The Department of Gastroenterology at Xijing Hospital, operating as Xijing Digestive Disease Hospital, is one of China's earliest centers for digestive disease care and GI endoscopy, integrating outpatient and emergency services, inpatient wards, an endoscopy center, an interventional center, a digestive ICU, GI pathology, a motility laboratory, a stem-cell transplantation unit and an artificial liver support unit under one roof.
Hospital & Department Standing
Top-Tier A++++ Hospital
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital), a Class A tertiary hospital holding the top A++++ rating in the Fudan China Hospital Ranking.
National Clinical Research Center
Leads the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases with 24 core institutions and more than 200 partner institutions nationwide, directed by Academician Fan Daiming.
National Key Discipline
Among the first batch of national key disciplines in digestive diseases and a national key clinical specialty; long ranked among the top in the Fudan specialty reputation ranking.
Regional Platforms
Former Lanzhou Military Region Digestive Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center and Shaanxi Provincial Gastrointestinal Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center.
Core Techniques
Advanced GI Endoscopy
ESD, EMR, endoscopic resection of submucosal tumors, and POEM for achalasia.
ERCP & Endoscopic Ultrasound
Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases.
Early GI Cancer Detection
High-definition and magnifying endoscopy, chromoendoscopy, confocal laser endomicroscopy and AI-assisted diagnosis of early cancer and precancerous lesions.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Standardized management of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Liver Disease & Artificial Liver
Endoscopic treatment of variceal bleeding, management of liver failure and cirrhosis complications, and artificial liver support.
Holistic Integrative Medicine
An approach advocated by Academician Fan Daiming and a signature research direction of the center.
Conditions Suited
Expert Team
Fan Daiming — Academician
Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and foreign member of the U.S., French and Brazilian national academies of medicine; Director of the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, specializing in gastroenterology and oncology.
Wu Kaichun — Deputy Director
Deputy Director of the National Clinical Research Center; expertise in inflammatory bowel disease, GI tumors and complex digestive diseases.
Han Ying — Liver Specialist
Expert in standardized management of liver diseases, including autoimmune liver disease, viral liver disease, severe hepatitis and cirrhosis.
Nie Yongzhan — Changjiang Scholar
Distinguished Professor with expertise in GI tumors, targeted and immunotherapy for precancerous and advanced tumors, and neuroendocrine tumors.
Address & Contact
Address
No. 127 Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China — in central Xi'an near Metro Line 1 and Xi'an Railway Station.
Switchboard
+86-29-88886666 / +86-29-84774114 (subject to the hospital's official daily announcement).
Website
xjwww.fmmu.edu.cn — First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital).