Puwan Campus – Rehabilitation Medicine Department

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University is a key discipline in Liaoning Province, an authorized master's degree program in Rehabilitation Medicine and Physiotherapy at Dalian Medical University, the institution serving as chair of the Dalian Municipal Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialty Branch, a standardized residency training base in Liaoning Province, and an initiating institution of the Southern Liaoning Critical Care Rehabilitation Specialty Alliance. It currently has 17 physicians on the authorized staff, including 1 chief physician, 4 associate chief physicians, and 9 attending physicians; 4 hold doctoral degrees, 13 hold master's degrees, and 2 are supervisors of master's students. There are 27 rehabilitation therapists, including 8 therapists-in-charge. The department has undertaken multiple research projects, conducted interdisciplinary medical-engineering research with Dalian University of Technology and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, published more than 50 papers, including more than 10 SCI-indexed papers, served as chief editor or contributing editor for more than 10 works, and holds 6 invention patents.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Puwan Campus draws on the high-quality resources of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, and all specialists providing outpatient consultations are key clinical staff of the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University. Its rehabilitation assessment and treatment of central nervous system diseases, such as cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury, as well as peripheral nervous system diseases, such as Guillain–Barré syndrome, are at a nationally leading level. In particular, it has systematic rehabilitation treatment measures for critical care rehabilitation involving tracheostomy, disorders of consciousness, and cardiopulmonary insufficiency. The department currently has 10 beds and is equipped with top-tier medical equipment in China, including a gait and balance system.

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Puwan Campus is managed under the same quality standards as the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University. Its current clinical treatments include: ① critical care rehabilitation, including rehabilitation after surgery for craniocerebral trauma, rehabilitation after surgery for craniocerebral tumors, tracheostomy, disorders of consciousness, and more; ② neurological rehabilitation, including the recovery phase after cerebral hemorrhage, the recovery phase after cerebral infarction, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and more; ③ orthopedic rehabilitation, including rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery, periarthritis of the shoulder, cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, and more; ④ other rehabilitation services, including respiratory rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary function rehabilitation, pelvic floor rehabilitation, and more.

The department has established long-term exchange and cooperation relationships with the rehabilitation departments of Peking University Third Hospital, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, and other well-known hospitals in China. Experts are regularly invited to the hospital to give lectures, conduct consultations, carry out teaching ward rounds, and collaborate on scientific research. At the same time, the nursing team provides professional, considerate, and comprehensive care to relieve your worries.