Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology at Hangzhou No. 1 People's Hospital was established in 1999. Under the leadership of senior-generation cardiovascular experts, including Li Peizhang, Wu Xin, and Wang Ningfu, as well as the current academic leader Xu Yizhou, it has formed a team with excellent technical expertise, leading academic capabilities, and professional services. The department currently has 39 physicians, including 9 chief physicians, 12 deputy chief physicians, 17 doctoral degree holders, 21 master's degree holders, 2 doctoral supervisors, 6 master's supervisors, and 2 expert advisers. The department's Hubin Campus has 93 authorized beds, and its Chengbei Campus has 30 authorized beds. It receives more than 120000 outpatient visits and discharges more than 7900 inpatients annually, ranking among the leading hospitals in the province. The department currently undertakes multiple national-, provincial-, and internationally collaborative scientific research projects, including subprojects of the National Key Research and Development Program, projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the “Jianbing” and “Lingyan” science and technology plan projects of Zhejiang Province, and projects funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province. It organizes national continuing education courses and national cardiovascular academic conferences. It undertakes the teaching and clinical practice of 5-year undergraduate classes, international classes, and postgraduate students at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, and serves as a clinical practice teaching base for several higher medical education institutions, including Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, and Wenzhou Medical University. It accepts physicians from within and outside the province for specialized further training year-round, including general cardiology, coronary intervention, and interventional diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias.