Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Founded in 1937, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital honors Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution. It is one of the earliest large-scale general hospitals managed by the Chinese people. Dr. Yan Fuqing, the founder, was the first Chinese to earn a Ph.D. in public health from the US and also founded Shanghai Medical College.
Under the supervision of the National Health Commission, Zhongshan Hospital is a leading unit in creating comprehensive national medical centers and a pilot unit for high-quality public hospital development. It is affiliated with Fudan University and ranked first in national public hospitals in 2020, second in 2021, and maintained the highest “A++” rating for five consecutive years.
Managed under the leadership of the CPC, the hospital excels in cardiology, hepatology, nephrology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, and vascular diseases. It promotes multidisciplinary development and is home to national clinical research centers and key specialty projects. The hospital offers “disease-centered” one-stop diagnostic and treatment services with 33 multidisciplinary centers.
As a flagship hospital, it is building new campuses in Shanghai and Qingpu to advance biomedical technology. In 2023, it saw 5.56 million outpatients and emergency visits, discharged 217,838 patients, and performed surgery on 160,837 patients, with an average hospital stay of 5.1 days. Notable achievements include the first robot-assisted living donor liver transplantation in Asia and the first percutaneous aortic valve replacement with a polymer valve globally.
Zhongshan Hospital is equipped with advanced facilities such as whole-body PET-CT, PET-MR, and the da Vinci surgical robot. Since its establishment, it has 3 CAS and 2 CAE academicians, nearly 400 postgraduate supervisors, and about 6,000 employees, including 800 senior professionals.
Research achievements are significant, with 1 National Key Laboratory, 1 National Engineering Laboratory, 8 provincial and ministerial engineering research centers, and 7 key laboratories. Over the past decade, it has received over 1,000 national-level projects and 74 provincial and ministerial awards. Since 2014, it has published nearly 8,000 SCI papers in top journals like Cell, Nature, and Lancet Oncology. Since 2007, it has been granted nearly 2,000 patents.
The hospital offers robust educational programs, including 18 doctoral and 21 master’s programs, and 30 specialist physician training bases. It is a national clinical teaching and training demonstration center and has won national and Shanghai teaching achievement awards.
Zhongshan Hospital is advancing digital and intelligent transformation, ranking first in Shanghai for “Digital Transformation of Convenient Medical Service” in 2021. It has been approved for the “5G + Health Management Demonstration Project” by the MIIT and the National Health Commission.
Actively engaging in social responsibilities, it sends medical teams to Morocco and supports healthcare in rural and developing areas. It has quickly responded to major disasters and public health emergencies and regularly organizes free clinics and medical consultations. Its science popularization platform “Zhongshan Health Promotion Lecturing” is well-known.
The hospital has received numerous honors, including the National Civilized Unit and the National May Day Labor Award. It is committed to building a world-class modern hospital through rigorous medical practice, advanced technology, and scientific management, adhering to a “patient-centered” spirit.