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A National Key Clinical Specialty and a leading center for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. Established in 1963 by Prof. Delong Xu, the department ranks 7th nationally and 2nd in East China (Fudan), handles ~200,000 outpatient visits annually, and offers 24-hour stroke care with mechanical thrombectomy.
The flagship department of China's first JCI-accredited hospital (seven consecutive re-accreditations). With 102 beds across 3 wards and a CCU, over 1,000 interventional procedures annually, and a #1 nationwide 2019 Chest Pain Center quality ranking, the department achieves a mean door-to-balloon time of 46.5 minutes and a 98.6% AMI rescue success rate.
A National Key Clinical Specialty and a leading center for kidney disease care and blood purification in Shanghai. Ranked first among Shanghai hospitals and 7th nationally (Fudan 2022), the department is renowned for complex and severe kidney disease care, with 60+ dialysis machines and a patient maintained on dialysis for 32 years.
A Shanghai Municipal Clinical Key Specialty and one of China's largest single-disease lung cancer diagnosis and treatment bases. Led trials that brought four new drugs to market in five years (including Anlotinib and Penpulimab), with 50,000 hospitalizations and 200,000+ outpatient visits annually, and research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (2024).
Founded in 1957 and home to China's first open-heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (1958). A National Key Discipline, the PLA Cardiovascular Disease Research Institute and a qualified national heart-lung transplantation center, ranked No. 6 in cardiac surgery nationally and No. 1 in Northwest China (Fudan ranking), with about 4,700 cardiac surgeries and 126 heart transplants completed annually.
Lead unit of the National Children's Medical Center Hematology/Oncology Specialty Alliance and a Shanghai key discipline. The first pediatric HSCT team in Shanghai, performing 260+ transplants annually (~3,000 cumulative) with a 97% engraftment success rate, and home to China's first SCID and MPS VI transplants.
Tracing its origins to 1949, one of the longest-established infectious disease diagnosis and treatment centers in Northwest China. The department combines highly sensitive HBV/HCV quantification and resistance testing, non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment (VCTE/CAP), and CRRT for hepatorenal syndrome, with liver failure research at a leading level nationwide.
Home of 2 CAE academicians (Qiu Weiliu, Zhang Zhiyuan) and the National Center for Oral Medicine, the Department of Stomatology at Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital is a National Key Discipline ranked 3rd nationally (Fudan). Its oral and maxillofacial surgery is internationally leading, and it trains doctors through centers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, IAOMS and AOCMF.
Founded in 1989, the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Xijing Hospital ranks No. 2 in diagnosis reputation in Northwest China. It operates 20+ insulin pumps and CGM devices, sees 40,000+ outpatient visits annually, has hosted 9 sessions of the Xijing Diabetes & Endocrinology Conference, and serves as a doctoral training discipline accredited by the National Clinical Pharmacology Base.
A National Key Clinical Specialty and Shanghai "Top Priority" Clinical Specialty with distinctive strengths in otologic surgery, neuro-otology, lateral skull base surgery, and snoring/sleep apnea treatment. Led by President Yin Shankai, the department has performed 4,800+ tympanoplasties and pioneered the transcanal approach to cochlear implantation in China.
Founded in 1954 by the renowned Prof. Wang Rongguang, Xijing's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology completed China's first human uterus transplantation with a live birth. A top-20 Fudan specialty and No. 2 in Northwest China, it covers gynecologic oncology, minimally invasive surgery, perinatal medicine, prenatal diagnosis, and assisted reproduction.
A National Key Clinical Specialty with roots dating to 1945 — one of Shanghai's long-established ENT departments. Signature strength in head and neck oncologic surgery with a laryngeal-function preservation rate above 80%, plus cochlear implantation, snoring/OSAHS management, and otologic microsurgery.
Founded in 1949, the first ophthalmology department in the PLA and Northwest China authorized to grant doctoral degrees. The only member unit of the International Club of Gonin in China and a National Key Clinical Specialty (2016), ranked No. 2 in ophthalmology reputation in Northwest China with 80,000+ outpatient visits annually.
One of the earliest and most prestigious urology centers in China, founded in 1946 by Professor Huang Zheng. Ranked No. 1 in Shanghai and No. 2 nationally (STEM) for consecutive years, the department pioneered the internationally adopted thulium laser prostatectomy, performs ~16,000 surgeries annually, and has completed 2,700+ kidney transplants.
Tracing its origins to 1949 — the earliest psychiatric specialty department in Northwest China — Xijing's Department of Psychosomatic Medicine ranks No. 2 in psychiatry reputation in the region. The first in Northwest China to perform modified ECT, it offers integrated medication, psychotherapy, and physical therapy for mental and sleep disorders.
Founded in 1955 by Professor Wang Liangneng, one of China's earliest burn specialty departments and the PLA Burn Center. Ranked No. 5 nationally and No. 1 in Northwest China (Fudan), the department has treated nearly 100,000 patients and pioneered shock-phase escharectomy within 96 hours to reduce infection and sepsis rates.
The founding department of Xinhua Hospital and a cradle of pediatric talent in China. A National Key Discipline with over 700,000 outpatient and emergency visits annually, Xinhua Pediatrics built a full-life-cycle congenital heart disease care pathway and completed Asia's first single-center fetal aortic valvuloplasty in utero (2018).
A Xi'an municipal advantage specialty and the critical maternal rescue center for the Gaoxin District. Pioneering labor analgesia in Xi'an since 2008 with an analgesia rate above 95%, the department provides full-spectrum care from preconception to postpartum recovery with 72 mother-and-baby shared beds.
The largest liver transplantation center in the world and the largest pediatric liver transplantation center in the world. Established in 2004 under Academician Xia Qiang, the department has completed 4,000+ pediatric living-donor liver transplants with 1-year survival rates of ~95% and 10-year survival of ~92% — internationally leading.
A key department for respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment in Northwest China, ranked 3rd in Northwest China (Youlai Doctor reputation list). With 77 beds across two wards, the department excels in severe pneumonia, COPD and asthma management, early lung cancer diagnosis, bronchoscopic intervention, and airway balloon dilation for stenosis.
One of the earliest rheumatology departments in China (founded 1979), consistently ranked top 3 nationally with the largest annual outpatient volume in China (~300,000 visits). Internationally leading in SLE and dermatomyositis care, Renji operates China's only rheumatology ICU and has reduced the 10-year end-stage renal disease rate in lupus nephritis to 2.17%.
A National Key Discipline and National Clinical Key Specialty hosting the PLA Organ Transplant Institute and the Asia-Pacific Liver Surgery Training Center. Ranked among the top 10 nationwide (Fudan #10, #1 in western China), the department has achieved multiple national and world firsts in transplantation — including China's first living-donor partial liver transplant.
A Xi'an Municipal Medical Advantage Specialty with painless, minimally invasive techniques at its core. With da Vinci robotic surgery, single-port laparoscopy, 3D laparoscopy, and hysteroscopy, the department excels in gynecologic oncology while covering female endocrinology and reproductive health. Over 95% of surgeries are minimally invasive, with 100,000+ outpatient visits annually.
A modern neurosurgery department integrating clinical care, teaching, and research, with 63 beds including 17 NICU beds. Equipped with ZEISS operating microscopes, dual-C-arm biplane DSA systems, and ICP monitoring, the department excels in minimally invasive neurosurgery — from microsurgical tumor resection to neuro-interventional treatment of cerebrovascular disease.
Ranked #1 nationally in general surgery (Haodf.com 2025), Ruijin Hospital's Department of General Surgery is a Shanghai key discipline with nearly 400 beds across 10 wards. It performed China's first liver and heart transplants (1978), Asia's first 7-organ abdominal cluster transplant, and leads the nation in robotic pancreatic surgery with over 400 procedures.
Founded in 1991, one of the strongest kidney disease centers in western China and home of the Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases. Led by Prof. Shiren Sun (Mayo Clinic visiting scholar), the department pioneered plasma exchange for severe immune-mediated nephropathy in Northwest China and excels in ECMO combined with CRRT for critical organ support.
Established in 1952 by renowned cardiologists Tao Qing and Gong Lansheng, Ruijin Hospital's Department of Cardiology is a National Key Discipline and National Key Clinical Specialty, consistently ranked among the top 10 cardiology departments nationwide. Comprising the Cardiology Division, Hypertension Division, and the Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, the department is one of China's leading academic and clinical centers in cardiovascular medicine.
Founded in 1954 by Professor Cao Chentao, one of the founders of urology in China, Xijing Hospital's Urology Department is the first PLA doctoral and master's training site for urology and currently the PLA Urology Specialty Center. Ranked No. 2 in reputation in Northwest China, it leads in minimally invasive surgery, organ transplantation, and andrology — including China's first robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
One of the birthplaces of modern burn surgery in China. In 1958, Ruijin shattered the belief that "survival is nearly impossible when burns exceed 80%" — creating the internationally classic "Chinese Method" (Ruijin Formula, hibernation therapy, intermingled skin grafting). Today the department is a National Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai Municipal Burn Emergency Center, and home of the Shanghai Institute of Burn Research.
Founded in 1955 by Professor Wang Liangneng, one of the founders of plastic surgery in China — one of the earliest plastic surgery departments in the country. Ranked #4 nationally and #1 in reputation in Northwest China (Fudan), the PLA Institute of Plastic Surgery leads in ear reconstruction, tissue expansion, and endoscopic aesthetic surgery.
Birthplace of the "Shanghai Protocol" — the therapy that made acute promyelocytic leukemia the first curable acute myeloid leukemia in the world. Home of four academicians across three generations, the department integrates clinical care, basic research, and translational medicine, with 330 beds, 140 clean beds, and 62 transplant rooms.
National Key Discipline ranked #3 nationwide (Fudan), the Xijing Skin Hospital is a pillar of China's dermatology community. With over 400,000 outpatient visits annually, 280+ staff, and specialty centers covering psoriasis, vitiligo, melanoma, autoimmune diseases, and cosmetic dermatology, patients come from more than ten provinces across Northwest China and beyond.
Founded in the 1930s, Huashan Hospital's Orthopedics Department is a National Key Discipline with nearly a century of heritage. Pioneering anterior approach spinal TB surgery, China's first artificial cervical disc replacement (1967), and navigation-assisted spinal fixation, the department ranks among China's top orthopedic centers across spine, joint, trauma, foot & ankle, and bone tumor surgery.
The "Brain Department" of Xijing Hospital unites two national key disciplines — Neurosurgery (founded 1956) and Neurology (founded 1949) — under the Xijing Brain Hospital with 350 beds. Ranked #1 in Northwest China for Neurology and #2 for Neurosurgery (Fudan), the center excels in cerebrovascular disease, brain tumors, functional neurosurgery, epilepsy, and stroke care.
Established in 1964 and a National Clinical Key Specialty, Huashan Hospital's Gastroenterology Department is a leader in digestive tumor immunotherapy, innovative endoscopic techniques, and complex digestive disease care. Here's what international patients should know about its four subspecialties.
Founded in 1957, a National Key Discipline and the PLA Cardiovascular Disease Research Institute — Xijing Hospital's Cardiology Department performed China's first coronary intervention (PTCA) in 1985 and today leads Northwest China in coronary intervention, arrhythmia ablation, and congenital heart disease treatment.
Founded in 1933, Huashan's Department of Radiology is a National Key Discipline, Chair unit of the Chinese Society of Radiology, and consistently ranked among China's top 7 — with world-class neuroimaging, interventional neuroradiology, and AI-powered diagnostics.
Founded in 1955, Xijing's Orthopedics Department is a National Key Discipline with 9 sub-specialties, 245 beds, and 15,000+ surgeries annually. Ranked Top Nominated Nationally and 2nd in Northwest China — pioneering 3D spinal deformity correction, minimally invasive spine surgery, and 3D-printed limb salvage.
Founded in the 1960s by two of China's three nephrology pioneers, Huashan's Nephrology Department is a National Key Discipline, China's only ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Center, and a world leader in dialysis management and renal pathology.
Ranked #1 nationally in digestive diseases for 9 consecutive years, Xijing's Gastroenterology Department is a National Key Discipline led by CAE Academician Fan Daiming, pioneering world-leading gastric cancer early diagnosis and advanced endoscopic therapies.
A National Key Discipline with over 90 years of history, Huashan Hospital's Department of General Surgery is a leading clinical center integrating 238 beds, five subspecialties, and pioneering innovations such as the SPLT technique and intraoperative tumor blockade — a powerhouse for hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, and breast oncology.
Founded in 1955 and ranked among China's most influential urology departments, Huashan Hospital's Department of Urology is a National Key Discipline and a pioneer in robotic surgery and kidney transplantation in China. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1956 and ranked 2nd in Northwest China for Radiology, the Medical Imaging Department at Xi'an Jiaotong University's First Affiliated Hospital is one of the most technologically advanced imaging centers in the region — and a National Key Clinical Specialty. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #1 in China for 14 consecutive years, Huashan Hospital's Dermatology Department is the world's busiest single dermatology center with over 1.8 million annual visits — a National Clinical Key Specialty and the birthplace of China's modern dermatology. Here's what international patients should know.
A National Key Clinical Specialty since 1956, the Orthopedics Department at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University leads northwest China with 5,000+ surgeries annually across spine, joint, trauma, and bone tumor subspecialties, and is a pilot unit for ERAS Orthopedics under the National Health Commission. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #1 in Infectious Diseases in China for over a decade, Huashan Hospital's Infectious Diseases Department is the only National Center for Infectious Diseases in China, widely known as the "Supreme Court" for infectious disease diagnosis. Here's what international patients should know.
The largest respiratory medicine base in Northwest China, ranking #1 in the region. A National Clinical Key Specialty with over 40,000 bronchoscopy procedures performed since 1976, nationally leading bronchoscopic interventional therapy, and a state-of-the-art RICU. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #1 in China (Fudan 2024) and a core department of the National Center for Neurological Diseases, Huashan Hospital's Neurology is the cradle of Chinese clinical neurology. Here's what international patients should know about its 7 subspecialties.
Established in 1956 and ranked No.1 in Northwest China (Fudan Ranking), the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Xi'an Jiaotong University First Affiliated Hospital is a National Clinical Key Specialty in obstetrics and a provincial key discipline in gynecology. Here's what international patients should know.
National Key Clinical Specialty, the Dermatology Department at XJTU First Hospital treats 300,000+ outpatients annually. Pioneers of photodynamic therapy, biologic treatments for psoriasis, and comprehensive dermatologic surgery in Northwest China with 80+ dermatologists.
Founded in 1958 by Prof. Xu Zhizhang, Zhongshan Hospital's Ultrasound Department is one of China's earliest ultrasound centers. National Key Discipline with 40+ ultrasound machines, 200,000+ annual exams, and pioneers in contrast-enhanced ultrasound, tumor ablation, and fetal echocardiography.
National Key Clinical Specialty, the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department at XJTU Hospital performs 8,000+ surgeries annually. Pioneers of living donor liver transplantation, complex bile duct reconstruction, and minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery in Northwest China.
National Key Clinical Specialty established in 1978, Zhongshan Hospital's Interventional Radiology performs 30,000+ procedures annually. Pioneers of TACE for liver cancer, vascular interventions, and image-guided tumor ablation in China.
National Key Discipline and National Clinical Key Specialty, the Cardiovascular Department at XJTU First Hospital performs 20,000+ interventions annually. Pioneers of complex PCI, electrophysiology, and structural heart interventions in Northwest China with 1,200+ beds.
Founded in 1948, Zhongshan Hospital's Orthopedics is a National Key Clinical Specialty with 8 subspecialties, 500+ beds, and 20,000+ annual surgeries. Pioneers of joint replacement, spine surgery, sports medicine, and bone tumor treatment in China.
National Key Discipline and National Clinical Key Specialty, the Urology Department at XJTU First Hospital is one of China's leading urology centers. With 200+ beds, 50+ urologists, and pioneering work in kidney transplantation, robotic surgery, and stone disease, it performs 15,000+ surgeries annually.
Founded in 1949 by Prof. Shang Deyan, Zhongshan Hospital's Anesthesiology is a National Key Clinical Specialty. With 100+ anesthesiologists, 40+ operating rooms, and pioneering work in cardiac, liver, and thoracic anesthesia, it supports one of China's busiest surgical centers with 70,000+ anesthetics annually.
Founded in 1956, the Acupuncture & Tuina Department at Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of TCM is a National Clinical Key Specialty. With 160 beds, 67 professionals, and 60+ years of experience, it combines traditional acupuncture and massage therapy with modern rehabilitation for stroke, pain, and neurological conditions.
Founded in 1947 by Prof. Huang Jiasi, Zhongshan Hospital's Cardiac Surgery is one of China's earliest cardiovascular surgery centers. National Key Discipline with 5 subspecialties, 3,500 annual surgeries, 98% success rate, and pioneers of minimally invasive valve surgery and heart transplantation.
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The only Class 3A TCM encephalopathy hospital in China, established in 1996. Integrates traditional Chinese medicine with modern neurology for stroke, Parkinson's, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases. 800 beds, 200,000+ annual outpatient visits, and 6 specialized treatment centers.
Founded in 1948 by Prof. Liang Zhao, Zhongshan Hospital's General Surgery is a National Key Discipline and National Clinical Key Specialty. With 678 beds, 40+ operating rooms, and 7 subspecialties including liver transplantation and minimally invasive surgery, it's one of China's most comprehensive surgical centers.
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National Key Clinical Specialty construction unit and Shaanxi Provincial lead unit for cardiovascular disease. 244 medical staff, 400+ beds, 5 catheterization labs, and over 3,000 annual cardiac interventions including TAVI, zero-fluoroscopy ablation, and ECMO-assisted high-risk PCI.
Founded in the 1930s, the PCCM department at Zhongshan Hospital is China's earliest pulmonary disease research laboratory. Now a National Clinical Key Specialty with world-leading IoT medicine, lung nodule guidelines, and advanced critical care including ECMO.
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The PLA's only higher education institution of stomatology, founded in 1935. Home to the only National Science & Technology Progress First Prize in China's stomatology field. 500,000+ annual outpatient visits, 270 dental chairs, and world-renowned maxillofacial reconstruction techniques.
The world's largest liver surgery center, led by two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 7,200+ surgeries annually, 5-year survival rate of 68%, and 3,200+ liver transplants completed. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #1 nationally for ENT and #3 for Ophthalmology, Fudan University Eye & ENT Hospital is China's only Grade 3A specialist hospital for eye and ear-nose-throat diseases — performing 950,000+ outpatient visits and 95,000+ surgeries annually.
Established in 1949, Tangdu Hospital's Department of Infectious Diseases is one of only 5 National Key Disciplines in infectious disease nationwide — a PLA Center for Infectious Disease with international renown in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leading expertise in hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and emerging infectious disease response.
The largest and earliest-established joint disease specialty in Northwest China, Xi'an Red Cross Hospital's Joint Disease Hospital performs 5,000+ surgeries annually with nearly 20,000 cumulative joint replacements — including pioneering multi-joint simultaneous replacement and 3D-printed personalized implants.
Dubbed the 'Aircraft Carrier of Western Orthopedics,' Xi'an Red Cross Hospital's Orthopedics department is a National Key Clinical Specialty with 2,000 beds, 12 subspecialties, and 50,000+ surgeries annually — ranked #1 in Northwest China.
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Ranked #2 nationally for psychiatry and home to China's National Center for Mental Health Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center is the country's premier destination for treatment of depression, anxiety, OCD, schizophrenia, and cognitive disorders, serving over 320,000 patients annually.
Ranked among China's top 8 neurosurgery centers and #1 in Northwest China, Tangdu Hospital's Department of Neurosurgery is a National Key Discipline with 281 beds, over 10,000 annual surgeries, and pioneering expertise in functional neurosurgery, cerebrovascular disease, and traumatic brain injury.
全球最大普胸外科中心，2021年完成21,000+例手术。复旦排名胸外科前3。微创手术率达95.3%，全球领先。EACTS培训中心，培训76个国家800+高级外科医生。
中国皮肤科的'黄埔军校'，始建于1937年，近90年历史。年门诊量56万+，西北最高。国家临床重点专科，在皮肤肿瘤、激光美容、罕见皮肤病等领域处于国内领先地位。
中国心胸外科的领军机构，胸外科全国排名第2，华东第1，拥有>18,000例/年的心胸手术量，>90%微创手术率，>600例达芬奇机器人手术/年（全球最大量）。
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National Children's Medical Center · National Key Clinical Specialty · One of the World's Largest Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Centers
National Clinical Key Specialty · Northwest China's Largest Medical Oncology Center · Precision Medicine Pioneer
National Clinical Research Center for Eye and Vision Disorders · Birthplace of Retinal Disease Surgery in China
National Key Discipline · China's First OPO Academic Department · 8,000+ Kidney Transplants
National-level Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center | Birthplace of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery in China
Led by CAE Academician Xia Zhaofan, Changhai Hospital's Burn & Trauma Center is a National Key Discipline and one of the world's leaders in extensive deep burn management — surpassing the '80% TBSA' survival threshold once considered the limit. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1931 as China's first cancer hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center is now a Grade III-A cancer center with 2,177 beds, 80,000 annual surgeries, and a 72% overall 5-year survival rate — on par with developed countries. Here's what international cancer patients should know.
China's National Children's Medical Center since 2017, Children's Hospital of Fudan University handles 2.49 million pediatric outpatient visits annually with 18 National Key Clinical Specialties across 246 specialized clinics. Here's what international families should know.
Ranked #1 in plastic surgery for 9+ consecutive years, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital pioneered the world's first one-stage penis reconstruction and 'Chinese-style face reconstruction.' With 64,000+ annual procedures and 22+ subspecialties, here's what international patients should know.
Home of the world's first successful limb replantation and ranked #3 nationally, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Orthopedics is China's National Center for Orthopedics — handling 65,000+ surgeries annually across 9 subspecialties. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #1 nationally on the Fudan list, Renji Hospital's Department of Gastroenterology performs over 260,000 endoscopic procedures annually — roughly 1 in 7 of all procedures in Shanghai. Pioneered treatments now written into international clinical guidelines. Here's what international patients should know.
Ranked #2 nationally and #1 in patient trust, Huashan Hospital's Neurosurgery is China's oldest neurosurgery department in the south, a National Key Discipline, and lead unit of the National Center for Neurological Disorders. Here's what international patients should know.
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Founded in 1948 and ranked #2 nationally, Zhongshan Hospital's Department of Cardiology is a pioneer in coronary intervention, structural heart disease, and electrophysiology. Here's what international patients should know.
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