Dermatology and Venereology

The Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University was established in 1954. It is a national key discipline, a national clinical key specialty, an authorized site for master’s and doctoral degrees in dermatology and venereology, and a postdoctoral research station. It is currently home to the Key Laboratory of Dermatology of the Ministry of Education, the Clinical Medical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases of Anhui Province (Dermatology), and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Difficult and Severe Skin Diseases of Anhui Province.

There are currently 80 health professionals, including 41 physicians, 10 doctoral supervisors, 25 master’s supervisors, 38 personnel with doctoral degrees, 9 doctoral students currently enrolled, and 16 personnel with master’s degrees; among them are 14 chief physicians, 8 deputy chief physicians, and 13 attending physicians; there are 19 scientific research personnel and technicians in total; and 21 nurses, including 2 deputy chief nurses and 14 nurses-in-charge.

The department includes 1 inpatient ward and 4 outpatient areas (the Outpatient Department of the Science and Education Building, Changjiang Road Outpatient Department, Gaoxin Outpatient Department, and South District Outpatient Department). The annual number of outpatient visits is nearly 520,000, and there are more than 2,600 inpatients annually.

Strengths and Technologies

More than 10,000 cases of various difficult diseases are diagnosed and treated annually. Approximately 400 critically ill patients per year with various severe drug eruptions, severe psoriasis, connective tissue diseases, cutaneous vasculitis, bullous diseases, neurosyphilis, and other critical conditions are successfully treated. Routine services include cosmetic dermatology, dermatologic surgery, dermatologic imaging, dermatologic treatment, dermatologic laboratory testing, dermatopathology, and immunopathology.

Key development areas include psoriasis, hair diseases, autoimmune skin diseases, hereditary skin diseases, and cosmetic dermatology. Specialty clinics have been established specifically based on these development areas.

Departmental Honors

The department currently serves as the leading unit of the Dermatology and Venereology Branch of the Anhui Medical Association, the Dermatologists Branch of the Anhui Medical Doctor Association, the Medical Genetics Branch of the Anhui Medical Doctor Association, and the Laser Medicine Branch of the Anhui Medical Doctor Association; and as the director unit of the Anhui Medical Cosmetology Quality Control Center and the Anhui Dermatology and Venereology Quality Control Center. Over the past 10 years, it has carried out more than 40 domestically advanced new diagnosis and treatment technology projects and has served as chief editor or contributing editor for more than 20 national guidelines and consensus documents. It has successively led more than 80 scientific research projects, including the National 863 Program, the National 973 Program, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China; obtained more than 10 national invention patents; published more than 400 SCI papers; had its achievements selected among the “Top Ten Advances in Chinese Science” and the “Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances of Chinese Universities”; and received numerous awards and honors, including the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, the First Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award (3 times), the First Prize of the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Award, and the First Prize of the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

The department has served as the chief-editing institution for the 5th–9th editions and the chief-reviewing institution for the 10th edition of the national undergraduate planning textbook Dermatology and Venereology. It has served as chief editor of more than 40 textbooks and monographs, including the standardized residency training planning textbook Dermatology and Venereology, Fundamentals of Modern Dermatology, and Modern Dermatology. In 2021, a textbook edited by the department received the Second Prize of the First National Excellent Textbook Award. It has trained more than 400 postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, and master’s students. Among its graduate alumni, many have received awards including the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award and the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award, as well as national-level talent honors.