吴阶平,名泰然,号阶平,1917年1月出生于江苏省常州市,是著名的医学科学家、医学教育家、泌尿外科专家和社会活动家,第八、九届全国人大常委会副委员长,九三学社第九、十届中央委员会主席,中国科协名誉主席,中国医学科学院名誉院长,中国科学院、中国工程院资深院士。1956年1月加入中国共产党,1967年担任中共中央领导人保健小组组长,为保障党和国家领导人的健康作出了重要贡献。他还先后11次为5位外国元首进行治疗,为增进中国与有关国家 He was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province in January 1917 and is a famous medical scientist, medical educator, urology specialist and social activist. He is the vice chairman of the 8th and 9th NPC Standing Committee , Jiu San Society ninth, ten chairman of the Central Committee, honorary chairman of China Association for science and technology, honorary president of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Engineering senior academician. In 1956 January to join the Chinese Communist Party, in 1967 as the CPC Central Committee leaders health group leader, in order to protect the party and state leaders made an important contribution to health. He also treated 11 foreign heads of state for 11 times in order to promote China and the countries concerned