China's Top Departments: Dermatology at Xijing Hospital (Air Force Medical University)

If you are struggling with vitiligo, severe psoriasis, melanoma or a complex autoimmune skin disease, the Department of Dermatology at Xijing Hospital — widely known as the "Xijing Dermatology Hospital" — is one of China's leading destinations for exactly these conditions. A National Key Discipline and National Key Clinical Specialty, it doubles as the Military Institute of Dermatology, handling roughly 380,000 outpatient visits per year (per public 2014 figures). The hospital sits in central Xi'an — the starting point of the ancient Silk Road and a key node of the Belt and Road Initiative — with convenient access for patients traveling from Central Asia, Southeast Asia and beyond.

About the Hospital

• Full name: First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), commonly known as "Xijing Hospital".
• Level: Class III, Grade A general hospital; rated A++++ — the highest level in the Fudan China Hospital Rankings.
• City and address: No. 127 Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
• History: Descends from the Central Hospital founded in Yan'an in November 1939; in 1954 the hospitals of the 4th and 5th military medical universities merged into the First Affiliated Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University; it has been called "Xijing Hospital" since October 1984 and was placed under the Air Force in 2017.
• Scale: About 430 mu (≈28.7 ha) of grounds, about 500,000 m² of floor area and about 3,000 approved beds; 9 national key disciplines (in 14 departments), 17 national key clinical specialties (military construction projects) and 12 military medical research institutes (per public sources).
• Overall strength: Public sources place it among the leading hospitals in China, with internationally leading work in organ transplantation and burns; 15 disciplines rank in the national top ten of the "Best Specialty Reputation" list.
• "Hospitals within a hospital": Six specialty centres have been created — digestive diseases, orthopedics, neurology, cardiovascular diseases, dermatology and plastic surgery; the Department of Dermatology (Xijing Dermatology Hospital) is one of them.
• Transport and location: In the central Xincheng District of Xi'an, near Metro Line 1 and several bus routes, not far from Xi'an Railway Station. Xi'an is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road and a key node of the Belt and Road Initiative, offering convenient access for patients from Central Asia, Southeast Asia and other regions.

About the Department

• Name: Department of Dermatology (also known as "Xijing Dermatology Hospital", one of the hospital's "hospitals within a hospital").
• Status: National Key Discipline, National Key Clinical Specialty, and the Military Institute of Dermatology.
• Staff (public figures): About 280 staff, including 7 professors and 9 associate professors; 25 hold doctoral degrees and 17 have studied abroad.
• Clinical units: Leading domestic centres for dermatological aesthetics, sexually transmitted diseases, allergy, phototherapy, a traditional Chinese medicine dermatology clinic, and skin surgery and pathology services; research equipment valued at about RMB 40 million (per public sources).
• Activity (2014 public figures): About 380,000 outpatient visits per year; 48 in-patient beds; about 2,100 admissions per year.
• Basic research: Its research laboratory is a Military Key Laboratory with units for cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, skin physiology and morphology.

Academic Standing and Accreditation

• National Key Discipline: Dermatology is a national key discipline (listed in the Chinese Medical Association's national key discipline catalogue).
• National Key Clinical Specialty: Consistently described as such in public sources.
• Military Institute of Dermatology / Military Key Laboratory of Dermatology: A core military platform for dermatology research and treatment.
• Teaching and research: Its teaching office is an outstanding teaching team of the former General Logistics Department and holds the only national-level distinguished course in dermatology in China; the research laboratory has undertaken more than 40 national-level projects (including the national 863 Programme, major national science and technology projects and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation), published over 600 academic papers (including more than 160 SCI papers), edited 13 monographs and obtained 11 national patents.
• Awards: First Prize for Military Medical Achievements, First Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award, Third Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, among others.
• Academic influence: Hosts continuing-education programmes such as the National Dermatopathology Course, dermatological aesthetics courses, a department-directors' summit and psoriasis standardised-treatment workshops with wide national impact.

Core Technologies and Specialised Diseases

• Areas of strength: Vitiligo, psoriasis, malignant melanoma, haemangiomas, acne, melasma, bullous diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases and dermatological aesthetics.
• Pigmentary disorders and vitiligo: Research on the immune mechanisms of vitiligo is among the leading work in China; equipped with 308 nm excimer lasers, intelligent narrowband UVB whole-body cabins and dermatoscopy for real-time monitoring of pigment recovery.
• Psoriasis: A dedicated psoriasis clinic and standardised-treatment platform; expertise in psoriasis and parapsoriasis.
• Skin tumours and malignant melanoma: Diagnosis and treatment of melanoma and other skin tumours, together with dermatopathology, is a signature area.
• Bullous and autoimmune diseases: Expertise in pemphigus and other autoimmune bullous diseases and connective-tissue diseases.
• Aesthetics and laser medicine: A leading high-end dermatological aesthetics centre offering intense pulsed light rejuvenation, laser pigment removal, treatment of pigmentary and vascular conditions, and scar- and hair-related aesthetic treatments.
• Specialised platforms: Centres for sexually transmitted diseases, allergen testing, phototherapy and medicated baths, a TCM dermatology clinic, and skin surgery and pathology consultation services.

Expert Team

• Wang Gang: MD, Professor, Chief Physician and doctoral supervisor; President of Xijing Dermatology Hospital and Director of the Department of Dermatology; Director of the Military Institute of Dermatology and of the Military Key Laboratory of Dermatology; Vice Chairman of the Chinese Medical Association Society of Dermatology and Venereology, President of the China Dermatologist Association, and Vice President of the Asian Society for Psoriasis (ASP); associate editor of three international journals including Eur J Dermatol and deputy editor-in-chief of the Chinese Journal of Dermatology. His specialties are psoriasis and autoimmune bullous diseases.
• Li Chunying: Chief Physician and Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education's "Changjiang Scholars" programme; her focus includes vitiligo and other pigmentary disorders, melanoma and other skin tumours, and immune-mediated and complex skin diseases (public sources).

Conditions We Commonly Treat

• Vitiligo and other pigmentary skin disorders
• Psoriasis and parapsoriasis
• Skin tumours and malignant melanoma
• Haemangiomas
• Acne, melasma
• Autoimmune bullous diseases such as pemphigus, and autoimmune connective-tissue diseases
• Allergic skin diseases (eczema, urticaria, etc.)
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Dermatological and laser aesthetics (pigmentary, vascular, scar and hair conditions)

Address and Contact

• Address: No. 127 Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
• Switchboard: +86-29-88886666 / +86-29-84775507 / +86-29-84774114 (subject to the hospital's official announcements)
• Website: xjwww.fmmu.edu.cn (First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University / Xijing Hospital)

For a quick overview of the department, see the Xijing Hospital Dermatology department page.

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