on neonatal respiratory support, prevention of lung injury and the management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and she received the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Top Paediatrician Award in 2018.
1、Director of the Neonatal Medical Center at Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center
2、Professor at Guangzhou Medical University and attending neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3、Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
4、Vice President of the Pediatric Branch of the World Association of Chinese Doctors
5、Vice Chairman of the Pediatric Critical Care Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
6、Recipient of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Top Paediatrician Award in 2018

Dr. Zhang Huayan ’s Three Key Areas of Expertise

Three areas of focused expertise, each supported by a deep subspecialty team, high case volumes and an English-speaking care pathway coordinated by Orisene.

Critical neonatal care

She leads the care of critically ill newborns, including extremely and very low birth weight infants, providing advanced respiratory support, nutritional management and close monitoring to stabilise fragile babies and support healthy growth and long-term development after intensive care and during long-term follow-up.

Neonatal respiratory support

She is a world-recognized authority on mechanical ventilation and non-invasive respiratory support for newborns, tailoring strategies to protect the immature lung and prevent injury in preterm infants who require prolonged breathing support, careful long-term follow-up and monitoring of lung development.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

She specialises in the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease of prematurity, using individualized ventilation, nutrition and multidisciplinary care to improve lung function and long-term respiratory outcomes in very preterm infants and support their development across childhood.

More： neonatal ECMO——extracorporeal support; extreme prematurity——intensive care; neonatal hyperbilirubinemia——management; chronic lung disease——follow-up; neonatal training——education

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Selected cases, research & publications

Representative work drawn from documented clinical treatments, publicly indexed literature, and hospital project records, reflecting the depth of this physician's hands-on expertise and academic rigor.
1. Respiratory Support Strategies for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
This editorial reviews respiratory support for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the chronic lung disease of prematurity, discussing non-invasive ventilation, volume-targeted modes and weaning approaches. It guides neonatologists in choosing lung-protective strategies that reduce ventilator-induced injury and improve outcomes for very preterm infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
2. Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
A retrospective study of infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia measured intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure during mechanical ventilation. Very high values were associated with ineffective triggering, patient-ventilator dyssynchrony and worse outcomes, including failure to wean and death, highlighting the importance of bedside assessment in these fragile preterm infants.
3. Clinical Cohort Study of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Prevention
This registered clinical study follows preterm infants in a prospective cohort to identify early predictors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and to evaluate prevention strategies. Results aim to refine respiratory management in neonatal intensive care and reduce chronic lung disease in very low birth weight infants needing prolonged oxygen and ventilator support.
4. Non-Invasive Bilirubin Monitoring and Phototherapy in Newborns
This 2025 study examined non-invasive measurement of bilirubin and the use of phototherapy for neonatal jaundice, comparing monitoring approaches with treatment thresholds. It supports safer, less painful assessment and timely treatment of hyperbilirubinaemia, helping prevent kernicterus and severe jaundice in newborns, including those born prematurely.
5. National Neonatal Network Collaboration and Quality Improvement
This report describes a national clinical network of neonatal intensive care units collaborating on registry data and quality improvement for very preterm infants. It documents centres and investigators working to standardise care, compare outcomes and reduce complications such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular haemorrhage and necrotising enterocolitis across China.
6. World Outstanding Chinese Physician Award 2024
This news report announces that a senior neonatologist was honoured with the 2024 Fok Ying Tung World Outstanding Chinese Physician Award for contributions to newborn medicine. It notes leadership of a national key neonatal department, clinical work on severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and efforts to advance neonatal intensive care in China.
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Where Dr. Zhang Huayan practices

Guangzhou

Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center

Chinese name: 广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心
Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, South China's largest public women's and children's tertiary hospital since its founding in 2006, is the national children's regional medical center holding 8 national key specialties, 2,400 beds, JCI accreditation and the top A national performance grade.
Since 2006
20 years of women & child care
2,400
Licensed beds
4.89 million (2025)
Annual outpatient visits
Since 2012
Licensed beds
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