Ophthalmology

The Department of Ophthalmology is an integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital and an important component of the hospital’s “Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Discipline Cluster”; it currently undertakes the work of the “Jin Ming National-level Famous Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Physician Studio,” Beijing’s “Specialized Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Traditional Chinese Ophthalmology,” the “Key Laboratory—Research Center for Prevention and Treatment of Allergic Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine,” and the “Hospital-level Key Experimental Center for Diabetes”; it was formerly the chair institution of the Ophthalmology Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, is currently the chair institution of the Special Committee on Eye-care Technology of the China Association of Chinese Materia Medica, and is also one of the members of the Ophthalmology Teaching Alliance of hospitals directly affiliated with the National Health Commission.

The department has 21 doctors in service, and 60% hold doctoral or higher degrees. The team has 1 national-level famous senior traditional Chinese medicine physician and 1 academic leader; 2 doctoral supervisors and 2 master’s supervisors. The department is currently divided into 8 subspecialties, which respectively conduct research on complex fundus lesions, ocular trauma, optic nerve diseases, immune-related eye diseases, pediatric eye diseases, glaucoma, optometric diseases, neuro-ophthalmology, and other areas. The department is a doctoral training site for Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and a master’s training site for Capital Medical University, and undertakes teaching work for Peking University Health Science Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, and many other institutions, including various teaching tasks such as undergraduate and graduate education, apprenticeship-based teaching, education for advanced-study students, and resident physician base training; it has successively undertaken and participated in multiple national- and ministerial/bureau-level research projects, and in the past nearly 5 years has continuously received provincial/ministerial-level science and technology awards, including the second prize once and the third prize once.

The department has 30 beds, with supporting and well-equipped ophthalmic functional examination rooms and standardized clinical pathways for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. In addition to being able to perform surgical treatments such as those for complex fundus lesions, complex ocular trauma, full-femtosecond laser procedures, and excimer laser myopia correction, in recent years it has gradually formed “with advanced examination instruments as the conditions; based on precise ophthalmic imaging operations and image-reading analysis techniques;

In terms of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, relying on the National-level Famous Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Physician Studio, the Beijing Municipal Specialty for Characteristic Diagnosis and Treatment in Traditional Chinese Ophthalmology, and the Neuro-ophthalmology Joint Clinic, the department has carried out extensive work; it has not only implemented numerous traditional techniques of traditional Chinese ophthalmology, but also has highly distinctive features and advantages in the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. It has established systematic diagnosis and treatment standards for fundus diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, fundus vascular lesions, fundus immune lesions, and dry eye syndrome, which are disease types particularly amenable to traditional Chinese medicine treatment, as well as for Chinese-medicine technologies related to traditional Chinese medicine clinical practice; it fully leverages the synergistic advantages of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, addressing disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and health education and publicity, while taking the lead in coordinating all clinical medical units to compile high-quality evidence-based guidelines; it adheres to combining innovation with inheritance and integrating medical care, education, and research, and through development in recent years has initially established a key specialty in traditional Chinese ophthalmology with prominent traditional Chinese medicine advantages, distinctive traditional Chinese diagnostic and treatment features, equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and a demonstrative and driving role.