One of the flagship disciplines of Children's Hospital of Fudan University, the National Children's Medical Center in Shanghai, offering comprehensive subspecialty coverage for congenital structural anomalies and complex surgical diseases in newborns, infants and children.
Hospital Credentials
National Children's Medical Center
A tertiary (Class A) comprehensive pediatric specialty hospital under the National Health Commission; approved as a National Children's Medical Center in 2017, with 1,000 authorized beds and 50 clinical and medical-technical departments.
Long-Standing Pediatric Leadership
Founded in 1952; National Key Discipline in Pediatrics and participant in China's "985" and "Double First-Class" initiatives; pediatric internal medicine has long ranked No. 1 nationwide.
International Accreditation
The first children's specialty hospital in China to pass 5th-edition JCI accreditation; passed HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 in 2016.
Scale of Care
About 2.49 million outpatient and emergency visits and 49,000 inpatients annually, with about 100 heart, liver and kidney transplants performed each year.
Accreditation & Standing
- 1. National Key Clinical Specialty (Pediatric Surgery) and Ministry of Health Key Clinical Specialty (Surgery).
- 2. Shanghai "Priority of Priorities" Key Discipline, hosting the Shanghai Clinical Medical Center for Complex and Critical Pediatric Surgical Diseases.
- 3. A national residency training base for pediatric surgery and one of the first national key specialty bases.
- 4. Ranked No. 2 nationwide in pediatric surgery in the Fudan Best Specialty Reputation Ranking, behind only Beijing Children's Hospital.
Core Clinical Strengths
Neonatal Surgery
Esophageal atresia, diaphragmatic hernia and other congenital structural anomalies, with prenatal diagnosis and fetal anomaly counseling.
Gastrointestinal Malformations
Extensive expertise in anorectal malformation, Hirschsprung's disease, biliary atresia and choledochal cyst, including secondary surgery for postoperative complications.
Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery
Backed by the hospital's Minimally Invasive Medicine Platform; nearly 1,000 da Vinci robot-assisted surgeries per year.
Pediatric Urology
Among the earliest in China to perform laparoscopic pyeloplasty, pneumovesicoscopic ureteral reimplantation and percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
Surgical Oncology
Pediatric malignant solid tumors, hepatic and retroperitoneal tumors, with nephron-sparing techniques for pediatric renal tumors.
Full Subspecialty Coverage
General surgery, neonatal surgery, urology, orthopedics, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and oncology enable multidisciplinary (MDT) management of complex cases.
Conditions & Signature Capabilities
Expert Team
Prof. Zheng Shan — Professor, Chief Physician
Former Director of Surgery; expertise in pediatric gastrointestinal malformations, biliary atresia, neonatal malformations and prenatal counseling for fetal anomalies.
Zhou Yiming — Chief Physician
Anorectal malformations (Hirschsprung's disease, imperforate anus), biliary malformations and pediatric tumors.
Geng Hongquan — Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor
Academic leader in pediatric urology; Outstanding Academic Leader recognized by Shanghai municipal bodies; principal investigator of four NSFC general projects.
Wang Dahui — Chief Physician, Vice President
Director of Orthopedics; focuses on pediatric spine surgery and limb deformity correction.
Address & Contact
Main Campus
399 Wanyuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai.
Fenglin Branch
130 Yixueyuan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai (pediatric internal medicine only).
Contact
Hospital public telephone: 021-64931990; website: ch.shmu.edu.cn.
Figures above are hospital-wide public data; no authoritative department-level surgical volume for pediatric surgery alone was found publicly, so none is claimed.