Thoracic Surgery/Cardiac and Great Vessels Surgery (ICU)

The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University is one of the earliest departments of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery established in New China, and was founded under the leadership of Professor Lin Shangqing, a nationally renowned expert in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. It is a National Key Clinical Specialty of the Ministry of Health, the Chongqing Comprehensive Treatment Center for Pulmonary Tumors, the Chongqing Clinical Key Discipline, the National Subcenter for Clinical Research on Esophageal Cancer, the Chongqing Comprehensive Treatment Center for Pulmonary Tumors, the Chongqing Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Pulmonary Nodules and Early Lung Cancer, the Chongqing Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Center, the National Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Training Center, the National Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Model Ward, the Chongqing Training Base for Specialist Nurses in Cardiothoracic Surgery, the chairing unit of the Chongqing Liangjiang Thoracic Surgery Specialist Alliance, and the chairperson's unit of the Thoracic Surgery Professional Committee of the Chongqing Medical Association. In 1985, it was approved by the state as a discipline authorized to confer professional master's degrees, in 2005 it was approved as a discipline authorized to confer doctoral degrees in surgery, and in 2011 it was recognized as a National Key Clinical Discipline of the Ministry of Health. After more than 50 years of profound accumulation and technological development, the department now has 2 wards, the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ward of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University and the Thoracic Surgery ward of the Jinshan Campus, with approximately 161 beds, strong clinical technical capabilities, and distinctive medical characteristics. Its medical and academic standards enjoy a relatively high standing in Southwest China and nationwide, and the discipline's development is at an advanced domestic level and at a leading level in Chongqing. In recent years, a number of new technologies have been widely implemented in clinical practice, such as thoracoscopy, which has been widely used in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant diseases. An internationally first-class endoscopic training center has been established at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, and the department is responsible for its specialized training. The annual number of patients treated has reached more than 5000, and the rate of minimally invasive surgery is above 95%. This specialty has a strong faculty, a well-structured talent echelon, and abundant reserve talent. It currently has 159 staff members. There are 39 physicians, including 16 with senior professional titles and 39 with master's degrees or higher, including 20 with doctoral degrees; most have undergone advanced training in China, including 14 who have undergone advanced training abroad; and 117 nurses, including 2 deputy chief nurses, 16 nurses-in-charge, and 72 nurses. It has 1 Chongqing Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert, 2 Chongqing Academic and Technical Leaders, 1 reserve candidate for Chongqing Academic and Technical Leader, and 3 Chongqing High-end Young and Middle-aged Medical Talents. It has published more than 800 academic papers in authoritative journals in China and abroad, more than 200 of which have been indexed by SCI; it has participated in compiling more than 15 various monographs: it has received multiple ministry- and provincial-level awards, 7 National Natural Science Foundation grants, 38 provincial- and municipal-level scientific research fund projects, 25 university-level scientific research fund projects, 2 provincial- and municipal-level science and technology progress awards, and 11 national patents.