Dermatology and Venereology

The Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was established in 1959. It is a National Key Clinical Specialty, a leading talent echelon in Heilongjiang Province, a Clinical Research Center for Immune-Related Skin Diseases in Heilongjiang Province, one of the first National Demonstration Bases for Medical Aesthetics, the institution whose specialist serves as Chair of the Dermatology and Venereology Branch of the Heilongjiang Medical Association, an authorized institution for master's and doctoral degrees in Dermatology and Venereology, a Disease Research Center of the Dermatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a National Clinical Drug Research Base, a Urticaria Research Center of the Chinese Medical Association, a National Psoriasis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, a National Outstanding Specialized Outpatient Demonstration Clinic for Psoriasis, and the leading institution of the Heilongjiang Provincial Dermatology, Medical Aesthetics and Venereology Specialty Alliance. It maintains long-term collaborative relationships with many of the country's top specialty departments, including the Department of Dermatology of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; the Department of Dermatology of Peking University First Hospital; the Department of Dermatology of the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University; and the Institute of Dermatology of Fudan University.

The department has a Laser Treatment Center, a phototherapy room, a dermatopathology room, a mycology laboratory, and a noninvasive skin examination room. It independently performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including skin histopathology, immunological techniques, laser treatment, allergen testing, electronic dermoscopy, surgical treatment, physical therapy, ultraviolet treatment, and photodermatosis testing.

The department currently has 16 physicians and 16 nurses, including 2 doctoral supervisors and 5 master's supervisors. Its annual outpatient volume exceeds 160,000 visits, ranking first among Grade III Class A hospitals in Heilongjiang. The outpatient department has four subspecialties: dermatologic laser, dermatopathology, cutaneous mycology, and dermatologic surgery. It provides four levels of consultation: general clinics, specialist clinics, disease-specific clinics, and renowned-expert clinics. The inpatient department currently has 60 beds and admits patients with difficult and complicated diseases referred from hospitals at all levels across the province. The department actively introduces various advanced treatment methods. Its treatment specialties—including individualized treatment of psoriasis; comprehensive treatment of acne, vitiligo, melasma, and allergic diseases; and the management of various difficult and complicated diseases, alopecia, and laser treatment—are at the leading domestic level. In addition, it has achieved outstanding therapeutic results in the diagnosis and treatment of various refractory dermatitis, connective tissue diseases, bullous diseases, skin tumors, and various difficult and complicated conditions, reaching an advanced domestic level.

Through more than half a century of continuous development, the Department of Dermatology and Venereology has achieved fruitful results in clinical medicine, education, and research. It has become a department with strong professional competence, advanced technical standards, and first-class service quality in its field, and a trendsetter in the dermatology community of the province.