Nephrology

The Department of Nephrology of our hospital is the Anhui Provincial Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, the Anhui Provincial Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, a core unit of the National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, a National Health Commission Peritoneal Dialysis Demonstration Center, a National Drug Clinical Trial Base, and a discipline prioritized for development during the 13th Five-Year Plan and designated as a key discipline during the 14th Five-Year Plan in Anhui Province, as well as a highland discipline of the hospital. It took the lead in establishing the Anhui Provincial Kidney Disease Clinical and Pathological Medical Consortium, the Anhui Provincial Peritoneal Dialysis Medical Consortium, and the Anhui Provincial Rare Kidney Disease Diagnosis Center. It has been selected multiple times for the “Specialty Ranking of Nephrology Departments in East China” by the Institute of Hospital Management of Fudan University (ranked 13th in East China in 2023) and the China Hospital Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (STEM) ranking (ranked 35th nationally in nephrology in 2023).

The department currently has 172 medical and nursing staff members, including 25 staff with senior professional titles (8 at the senior level and 17 at the associate senior level), 4 doctoral supervisors, 10 master’s supervisors, and 30 PhD holders; the department has 4 wards, 3 blood purification centers, 152 beds, 150 hemodialysis machines, and 10 CRRT machines. Its annual outpatient volume exceeds 100000 visits, with 8000 discharged patients, more than 1200 renal biopsy pathological diagnoses, 500 autologous arteriovenous fistula creation procedures, and 100000 blood purification treatment sessions performed annually; patient satisfaction has consistently remained above 98%.

Strengths in Technology

The department has established a technical system centered on precision renal pathological diagnosis and was among the first to implement molecular classification-based diagnosis and treatment of glomerular diseases. It has maturely developed subspecialties including renal pathology, blood purification, peritoneal dialysis, critical kidney diseases, chronic kidney disease management, metabolic and immune-mediated kidney diseases, and acute kidney injury. Its technologies extend to prefecture- and city-level hospitals throughout the province, forming a provincial model hub for diagnosis and treatment. As the deputy director institution of the Anhui Provincial Kidney Disease Quality Control Center, it undertakes 2 appropriate technology promotion projects of the Anhui Provincial Health Commission and, relying on three provincial medical consortium platforms, promotes the extension of high-quality medical resources to lower-level facilities, providing core support for the development of the province-wide kidney disease prevention and treatment system.

Department Honors

The department has led 24 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, published 130 SCI papers, received 1 second prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Ministry of Education and 1 second prize and 1 third prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Anhui Province, and holds 2 national invention patents.