China's Top Departments: Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital of Fudan University

If your child was born with a congenital structural anomaly — anorectal malformation, biliary atresia, esophageal atresia — or needs pediatric tumor or urology surgery, the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital of Fudan University is one of China's most authoritative destinations. It is a National Key Clinical Specialty that has long ranked No. 2 nationwide in pediatric surgery in the authoritative Fudan hospital specialty reputation ranking, within a hospital serving as China's National Children's Medical Center since 2017.

Overview

Children's Hospital of Fudan University is a budget-management unit of the National Health Commission and a tertiary (Class A) comprehensive pediatric specialty hospital. It is a National Key Discipline in Pediatrics, a participant in China's "985" and "Double First-Class" initiatives, and was approved as a National Children's Medical Center in 2017. Along with Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Children's Medical Center and the pediatric division of Xinhua Hospital, it is regarded as one of the "four major pediatric hospitals of Shanghai."

The Department of Pediatric Surgery is one of the hospital's flagship disciplines. It is a National Key Clinical Specialty and a Ministry of Health Key Clinical Specialty (Surgery), and also a Shanghai "Priority of Priorities" Key Discipline (Pediatric Surgery) hosting the Shanghai Clinical Medical Center for Complex and Critical Pediatric Surgical Diseases. Subspecialties are comprehensive, covering general pediatric surgery, neonatal surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric surgical oncology, supported by national key clinical specialty programs such as the "Development of a Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery System" and the "Full-cycle, Whole-chain Precision Management System for Major Structural Anomalies."

Hospital Background

• Founded in 1952 through the merger of the pediatric departments of Zhongshan Hospital and the First Hospital of the Chinese Red Cross with the branch of the Margaret Williamson Hospital; its founding president was Professor Chen Cuizhen, a pioneer of Chinese pediatrics
• Initially comprised only pediatric internal medicine; neonatal wards, infectious disease and child health departments and pediatric surgery were added over time. In the 1970s, pediatric orthopedics, urology and cardiothoracic surgery were introduced, making it the earliest hospital in mainland China to perform cardiac surgery on infants and young children; in 2000 it successfully performed a rare separation of conjoined twins
• Approved as a National Children's Medical Center in 2017; designated the National Pediatric Quality Control Center in 2020. It was the first children's specialty hospital in China to pass the 5th-edition JCI accreditation, and in 2016 passed HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6
• Campuses: main campus at 399 Wanyuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai; Fenglin outpatient branch at 130 Yixueyuan Road, Xuhui District (pediatric internal medicine only)
• Scale: 1,000 authorized beds; 651 physicians (including residents) and 848 nurses; 50 clinical and medical-technical departments
• Volume: about 2.49 million outpatient and emergency visits and 49,000 inpatients annually; nearly 1,000 da Vinci robotic surgeries per year, with about 100 heart, liver and kidney transplants performed annually
• Strategic platforms: the 2021 "Six-Six" strategy established six clinical centers and six supporting platforms, among which the Congenital Defects Clinical Center and the Minimally Invasive Medicine Platform and Transplant Medicine Platform directly support pediatric surgery

Accreditation & Standing

• National Key Clinical Specialty (Pediatric Surgery)
• Ministry of Health Key Clinical Specialty (Surgery)
• Shanghai "Priority of Priorities" Key Discipline (Pediatric Surgery)
• Host of the Shanghai Clinical Medical Center for Complex and Critical Pediatric Surgical Diseases
• The hospital is a national residency training base for pediatric surgery (one of the first national key specialty bases, covering both pediatrics and pediatric surgery)
• Ranking: in the authoritative Fudan "Best Specialty Reputation Ranking of Chinese Hospitals," pediatric surgery has long ranked No. 2 nationwide, behind only Beijing Children's Hospital; the hospital's pediatric internal medicine has long ranked No. 1 nationwide

Leadership and Key Specialists

Professor Zheng Shan

• Chief Physician, Professor, doctoral supervisor; former Director of Surgery and head of the pediatric surgery teaching and research office at Children's Hospital of Fudan University
• Graduated from Shanghai Medical University School of Medicine in 1982 and received her medical doctorate in 1988; appointed Professor of Surgery and doctoral supervisor in 1996
• Expertise: pediatric gastrointestinal malformations (anorectal malformation, Hirschsprung's disease, biliary atresia, choledochal cyst); neonatal malformations (esophageal atresia, diaphragmatic hernia, prenatal counseling for fetal anomalies)

Selected Team Members

• Zhou Yiming: Chief Physician; expertise in anorectal malformations (Hirschsprung's disease, imperforate anus, recto-vaginal fistula), biliary malformations (biliary atresia, choledochal cyst) and pediatric tumors
• Geng Hongquan: Chief Physician and doctoral supervisor, academic leader in pediatric urology, recognized as an Outstanding Academic Leader by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission; principal investigator of four NSFC general projects
• Wang Dahui: Chief Physician, Vice President of the hospital and Director of Orthopedics, focusing on pediatric spine surgery and limb deformity correction
• The hospital served as editor-in-chief of the national textbooks "Pediatrics" and "Pediatric Surgery" and of nearly 200 major monographs, making it a key training base for pediatric surgeons nationally

Core Strengths and Clinical Focus

General and Neonatal Pediatric Surgery

• Focus on congenital gastrointestinal malformations: anorectal malformation, Hirschsprung's disease, biliary atresia, choledochal cyst, and related conditions
• Neonatal structural anomalies: esophageal atresia, diaphragmatic hernia, with prenatal diagnosis and fetal anomaly counseling
• Extensive experience in secondary surgery for postoperative complications

Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery System

• Supported by the hospital's Minimally Invasive Medicine Platform, building the national key clinical specialty program for a minimally invasive pediatric surgery system
• Pediatric urology was among the earliest in China to perform laparoscopic pyeloplasty, pneumovesicoscopic ureteral reimplantation and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, establishing a comprehensive minimally invasive treatment system
• The hospital performs nearly 1,000 da Vinci robot-assisted surgeries per year, continuously advancing minimally invasive and precision surgery

Pediatric Surgical Oncology

• Treatment of pediatric malignant solid tumors, hepatic and retroperitoneal tumors, and related conditions
• Within urology, nephron-sparing techniques for pediatric renal tumors

Comprehensive Subspecialty Coverage

• Covers general surgery, neonatal surgery, urology, orthopedics, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and surgical oncology, enabling multidisciplinary (MDT) management of complex, critical and rare pediatric surgical diseases

Research and Honors

• The hospital is a National Civilized Unit (twice) and has repeatedly been recognized as a Shanghai Civilized Unit; in 2021 it received the 10th Shanghai Magnolia Award for Children's Work
• The hospital has long ranked among the top 100 (and top 50) hospitals in the Fudan comprehensive hospital ranking
• Leveraging the National Children's Medical Center platform, pediatric surgery undertakes multiple national-level programs in congenital structural anomalies, full-cycle management of birth defects and minimally invasive pediatric surgery
• Note: This profile is compiled from the official hospital website, Fudan University's official website and other authoritative public sources. No authoritative department-specific annual outpatient/surgical volume for pediatric surgery alone was found publicly, so only hospital-wide public figures are cited; no department-level data has been fabricated

Outpatient and Address

• Main campus: 399 Wanyuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai
• Fenglin branch: 130 Yixueyuan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
• Hospital public telephone: 021-64931990

For a quick overview of the department, see the Children's Hospital of Fudan University Pediatric Surgery department page.

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