Expert insights, treatment guides, and practical advice for international patients considering medical care in China.
A premium, patient-centered ward serving entrepreneurs, artists and international clients since 2004 at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital. Newly rebuilt to five-star hotel standards on the 25th floor of Building 2, the VIP Center offers one-on-one accompaniment, bedside examinations, Hong Kong-trained nursing, direct billing with 39+ international insurers, and the support of 13 Hong Kong doctors led by former HK Secretary for Food and Health Dr. Ko Wing-man.
Founded in 1952 by Soong Ching-ling, the International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital (IPMCH) in Shanghai runs one of the city's oldest licensed ART programs (first MOH-approved batch in 2002) and was the only Shanghai unit in the first national PGD pilot. Its Center for Reproductive Medicine delivered Shanghai's first healthy baby after whole-genome PGS in 2015 and China's first "cancer-free" PGD baby via single-cell high-throughput sequencing in 2016, performing 3,200+ ART cycles a year with a clinical pregnancy rate above 40%.
Home of China's National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease and ranked No. 2 nationwide in nephrology (Fudan 2022), the Department of Nephrology at Nanfang Hospital was the first in the world to prove that ACE inhibitors slow advanced non-diabetic CKD — cutting uremia risk by 43% and more than doubling time to dialysis (NEJM 2006). Under CAS Academician Hou Fanfan, the department runs one of China's largest biopsy and blood purification programs and treats patients from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and worldwide.
At Nanfang Hospital — Fudan A++++, one of only two top-tier hospitals in Guangdong — the Department of Infectious Diseases (Liver Disease Center) ranks among the national top 10 for infectious diseases. In December 2024 a study led by Prof. Hou Jinlin published in NEJM became the first to push hepatitis B functional cure above 30% (47% when HBsAg < 1000 IU/mL) with the siRNA drug xalnesiran; the department's GOLDEN Score predicts functional cure 19 months in advance, and the "Little Shell" project cut mother-to-child HBV transmission to 0.2%.
The largest hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery specialty in northwest China and a National Clinical Key Specialty. 183 beds, 65 physicians, routine liver transplantation and robotic Whipple procedures — and the birthplace of "magnetic surgery," which cut the anhepatic phase of liver transplants to 9 minutes 50 seconds.
Established in 2007, the Clifford Postpartum Rehabilitation Center is a professional brand under Clifford Medical Group and one of the signature departments of China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital. Backed by a multidisciplinary team of obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics and TCM specialists, it offers one-stop maternal and infant services from prenatal guidance to postpartum rehabilitation, managed around 1,000+ JCI safety and service details — and ranked No. 1 in Guangdong's quality confinement centers in 2020.
The Department of Gynecology at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital — Shanghai's "Great Cradle," affiliated to Tongji University — is a Shanghai "Top Priority" Key Clinical Discipline with signature strengths in comprehensive gynecologic oncology, minimally invasive gynecology (single-port laparoscopy, da Vinci robotics) and urogynecology / pelvic floor reconstruction. President Prof. Wang Yu's ovarian-cancer strategy has been adopted by 28 hospitals across 8 provinces, and the hospital has ranked first in Shanghai deliveries for 9 consecutive years with about 30,000 births a year — 1 in 5 of the city's newborns.
Founded in 1978 by Prof. Yu Buyun, the Rheumatology and Immunology department of "Zhongshan No. 3 Hospital" is one of China's earliest rheumatology departments, a National Key Clinical Specialty and a top-10 national specialty at a Fudan A++ hospital. Led by Prof. Gu Jieruo, it runs 4 wards with 100 beds, a 2024 Joint Disease Medical Center integrating "diagnosis–surgery–rehabilitation," plasma exchange/immunoadsorption, and internationally advanced gut-microbiome SLE research.
The clinical home of Tangdu Hospital's signature hematopoietic stem cell transplantation technique, the Department of Hematology covers leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, aplastic anemia and bleeding disorders, with allogeneic and haploidentical HSCT and CAR-T therapy for relapsed/refractory lymphoma.
Founded in 1954, the Department of Child Health Care at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University is one of China's earliest child health units and a core department of the National Children's Medical Center ("Fudan Children's"). It integrates child health clinics, nutrition & feeding, and developmental behavior, and is a national leader in early autism screening, diagnosis and intervention — the first in China to introduce and localize the ESDM (Early Start Denver Model), trainer of China's first NDBI practitioners, and among the first in China qualified for ADOS and ADI-R. The department handles more than 30,000 outpatient visits and more than 30,000 assessment/intervention person-times every year.
The first unit in Guangdong Province dedicated to the prevention and treatment of aging syndrome, based at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital. The ~10,000 m² center features a famous-doctor consultation area, assessment rooms, treatment rooms and a VIP recuperation unit, and is affiliated with the Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University and associated with McGill University, Canada. Multi-omics biomarker testing calculates your "biological age" at molecular, immune, micro-ecology and functional levels, inside a closed "aging assessment — intervention — precision tracking" system aligned with the 14 hallmarks of aging announced by Cell in 2025.
At the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Fudan 2023 Grade A++), the Department of Allergy is a national Top-10 specialty that reached the Top 10 within only three years of its founding — and one of the hospital's three National Flagship Departments for Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. Vice President Yang Qintai's team pioneered the MDT + MHT model, released the world's first AI rapid diagnostic system for chronic rhinosinusitis subtypes (>90% accuracy), and combines desensitization, biologics and Lingnan TCM for rhinitis, asthma, urticaria and food allergy.
A key advantage discipline of Tangdu Hospital and the core department behind its flagship "microwave ablation treatment for bone tumors," the Department of Orthopedics has pioneered microwave ablation limb-salvage surgery for more than 30 years and helped shape China's 2020 clinical guideline — alongside full strength in spine, joint, trauma, and hand surgery.
Pediatric Internal Medicine at "Fudan Children's" — a National Children's Medical Center since 2017 and one of Shanghai's "Big Four" children's hospitals. Pediatric internal medicine has ranked No. 1 nationwide in the Fudan Best Specialty Reputation Ranking every year since the ranking began in 2009. The hospital holds 7 National Key Clinical Specialties — the most among China's children's hospitals — and its gastroenterology service handles over 80,000 outpatient visits a year and runs China's first pediatric IBD multidisciplinary team.
A signature unit of China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital and one of the large internationally benchmarked health management centers in South China. Over 800 fully automated screening services across 58 categories, with multilingual service in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Russian and German. After nearly 20 years of influence in Hong Kong/Macao/Taiwan and Southeast Asia, more than one-third of all clients — and two-thirds of mid-to-high-end clients — each year are HK/Macao/Taiwan compatriots or foreign nationals.
At the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University — Fudan 2023 Grade A++ — the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ranks No. 6 nationwide (Fudan 2023) and has stayed in the national top 10 for six consecutive years, first in South China for four. The department pioneered standardized videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS) and catheter balloon dilation in China, and its ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injection program is among the most advanced in the country.
A "one-stop, fully managed, membership-based" health management program for high-net-worth clients at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital. The center integrates Western medicine, TCM and natural medicine across the whole life cycle, offering private-physician health management, functional medicine testing, and MDT consultations with leading experts at home and abroad. In January 2026 the hospital became China's first private hospital accredited under the International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China) and is among Guangdong's first 25 international medical service pilot hospitals.
The gynecologic oncology department of the "Red House" — China's first specialized OB-GYN hospital. 181 beds and 16 clinical teams, with 30+ surgeons qualified for Grade-4 endoscopic gynecologic-oncology surgery — the most in Shanghai. More than 8,000 surgeries per year with Grade-4 procedures accounting for 50%; cervical cancer admissions exceed 3,000 and endometrial cancer 1,000 per year, first in Shanghai and among the highest nationally. Prof. Hua Keqin led the first batch of Yangtze River Delta single-disease quality-control standards.
The first ART-accredited center in Shaanxi Province and within the Chinese military, Tangdu Hospital's Reproductive Medicine Center has completed over 100,000 IVF cycles and helped deliver 33,521 babies, with a 60.05% clinical pregnancy rate and pioneering work in preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).
The Department of Neonatology at Guangdong Clifford Hospital — China's first JCI-accredited large general Grade 3A hospital — fields 31 staff including 9 physicians and 35 beds including a 10-bed NICU, classified at Level 5 of the Guangzhou neonatal ward classification. With dedicated neonatal conventional and high-frequency oscillatory ventilators, the team has successfully treated multiple extremely preterm infants under 28 weeks and ELBW infants under 1,000 g. Its integrated Chinese–Western jaundice protocol combines phototherapy with Chinese medicine for about 100 cases monthly, under Prof. Zhang Youxiang, Chairman of the Guangzhou Medical Association Neonatology Branch.
The neonatology department of China's first specialized OB-GYN hospital, the "Red House" founded in 1884. Its NICU was established in 2015, and the department cares for about 3,000 inpatient newborns per year with a critical-case rescue success rate above 95%. An integrated delivery-room–NICU resuscitation system protects preterm, very-low and extremely-low-birth-weight infants, while a family-integrated care model promotes breastfeeding and early bonding.
At Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital — China's first Western-medicine hospital, founded in 1835 — the Department of Otorhinolaryngology traces its roots to 1914 and is the birthplace of ENT in Guangdong. A National Key Clinical Specialty and MOE National Key Discipline, it is the largest ENT center in Guangdong: 120,000+ outpatient visits, 7,000+ inpatients and ~6,000 surgeries a year, with Grade III/IV surgeries exceeding 84% — No. 1 in South China. Signature programs include robotic head-and-neck surgery, a visualized Eustachian tube diagnosis-and-treatment system, cochlear implantation and lateral skull base surgery.
A National Key Discipline since 1997 and rated No. 1 in thoracic surgery reputation in Northwest China, Tangdu Hospital's Department of Thoracic Surgery covers lung cancer, esophageal cancer, tracheal surgery, chest-wall disease and thoracic trauma — at the hospital that performed the world's first tissue-engineered tracheal transplant and China's first 3D-printed titanium rib implantation.
Established in June 2003 with over 1,110 square metres of space at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital, the Child Healthcare & Rehabilitation Department of Guangdong Clifford Hospital integrates Chinese–Western child developmental assessment, healthcare and paediatric rehabilitation. Autism spectrum disorder is its most common condition, with daily treatment volume reaching nearly 50 visits. The department is a member of the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Cerebral Palsy Alliance and the Zhujiang Hospital Paediatric Alliance.
The Department of Breast Surgery at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital — the first Western-medicine hospital in China, founded 1835 — performed China's first breast-conserving surgery in 1999 (Fisher technique, Academician Song Erwei's team). Conservation rate above 50% (51.7% in 2019), annual recurrence below 1%, and 10-year cancer-specific survival of 91% after conservation, matching leading EU/US centers. Its host, Yixian Breast Tumor Hospital (founded 2020), is China's first public specialty hospital for breast diseases.
The "Zhi Wei Bing" department turns the Huangdi Neijing's prevent-before-illness philosophy into modern services — TCM check-ups combining the four diagnostics with constitution-identification systems, nine-constitution typing and personalized "health prescriptions" for sub-health and chronic-condition management. Here's what international patients should know.
The PLA's first doctoral OB/GYN discipline, home to China's first human uterus transplant (2015) and the first baby born from a transplanted uterus (2019 — the world's 14th), with full subspecialties from gynecologic oncology to prenatal diagnosis and 35 genetic testing services. Here's what international patients should know.
The Clifford TCM Clinic ("Qifu Guoyiguan") gathers renowned veteran TCM physicians under a mentorship (师承) talent model, offering TCM consultation, rehabilitation and wellness guidance across treatment, recovery and daily maintenance — plus a TCM Culture Exhibition Hall with 600+ medicinal specimens. Here's what international patients should know.
Obstetrics and Gynecology at China's first Western-medicine hospital (founded 1835), where Sun Yat-sen himself studied medicine. Gynecology is a National Key Clinical Specialty, the reproductive endocrinology team is one of China's first, and the gynecologic oncology division led China's first HIPEC guideline for gynecologic tumors. Here's what international patients should know.
The PLA Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Center at Xijing Hospital was founded in the war years and led from 1954 by Academician Jiang Sichang. Today it performs more than 3,200 operations a year spanning otomicrosurgery, cochlear implantation — including the first auditory brainstem implantation in western China — endoscopic sinus surgery and head-neck tumor care. Here's what international patients should know.
A dedicated Kidney Center with its own nephrology ICU and a full Blood Purification Center — hemodialysis, plasma exchange, artificial liver support and more — delivering integrative Chinese-Western care for difficult kidney disease and long-term CKD management, including dialysis, at a JCI-accredited hospital. Here's what international patients should know.
A National Key Clinical Specialty that introduced PCNL to China in 1984 and built China's first Minimally Invasive Surgery Center — home of the International Alliance of Urolithiasis, 907 members from 114 countries, and the mini-PCNL technique that is now China's standard. Here's what international patients should know.
One of western China's strongest nephrology departments and among the earliest in China to perform hemodialysis and renal biopsy, with a blood purification center that was the first in northwest China for continuous blood purification and the second-largest nationally. It is also the only center in Xi'an serving foreign dialysis patients — several hundred a year. Here's what international patients should know.
ENT and head-neck surgery at a JCI-accredited integrative hospital in Guangzhou, in collaboration with Prof. Xu Geng's Sun Yat-sen University team — the "father of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China" — with an enhanced-recovery pathway allowing discharge 2 days after surgery plus integrated TCM therapies. Here's what international patients should know.
Led by CAS Academician Chen Yihan, who discovered the first human atrial-fibrillation gene, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Shanghai East Hospital runs a National Key Laboratory of Heart Disease, 12 catheterization labs and more than 12,000 procedures a year — within a hospital serving 30,000+ international visits annually. Here's what international patients should know.
The Cancer Center at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital is backed by the Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, where Prof. Wu Yilong's team leads the landmark CTONG trial series. International patients get lung-cancer precision care from AI-based early screening to VATS surgery and targeted therapy, plus MDT care across major tumor types — with a Fudan regional oncology reputation ranked 3rd in South China. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1956 by Prof. Tu Tongjin, a founding father of Chinese neurosurgery, the Department of Neurosurgery at Xijing Hospital is a National Key Discipline and the PLA Institute of Neurosurgery performing more than 3,800 operations a year, nationally leading in craniocerebral trauma, cerebrovascular disease and CNS tumor microsurgery. Here's what international patients should know.
Comprehensive eye care at a JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital in Guangzhou — from phaco cataract surgery with trifocal IOLs and refractory glaucoma management to fundus surgery, myopia control and oculoplastic procedures, delivered by specially engaged experts from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center. Here's what international patients should know.
A National Key Clinical Specialty and the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Geriatrics with nearly 50 years of development, the Department of Geriatrics at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital fields 443 staff, 249 beds and seven subspecialties, with particular strengths in dementia, osteoporosis and sleep-disordered breathing. Here's what international patients should know.
The department performed China's first open-heart operation under cardiopulmonary bypass in 1958 and is now a National Key Discipline performing about 4,700 cardiac operations a year — among China's top three — with a 98.3% success rate, including 126 heart transplants and Asia's first simultaneous heart-liver-kidney transplant. Here's what international patients should know.
Home to the National Tuina Medical Center and an NATCM key specialty at Shanghai's flagship integrated TCM-Western hospital, with 26 signature needling techniques, spinal tuina micro-adjustment and intangible-heritage schools, and a WHO training base for ~200 overseas physicians a year. Here's what international patients should know.
Integrative Chinese-Western dermatology at a JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital in Guangzhou, with full sub-specialty coverage from eczema and psoriasis to lupus, pemphigus and skin tumors, plus medical aesthetics on advanced picosecond and M22 laser/IPL platforms. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1958 under the Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute — the only WHO Collaborating Center for Cardiovascular Research and Training in China — the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital has ranked No. 3 nationwide in Fudan's Cardiac & Macrovascular Surgery ranking for 10 consecutive years, and its heart transplant program stands among the world's top ten. Here's what international patients should know.
The Shanghai maternity hospital founded by Soong Ching-ling in 1952, with 980 beds across two campuses and nearly 500,000 newborns delivered over 70 years. Its Obstetrics and Gynecology program is a Shanghai Key Clinical Specialty spanning maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology and one of Shanghai's first IVF centers. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1955 by Prof. Wang Liangneng, the Department of Plastic Surgery at Xijing Hospital is one of China's earliest plastic surgery departments and the only PLA Plastic Surgery Research Institute, with nationally leading body-surface organ reconstruction and scar management — and home of China's first face transplant in 2006. Here's what international patients should know.
A nearly 7,500 m² dedicated aesthetic facility at a JCI-accredited integrative Grade 3A hospital in Guangzhou, offering six core programs from eye/nose/breast surgery to hair transplantation — with Grade 3 & 4 complex procedures including PEEK maxillofacial surgery led by Prof. Hu Zhiqi. Here's what international patients should know.
Founded in 1958 on the Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, the Department of Cardiology at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital is a National Key Clinical Specialty and a WHO Collaborating Center — a South Chinese cardiovascular powerhouse known for complex PCI, structural heart firsts and a hospital heart-transplant program ranked among the world's top ten. Here's what international patients should know.
A 1947-founded tertiary maternity hospital with nearly 30,000 annual deliveries ranked No. 1 in Shanghai for nine consecutive years, whose Obstetrics department is a first-batch National Key Clinical Specialty and which established China's first Department of Fetal Medicine. Here's what international patients should know.
"Xijing Dermatology Hospital" — a National Key Discipline and National Key Clinical Specialty with leading strength in vitiligo, psoriasis, melanoma and autoimmune bullous disease, handling about 380,000 outpatient visits per year per public 2014 figures. Here's what international patients should know.
A National Key Clinical Specialty and one of China's earliest neonatology bases, delivering extremely preterm and critical newborn care with ECMO life support — and leading the Chinese Neonatal Network spanning 72 NICUs, with China's largest cohort of extremely preterm infants. Here's what international patients should know.
Early screening and precise diagnosis with high-definition mammography, high-resolution ultrasound and 3.0T MRI; routine endoscopic breast-conserving surgery and immediate implant reconstruction; and integrative Chinese-Western aftercare — all at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A integrative hospital in Guangzhou. Here's what international patients should know.
A "hospital-within-a-hospital" founded in 1955 by Prof. Lu Yupu, Xijing Orthopedics is a National Key Discipline and the Military Orthopedic Research Institute — with world-first complex limb replantation achievements and Asia's first 3D-printed scapula and pelvis prostheses. Here's what international patients should know.
China's earliest corneal transplantation and ocular surface reconstruction unit with 40,000+ surgeries — the national No. 1 in volume — at the nation's No. 1 eye hospital, where artificial corneas restore sight in end-stage corneal blindness. Here's what international patients should know.
A National Key Clinical Specialty at China's National Children's Medical Center, ranked No. 2 nationwide in pediatric surgery by the Fudan reputation ranking, with comprehensive subspecialties from neonatal surgery to surgical oncology and nearly 1,000 da Vinci robotic surgeries per year at the hospital. Here's what international patients should know.
A featured department at China's first JCI-accredited Grade 3A hospital, offering separate men's and women's clinics, one-stop care, and painless minimally invasive integrative treatment for hemorrhoids, anal fistula and perianal abscess — with day surgery and 4,000+ hemorrhoid patients treated by a single senior specialist. Here's what international patients should know.
The National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, led by CAE Academician Fan Daiming, is headquartered at Xijing Hospital's digestive disease hospital — a national key discipline offering advanced GI endoscopy (ESD, POEM, ERCP) and liver disease care within an A++++ Fudan-rated hospital in Xi'an. Here's what international patients should know.
China's largest and technically leading fundus surgery specialty, based at the nation's No. 1 ophthalmology hospital — with 80,000+ outpatient visits a year and the world's first remote robotic subretinal injection. Here's what international patients should know.
China's first specialized OB-GYN hospital, the "Red House," founded in 1884. A key discipline of the Ministry of Education and Shanghai and a National Key Clinical Specialty, ranked No. 3 in the 2023 Fudan OB-GYN reputation ranking (score 7.83) after years at No. 2. Minimally invasive surgery accounts for about 88.2% of procedures, and Prof. Hua Keqin's team performed the world's first mid-pregnancy laparoscopic fertility-sparing radical trachelectomy in 2013 — with 1,240 fertility-sparing cervical cancer surgeries in 2017–2022, 63.9% pregnancy success and only 0.08% recurrence.
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A National Key Discipline founded in 1959 and home to the PLA Urology Center and the PLA Institute of Organ Transplantation, now led by minimally invasive surgery across five sub-specialties. Director Ren Shancheng has personally performed 5,000+ minimally invasive procedures, including 4,000+ robotic surgeries, and performed Asia's first single-port and transperineal robotic radical prostatectomies. With nearly 1,000 robotic urologic procedures per year, the department's volume ranks among China's highest.
One of China's earliest thoracic oncologic surgery units and the most comprehensive in South China, SYSUCC's Department of Thoracic Surgery was named a National Key Clinical Specialty in 2011 and ranked No. 8 nationwide in Fudan's 2022 thoracic surgery ranking. It performs over 4,900 operations per year, with 5,000+ lung cancer and 4,000+ esophageal cancer operations historically; three-field esophageal dissection achieves 5-year survival of 50.9% at an internationally advanced level, with a complication rate of just 0.97%.
A National Key Discipline at Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, home to both the Shanghai Institute of Neurosurgery and the PLA Institute of Neurosurgery. Its flagship traumatic brain injury program has won a National Science and Technology Progress First Prize, its fully endoscopic skull-base surgery is nationally leading with skull-base trauma at an internationally advanced level, and Director Hou Lijun has treated more than 6,000 TBI and neurocritical patients.
The largest radiotherapy center in Asia by scale and annual patients, and a National Key Clinical Specialty (2021). 15 linear accelerators including an MRI-guided Linac and TOMO, more than 12,000 radiotherapy patients and over 4,000 NPC patients per year, with more than 95% precision radiotherapy. Its world's-first clinical-trial paper in CA (2025) showed reduced-volume NPC radiotherapy cuts severe mucositis by ~40%, otitis media by ~50% and xerostomia by ~60%.
A National Key Discipline and one of only three National Clinical Research Centers for Digestive Diseases in China, led by CAE Academician Li Zhaoshen. The department performs more than 80,000 endoscopies a year, with ERCP and EUS each exceeding 3,000 cases and ranking No.1 in China, and is the only center in the country performing P-ESWL, with over 5,000 cumulative cases.
At SYSUCC — Fudan A+++, oncology No. 2 nationwide — the Department of Medical Oncology grew out of a 1955 chemotherapy group into one of China's earliest oncology medical bases. CAE Academician Xu Ruihua's gastrointestinal immunotherapy regimens, published in JAMA, BMJ and Nature Medicine, raised advanced gastric cancer median OS from 12.9 to 15 months (RATIONALE-305), and the world-first NEOSUMMIT-01 perioperative immunotherapy trial appeared in Nature Medicine. In 2014 the department opened China's first hospital-run Phase I ward.
A National Key Discipline and Ministry of Education Innovation Team led by CAE Academician Sun Yinghao, centered on prostate disease and minimally invasive urology — home to China's first da Vinci Surgical Robot International Training Center, with urology ranked No. 6–7 nationally by Fudan. Here's what international patients should know.
At SYSUCC — Fudan A+++, oncology No. 2 nationwide — the NPC department has treated the "Canton tumor" since 1964. CAS Academician Ma Jun's team reshaped NCCN and ESMO guidelines, pioneered a toxicity-reduction radiotherapy technique benefiting 99% of patients (The BMJ), and raised 3-year survival to 92% with TPF induction chemotherapy (Lancet Oncology).
Founded as one of China's first five university ICU teaching demonstration bases and a first-batch National Key Clinical Specialty (2010), this 56-bed center treats ~4,000 critically ill patients a year, ranks 5th nationwide in critical care reputation (Fudan 2023) and reduced sepsis mortality from 35% to 26% — among the first in the world to research and treat sepsis immunology.
The only TCM-related national key specialty in the entire hospital, accredited by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Home of "Lu's Acupuncture", a national intangible cultural heritage, with a dedicated lumbar disc herniation clinic and a full non-pharmacological TCM toolkit.
Founded in 1989, this is where Chinese IVF was born — the country's first ICSI baby (1996), first PGD baby (2000) and first HLA-matched 'savior baby' (2012). Ranked 6th nationwide in reproductive medicine reputation (Fudan 2023), the center runs about 6,000 IVF cycles a year with a clinical pregnancy rate near 50%.
Founded in 1954 by Gao Rimu, one of the founding figures of urology in China. Today it performs close to 1,000 urethral stricture repair-and-reconstruction procedures a year — the largest volume of urethral reconstruction surgery of any single medical center in the world — alongside a fast-growing robotic surgery program.
One of China's earliest orthopedic departments, founded by Prof. Ren Tinggui, a founding father of Chinese surgery and orthopedics. With 230 beds, 300,000+ outpatient visits and 8,000+ surgeries annually, the center leads nationally in complex bone-tumor resection, degenerative spine disease, minimally invasive joint replacement, and sports-injury repair — with pediatric osteosarcoma limb-salvage rates above 80%.
National Key Clinical Specialty (designated 2010), ranked No. 8 nationally and No. 1 in South China for digestive diseases (Fudan 2023). China's first department to treat Crohn's disease with a biologic (2007), publishes in JAMA, and leads the national IBD medical consortium of 700+ member institutions.
National Key Clinical Specialty and Shanghai "Top Priority" Clinical Key Discipline, led by CAE Academician Prof. Fan Xianqun. Distinguished in oculoplastic surgery, orbital disease, and ocular oncology; Fudan #7 nationally (2021), two National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 200,000+ outpatient visits and 20,000+ surgeries annually.
National Key Discipline (Ministry of Education) and National Key Clinical Specialty, ranked No. 6 nationally and described as the strongest nephrology department in Guangdong (Fudan 2023). Home to one of the world's two largest peritoneal dialysis centres (670+ patients) and the Chinese Journal of Nephrology.
Founded by Prof. Dai Kerong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. A national pioneer of 3D-printing in orthopedics and the Shanghai Clinical Medical Center for Joint Surgery. 5 wards, 200 beds, and 6,000+ surgeries annually; fully covering hip, knee, shoulder, foot & ankle, trauma, spine, and rehabilitation.
Founded in 1954, one of South China's most capable centres for complex and critical neurological disorders. Consistently ranks among the top 6 nationally and No. 1 in South China, with 200,000+ outpatient visits annually and 117 beds. Performed China's first DBS under total intravenous anaesthesia.
Key Discipline of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and a national urologic oncology MDT centre of excellence. 60+ approved beds, 27 physicians and 6,000+ surgical procedures annually, with >80% high- complexity operations. Known nationwide for personalized precision nephron-sparing surgery, including in children as young as 3 years old.
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.
The only key discipline in cardiovascular medicine in Shaanxi and a National Key Clinical Specialty. 203 beds, 6,000+ interventional procedures and 140,000+ outpatient visits a year, a national-level Chest Pain Center, and 2026 breakthroughs from robotic PCI to gene therapy for homozygous hypercholesterolemia.
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 August 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 a dedicated infectious diseases ICU, 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, 6 wards plus a neurosurgical ICU, over 10,000 annual surgeries, and pioneering DBS expertise backed by 311 specialist physicians.
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）。
国家重点学科，国家临床重点专科，陕西省泌尿外科质控中心挂靠单位。特色包括微创泌尿外科肿瘤手术、泌尿系结石微创治疗（一期结石清除率>95%）、前列腺增生微创治疗（40+年经验，治疗>30,000例患者）、神经泌尿与盆底重建（西部领先）、男科学。
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.
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