Mei-Shin Shih: a surgeon, master, and mentor

Dr. Mei-Shin Shih (Figure 1) was born on January 5, 1918 to a literary family in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. In his early years China was being plagued by years of fighting among factional warlords, and people were living in misery. He studied very hard and was determined to get enrolled into the Shanghai Medical College, now an affiliate to Fudan University. His name appeared on the school’s admission list published by Shun Pao newspaper on August 18, 1936.