Neurosurgery Ward I

The Department of Neurosurgery currently has 26 physicians and 37 nurses. Among them are 2 doctoral supervisors, 8 master’s supervisors, 4 chief physicians, 14 deputy chief physicians, and 1 neuroelectrophysiology technician; 14 have doctoral degrees and 9 have master’s degrees. The department is equipped with modern neurosurgical facilities, including high-end operating microscopes, a neurosurgical navigation system, a neurosurgical robot, neuroendoscopes, neuroelectrophysiological monitoring equipment, an operative power system, an ultrasonic scalpel, intraoperative cerebrovascular ultrasound, a hybrid interventional operating room, and a three-dimensional digital subtraction cerebral angiography system.

The department currently has three wards, with 120 open beds. At present, the average annual surgical volume is more than 2,500 cases, and the number of patients admitted and discharged exceeds 4,000 visits. The department comprehensively applies advanced technologies and equipment, implementing the concepts of microsurgery, minimally invasive treatment, and precision throughout the diagnosis and treatment of diseases; the results of surgical treatment have reached an advanced level in China. Its subspecialty groups, with mature technologies and distinctive features, include: surgical and interventional treatment of cerebrovascular and spinal cord vascular diseases; hemispheric tumors; skull base neurosurgery; balloon compression and microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and other conditions; spinal cord and spine surgery; neuroendoscopy; neurosurgical robotics; surgery for craniocerebral trauma and intensive care; and neuroelectrophysiological monitoring. The department has undertaken more than 30 national- and provincial/municipal-level scientific research projects and has received more than 3 million yuan in research funding. It has published more than 70 papers, including more than 50 SCI papers. It has participated in compiling 9 books. It has obtained 6 national invention patents, 15 medical new technology awards, and 12 Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards.

The department is a teaching base directly affiliated with Harbin Medical University, a national standardized residency training base, and a degree-granting site for doctoral and master’s postgraduate students. At present, it trains an average of 1–2 doctoral students and more than 10 master’s students each year. Every morning, preoperative case discussions and postoperative case reviews are conducted; professional academic study is held weekly; and various continuing education programs and academic conferences are organized regularly.