Gastrointestinal Surgery Department I

Department 1 of Gastrointestinal Surgery is a specialized department integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research. It is an important component of General Surgery, a national key clinical specialty, and is a key specialty of Liaoning Province, a key specialty of Dalian City, a key specialty under Dalian City's Peak Plan, and the initiating institution of the Southern Liaoning Alliance for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors. As an important part of the oncology center established through Dalian City's medical soft-power development, Department 1 of Gastrointestinal Surgery focuses on the comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and clinical research of gastrointestinal tumors. Through early endoscopic screening, it achieves early diagnosis and early treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. At the same time, it also conducts specialized research on the diagnosis and treatment of benign gastrointestinal diseases, perianal diseases, and others.

Department 1 of Gastrointestinal Surgery has a strong team of professionals, including 6 personnel with doctoral degrees, as well as members who have studied abroad. Under the leadership of Director Shuang Yi, the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery has inherited the fine traditions and superb medical skills of our hospital's General Surgery Department while further developing, promoting, reforming, and innovating them, and has extensively carried out minimally invasive surgical treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was initiated in 1999; laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery was initiated in 2010; completely laparoscopic gastrointestinal tumor specimen extraction through natural orifices was initiated in 2017; completely laparoscopic gastric surgery with Billroth-I reconstruction was initiated in 2018; and da Vinci robotic gastrointestinal surgery was initiated in 2019. To date, nearly 800 da Vinci robotic gastrointestinal operations have been completed. In the national peer rankings for 2020 and 2021, it ranked seventh nationwide and first in Northeast China in both years.

Department 1 of Gastrointestinal Surgery has completed research on multiple projects, including 2 National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, 1 Ministry of Health project, 3 Liaoning Province projects, participation in 1 subproject of the 973 Program, and 1 Dalian City project. It has received 3 Liaoning Province Science and Technology Awards and 3 Dalian City Science and Technology Awards. It has participated in compiling 4 textbooks and in writing 5 medical monographs. More than 100 papers have been published, including more than 50 SCI papers.