Gastroenterology Ward 3

The Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University currently has 126 medical and nursing staff members. Under the leadership of Professor Qu Bo, the academic leader, it has been developed into an elite team with a well-structured composition and talent echelon. The department has 47 physicians, including 18 professors and chief physicians, 13 associate professors and associate chief physicians, 14 attending physicians, and 2 resident physicians. There are 2 doctoral student supervisors and 14 master's student supervisors. The ward has 64 nursing staff members, including 1 chief nurse, 4 associate chief nurses, and 27 charge nurses. The endoscopy unit has 15 nursing staff members, including 11 charge nurses. Gastroenterology Ward 3 has 13 physicians and 15 nursing staff members.

Our Philosophy

We seek survival through technology and development through innovation; we serve the people with superb medical skills and devote ourselves wholeheartedly!

We ensure safety through rules and regulations and create quality through sincerity; warm nursing benefits the people, with meticulous attention to detail!

Our Equipment

The Department of Gastroenterology has four endoscopic diagnosis and treatment centers equipped with advanced endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, including an X-ray machine dedicated to ERCP, digital subtraction equipment, and endoscopy systems. It also has multiple gastroscopes, colonoscopes, duodenoscopes, enteroscopes, and ultrasound endoscopes of various models. Every day, 15 diagnostic and treatment rooms simultaneously perform endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Our Technologies

The Department of Gastroenterology is a comprehensive specialty department integrating conventional medical treatment, minimally invasive endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, and minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment under X-ray guidance. Every day, it undertakes the diagnosis and treatment of a large number of common and difficult diseases in gastroenterology. It has introduced the most advanced endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic technologies currently available internationally and is one of the domestic gastroenterology specialties with the most comprehensive range of technologies.

1. Submucosal dissection (ESD), muscularis propria dissection (EMD/tEMD), endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFR), and peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), among other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, are actively performed.

2. It pioneered endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT) internationally.

3. Minimally invasive treatment of hemorrhoidal disease is provided, including cap-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy for hemorrhoids (CAES).

4. ERCP diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed, with more than 1,000 cases completed annually.

5. Enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy diagnostic and therapeutic technologies are provided.

6. Endoscopic sclerotherapy and ligation for esophageal varices, hemostatic treatment, stent placement, polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), and other procedures are also performed.

Our Services

The Department of Gastroenterology has four wards with 240 beds in operation and more than 10,000 discharges annually. It admits patients with cirrhosis, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, various gastrointestinal tumors, and a large number of difficult and complicated diseases. The average daily outpatient volume exceeds 500 patients. The Digestive Endoscopy Diagnosis and Treatment Center has 15 diagnostic and treatment rooms simultaneously performing endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures every day. Painless gastroscopy and colonoscopy and detailed examinations for early gastrointestinal cancers are routinely performed, and the department participates in the national screening program for early gastric cancer and early colorectal cancer. The endoscopy diagnostic and treatment rooms complete more than 50,000 endoscopic diagnostic procedures and more than 5,000 endoscopic therapeutic procedures annually, ranking among the leading institutions nationwide. The department is one of the largest digestive disease specialties in the country. Twenty-four-hour emergency endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided, and the department undertakes endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of digestive emergencies in Heilongjiang Province, with more than 1,000 emergency endoscopy procedures performed annually.

Our History

The Department of Gastroenterology was established in 1972. At that time, it had only 8 physicians and 35 hospital beds. The endoscopy unit was established in 1973 and achieved several firsts in the province. After half a century of development and the joint efforts of several generations of gastroenterologists, it has now become the largest department of gastroenterology in the three northeastern provinces and is authorized to confer doctoral degrees. At present, the Department of Gastroenterology consists of the gastroenterology outpatient department, gastroenterology wards, and the Digestive Endoscopy Diagnosis and Treatment Center. It has a total of 126 medical and nursing staff members. With the strong support of the hospital's Party and administrative leadership, the Department of Gastroenterology adheres to “a people-oriented development philosophy, carries forward the spirit of the revolutionary tradition, and makes its due contribution to the rapid development of the hospital and the health of the people of Heilongjiang Province.”