Shanghai Huashan Hospital
Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University was founded in 1907. Its predecessor was the General Hospital of the Red Cross Society of China and the Medical School, the first hospital established by the Chinese in Shanghai. It trained the first batch of modern medical talents in China. In 1992, the hospital was among the first batch to pass the evaluation of a Class-A tertiary hospital. It is a hospital affiliated to and managed by the National Health Commission, a teaching hospital of Fudan University, and a hospital named after the Red Cross Society of China. It is also one of the most renowned and internationalized medical, teaching, and research centers in China. Currently, it has 3,142 approved beds and 450 research beds, along with 42 clinical and medical technology departments. The hospital has multiple campuses, including the main campus, Pudong, Hongqiao, and Baoshan campuses.
The hospital houses the National Center for Neurological Diseases, the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases. It has 20 National Key Clinical Specialties designated by the Ministry of Health, covering orthopedics, nursing, clinical laboratory, endocrinology, neurosurgery, hand surgery, neurology, traditional Chinese medicine (pulmonary diseases), dermatology, urology, nephrology, general surgery, gastroenterology, oncology, infectious diseases, rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine, medical imaging, key laboratories (hand surgery), and key laboratories (antibiotics). There are 10 national key disciplines designated by the Ministry of Education, 2 national key laboratories, 3 Shanghai key laboratories, 2 Shanghai clinical research centers, 6 Shanghai engineering technology centers, 4 Shanghai "top - priority" clinical medicine centers, and 1 Shanghai "top - priority" clinical key discipline. In the specialty reputation rankings, 6 of the hospital's disciplines are among the top three in the country, and another 9 are among the top ten.
In recent years, the hospital has seen an average annual total of over 5.6 million outpatient and emergency visits, nearly 180,000 discharged patients, and over 80,000 surgeries. As the first unit in Shanghai to provide foreign - related medical services, it is the designated medical institution for 10 consulates. It has served over 600,000 foreign patients from more than 100 countries and regions around the world, and was selected as the first in the pilot project of international medical tourism in Shanghai public hospitals. The hospital has assumed medical support tasks in important foreign affairs activities and international events such as the China International Import Expo, World Expo, Olympic Games, APEC meetings, Conference on Interaction and Confidence - Building Measures in Asia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, and visits of foreign dignitaries to China, and has received high recognition and praise.
"Huashan Hospital Fujian" jointly established by Huashan Hospital and the Fujian Provincial Government under the hospital's lead operation is one of the first batch of national regional medical centers. Inheriting the good cooperation between our hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, this project opened in May 2021.
The hospital has a strong technical force and a gathering of renowned experts. It currently has nearly 5,000 employees, with medical professionals accounting for over 80%. Among them, there are nearly 700 experts with senior professional titles. Since its establishment, the hospital has had 4 academicians, 6 recipients of the National Ten - Thousand - Talent Program, 9 Changjiang Scholars, 7 young Changjiang Scholars, 14 recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 22 tenured professors. There are nearly 40 chairmen or vice - chairmen of national professional academic committees and over 60 chairmen or vice - chairmen of Shanghai - level professional academic committees.
While fulfilling a large number of medical tasks, the hospital has achieved remarkable results in scientific research, with flourishing discipline construction. In recent years, it has won the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award three times. It has obtained over 420 National Natural Science Foundation projects, published over 4,200 papers, and more than 2,900 of them were indexed by SCI. The hand - surgery team, for example, pioneered the "contralateral cervical nerve transfer for the treatment of upper - limb hemiplegia after central nervous system injury," which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) with an impact factor of 72.406 and was named the most eye - catching article in 2018. In 2020, the hospital won the Special Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, and in 2024, it won the First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
As a teaching hospital, it currently focuses on cultivating high - quality medical talents for the "Double - First - Class" initiative. It undertakes the teaching of over 2,000 students (trainees) each year. In the past five years, the hospital has obtained 1 national excellent course, 16 city - and university - level excellent courses, and 2 key undergraduate courses designated by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. It was selected as one of the first batch of national demonstration centers for clinical teaching and training. Every year, it holds over 120 academic forums at all levels and national continuing medical education programs, enrolling over 10,000 trainees, thus cultivating a large number of medical talents for the country.
The hospital attaches great importance to the cultivation of international talents. It hosts a series of international academic conferences and has dispatched medical, teaching, research, and management teams and individuals to more than 40 countries and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and Japan for visits, study, and participation in conferences. At the same time, the hospital supports the Belt and Road Initiative and promotes international cooperation. It has carried out bilateral cooperation with the Czech Ministry of Health and Bulovka Hospital and joined the "China - Central and Eastern European Countries Hospital Cooperation Alliance." The hospital has also established friendly cooperative relations with well - known institutions such as Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in the United States, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and the University of British Columbia in Canada, aiming to become one of the most outstanding clinical medicine and medical education and training centers in China.