Burns Surgery

The Department of Burn and Wound Repair Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University was established in 1973 and has now developed into a National Key Clinical Specialty, a national Traditional Chinese Medicine–Western Medicine Collaborative “Flagship” Department, an Anhui Province “14th Five-Year Plan” Key Clinical Specialty, and the lead institution of the Anhui Provincial Burn Care Quality Control Center. The discipline is a standing committee member institution of the Burn Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the Burn Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and is the institution designated to assume the chairmanship of the Burn Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine; it is also an authorized degree-conferral site for doctoral and master’s degrees in burn surgery and a postdoctoral research station. The department currently has 92 healthcare and technical personnel, including 33 doctors, 4 doctoral supervisors (3 externally appointed), 7 master’s supervisors, 12 doctorate holders, 5 doctoral students currently enrolled, and 18 master’s degree holders; among them are 7 chief physicians, 4 deputy chief physicians, and 11 attending physicians; 2 full-time research and technical personnel; and 57 nurses, including 5 associate chief nurses and 22 nurses-in-charge.

The department comprises three wards [Gaoxin Ward (Ward 1), Jixi Road Ward (Ward 2), and South District Ward (Ward 3)].

Technical Strengths

The department has a total of 160 beds, sees more than 50,000 outpatient visits annually, treats more than 3,000 inpatients annually, and performs nearly 4,000 surgeries annually.

Routine specialized diagnostic and treatment services provided by the department: in the fields of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment of extensive burns, autologous minced-skin grafting, hydrosurgical debridement and MEEK skin grafting, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of post-burn scars, and comprehensive treatment of chronic, difficult-to-heal wounds, the department is at an advanced level in China; the treatment success rate for extensive deep burns is above 99%, reaching a leading level in China.

Advanced technology projects and key development directions: integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment of extremely severe burns, comprehensive treatment of acute and chronic wounds, and comprehensive prevention and treatment of scars after burns and trauma.

Department Honors

The discipline’s “Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment of Extensive Burns” is renowned in China and abroad. In the 1970s, it was featured twice in lengthy reports in prominent positions in the People’s Daily; it received the 1978 “National Science and Technology Conference Award,” the highest science and technology award; it was one of the first key disciplines in Anhui Province; and it is an Anhui Province key specialty under construction for the 14th Five-Year Plan. In 2019, the discipline ranked third nationwide in the “China Hospital Science and Technology Value Specialty Ranking”; in 2023, it was nominated for Fudan University’s Specialty Reputation Ranking; the Burn Department Party Branch became a “National Model Party Branch of a Clinical Department in a Public Hospital” in 2023; in 2024, it became a national “Flagship” Department for Traditional Chinese Medicine–Western Medicine collaboration designated by the National Health Commission and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; and in 2025, it was approved by the National Health Commission as a “National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Unit.” In teaching, in 2020, the teaching and research section to which it belongs was named a provincial-level “Dual-Basics” Demonstration Teaching and Research Section, and the theoretical course it primarily teaches, “General Principles of Surgery,” was designated a National First-Class Undergraduate Course (Offline).