Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

The Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of Hangzhou First People's Hospital is a peak medical discipline in Hangzhou. Its predecessor, the Department of General Surgery, was established in 1928. Distinguished pioneers of surgery, including Professors Qian Li, Wang Ligeng, Li Tingyi, Zhu Jiping, Lin Zhaonan, and Xia Jinsheng, successively served as department directors. In 1990, the Department of General Surgery was established, with Professors Xia Jinsheng, Qian Xiyuan, and Feng Guanghua successively serving as department directors. In 2000, under the guidance of Academician Zheng Shusen, the first liver transplantation operation was successfully performed. In 2004, the first small-intestine transplantation operation in Zhejiang Province was successfully performed, filling a gap in the province. In 2010, the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery was formally established as an independent department. It currently has 68 medical and nursing staff members, including 8 with senior professional titles and 9 with associate senior professional titles. The department has a strong team and a well-structured talent development program, including high-level innovative health professionals of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang New-Century 151 Talent Program members, and Hangzhou 131 Talent Program members.

Through the efforts of several generations over nearly a century, the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery has now developed into a major department integrating clinical care, scientific research, and education. It has established a multidisciplinary collaborative diagnosis and treatment system for difficult hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases and can perform all types of open and laparoscopic operations, including liver transplantation, pancreaticoduodenectomy, precision resection of the pancreatic head and uncinate process with preservation of the duodenum, radical resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, resection of complex hepatocellular carcinoma, and precision hepatectomy. Its comprehensive treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies, end-stage liver disease, complex hepatolithiasis and choledocholithiasis, severe acute pancreatitis, and portal hypertension has reached an advanced level in China. The department has received the National Science and Technology Progress Innovation Team Award and the First and Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Awards on multiple occasions, as well as the First Prize of the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

The department undertakes numerous national-level projects, including National Major Science and Technology Projects, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It maintains in-depth cooperation with several leading international universities, including the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The department's academic leaders have published research papers in highly influential domestic and international journals, including Gut, Journal of Hepatology, Molecular Cancer, and journals in the Chinese Medical Journal series, and enjoy considerable academic recognition in China and abroad.

The department attaches great importance to surgical education and aims to train outstanding surgical professionals with a solid theoretical foundation, proficient surgical skills, and a global academic perspective. It undertakes a range of teaching responsibilities, including theoretical instruction and clinical observation and internships, for eight-year and five-year undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and international students at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, and Nanjing Medical University. Professors Xu Xiao and Director Jia Changku, among others, have participated as chief editors, associate chief editors, and editorial board members in compiling a series of national-level surgical textbooks and teaching reference books. The department has hosted multiple national- and provincial-level continuing education courses on advances in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and receives visiting trainees from numerous medical institutions in Guizhou, Fujian, and Zhejiang Province.