General Surgery · Breast and Thyroid Surgery

Department history: The Department of General Surgery · Breast and Thyroid Surgery was founded in 2010, and has gone through development phases such as the Second General Surgery Department and the Breast and Thyroid Specialty Group of General Surgery, while its professional orientation has remained unchanged.

Department staffing: The department head is Yang Meng. The department currently has 5 chief physicians, 3 associate chief physicians and 5 attending physicians. 62% of the department's staff hold doctoral degrees. Important external positions held:

• Member of the Endocrinology Committee of the China Association of Integrative Medicine

• Member of the Breast Minimally Invasive Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Group of the Breast and Thyroid Branch of the Rehabilitation Committee of the China Anti-Cancer Association

• Member of the Thyroid Surgery Committee of the Surgical Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

• Member of the Thyroid Diseases Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association

• Member of the Parathyroid and Bone Metabolic Diseases Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association

• Member of the Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery Branch of the Surgery Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

• Member of the Breast Group of the Second Committee of the Minimally Invasive and Non-Invasive Specialty Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

• Youth Committee member of the Thyroid Branch of the Tumor Minimally Invasive Treatment Committee of the China Anti-Cancer Association.

Outpatient and inpatient setup: The department runs specialized outpatient clinics for breast disease, breast and thyroid surgery, etc. There are 34 inpatient beds in total.

Diagnostic and treatment equipment: The department has 1 ultrasound unit, 1 stereotactic horizontal mammography device and 2 breast minimally invasive biopsy (vacuum-assisted) devices. In Beijing, we were among the earliest and most experienced users of the stereotactic horizontal mammography device.

Department clinical features:

1. Systematic, standardized and individualized treatment and follow-up of breast cancer. Currently routinely performed procedures and operations include: Mammotome minimally invasive biopsy and surgery for breast lesions; stereotactic mammography-guided biopsy for breast microcalcifications; modified radical mastectomy/breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer; sentinel lymph node biopsy; primary or secondary reconstruction for breast cancer; salvage treatment of advanced breast cancer; neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer; endocrine therapy and molecular targeted therapy for breast cancer, etc.

2. The department manages all kinds of thyroid diseases in a standardized manner, including nodular goiter, thyroid adenoma, hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. The department was among the earlier units to carry out scarless endoscopic thyroid surgery via the neck, with several thousand cases completed.

3. Total or near-total parathyroidectomy without autotransplantation for secondary hyperparathyroidism: about 1,000 cases completed, with remarkable efficacy, high postoperative satisfaction, and a nationally leading position.

4. The department's original 2-3 cm minimally invasive hernia surgery under local anesthesia, with several thousand successful minimally invasive inguinal hernia surgeries completed.

Current specialized outpatient clinics: breast disease, breast and thyroid surgery, etc.

Research: The department leads projects under the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Program, projects of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and hospital-level projects of China-Japan Friendship Hospital; it has published dozens of papers in SCI journals and core journals, and served as chief translator for the published translation 'Operative Techniques in Breast, Endocrine, and Oncological Surgery'.

Teaching: The department undertakes postgraduate training for Peking Union Medical College, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Capital Medical University, and clinical teaching for undergraduate and seven-year-program students of Peking University Health Science Center and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. It continuously sends visiting scholars to medical institutions at home and abroad for study and exchange.

Location within the hospital: The department's outpatient clinics are located in the General Surgery Outpatient Clinic on the 3rd floor of Building B of the main campus and the International Medical Services outpatient clinic. The inpatient ward is located on the 8th floor of Building A and the 3rd floor of Building J of the main campus.

Department telephone: Outpatient: 010-84205317; Ward: 010-84205208; Nurses' station: 010-84205017.