Neurology

The Department of Neurology at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University is a highly authoritative and distinctive department for the treatment of neurological diseases in Heilongjiang Province. It is also the largest neurology department in the province, integrating emergency care and rescue, critical care, rehabilitation, prevention, research, and teaching. Director Zhang Zhuobo has led the team in establishing a total of 10 neurology inpatient wards, including a Stroke Center and a Neurocritical Care Ward. The neurology inpatient service has 85 physicians: 15 chief physicians, 29 deputy chief physicians, 25 attending physicians, and 16 resident physicians, as well as 8 rehabilitation therapists; 40 staff members hold doctoral degrees, 47 hold master’s degrees, 5 are doctoral supervisors, and 24 are master’s supervisors. There are 77 nurses, including 4 deputy chief nurses, 39 nurse supervisors, and 34 nurses. Under Director Zhang Zhuobo’s leadership, the Department of Neurology has led, undertaken, and completed numerous national-level and provincial/ministerial-level or higher research projects, including leading and participating in major projects under the national 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans, and more than 10 projects such as Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects and Provincial Department of Education projects. It has published 5 books, applied for 3 patents, accumulated research funding of 10 million, and published more than 100 papers in core journals in China and abroad, of which more than 50 are indexed in SCI. It has been named an outstanding department and a key department of the hospital for consecutive years.

Additionally, Director Zhang Zhuobo serves as director of the Neurology Teaching and Research Section. The Department of Neurology undertakes all neurology teaching responsibilities, including theoretical courses and clinical practical-skills training for undergraduates, master’s students, doctoral students, residents in standardized residency training, and doctors undertaking further training, across all educational tracks. Under Director Zhang Zhuobo’s leadership, the Neurology Teaching and Research Section has received awards many times, including Director Zhang Zhuobo himself being recognized as an Outstanding Postgraduate Supervisor, while team members have received Outstanding Teaching Secretary awards and multiple teaching-competition awards.

The Department of Neurology has 370 open beds and an average annual outpatient volume of 70,000 visits. Its supporting facilities are comprehensive, including a stroke emergency outpatient clinic, a stroke unit, and a neurocritical care ward. It is equipped with advanced devices, including multiparameter monitors, ventilators, EEG topography, video EEG, EEG Holter, transcranial color Doppler ultrasound, and Keypoint evoked-potential electromyography. Together with the hospital’s 320-slice spiral CT, 3.0T MRI, 1.5T MRI, and Gemstone spectral CT, these facilities enable the department to fully perform comprehensive clinical diagnosis and treatment centered on neurology.

At present, under Director Zhang Zhuobo’s leadership, the Department of Neurology’s medical team is at an advanced level within the province in the following clinical services: 1. Arterial interventional thrombolysis and thrombectomy for cerebral infarction 2. Balloon angioplasty of intracranial vessels and stent implantation 3. Arterial interventional embolization of intracranial aneurysms 4. Neurological rehabilitation treatment unit During clinical diagnosis and treatment, the department’s medical and nursing staff apply superb medical skills and use advanced instruments and equipment. Guided by the philosophy of “Everything starts with the patient,” they constantly innovate and surpass themselves, creating one miracle of life after another.