Digestive Diseases Hospital – Gastroenterology Department 3

The Department of Gastroenterology III at the Digestive Disease Hospital of Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital is one of the larger gastroenterology departments in the general hospitals of Heilongjiang Province, integrating medical care, teaching, and research. It was established in January 2018; as a provincial-level leading talent team, it is at the forefront of digestive system disease diagnosis and treatment in the province.

The physician team currently comprises 11 members, including 4 chief physicians, 1 associate chief physician, 5 attending physicians, and 1 resident physician; 1 holds a doctoral degree, 2 are currently pursuing doctoral degrees, and 8 hold master’s degrees; the nursing team comprises 15 members, including 1 associate chief nurse, 8 nurses-in-charge, 3 nurse practitioners, and 3 nurses.

Medical specialties:

Multiple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for digestive system diseases are offered, including gastroscopy and colonoscopy, as well as endoscopic polypectomy; dilation for benign esophageal strictures, and dilation and POEM treatment for achalasia of the cardia; endoscopic hemostasis; ESD treatment for submucosal tumors, early cancers, and precancerous lesions of the esophagus, stomach, and intestine; gastroscopic variceal band ligation and injection therapy with tissue glue and sclerosing agents for bleeding caused by ruptured esophageal and gastric fundal varices; examination and treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases based on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), such as extraction of bile duct and pancreatic duct stones, biliary and pancreatic duct stent placement, and cholangioscopy; percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD); percutaneous cholangioscopic treatment of diseases such as bile duct stones and biliary strictures; gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/J); placement of various nasogastric tubes, nasoenteric tubes, and intestinal obstruction catheters; capsule endoscopy; double-balloon enteroscopy examination and treatment; endoscopic ultrasonography examination and treatment; the first inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic in the province has been opened, and an individualized, standardized diagnosis and treatment plan is developed for every IBD patient; a functional gastrointestinal disease clinic has been opened and is currently the first institution in Heilongjiang Province to perform microbiota transplantation; weight-loss treatment: gastric bypass stent placement.

Nursing team: The nursing team keeps pace with medical advances and places emphasis on developing a tiered specialist-nurse team; the department currently has more than 10 specialist nurses at the national or provincial level. Based on the department’s disease characteristics, in addition to being proficient in the routine nursing and emergency care of acutely and critically ill gastroenterology patients, the nursing team, under the leadership of the head nurse, has developed deep expertise in complex nursing techniques such as nutritional support for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, stoma care, and microbiota transplantation, providing expert care to support patients’ recovery. The team upholds the principle “Prevent disease before it occurs; prevention is better than treatment,” actively innovates health-education methods, produces a series of short popular-science videos, conveys professional health knowledge through humanistic care, and has won widespread praise from patients and their families; the department was awarded the title “Best Specialty Publicity Team” by “Health News.”