Orthopedic Surgery Ward 11

The Orthopedic Surgery Ward 11 (Joint Surgery) of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University is a distinctive specialized department that integrates medical care, scientific research, and teaching and specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of joint diseases and bone metabolic diseases.

Under the leadership of Professor Tao Shuqing, a nationally renowned expert in joint surgery, and Professor Li Chao, the department director, the department was established in May 2025, and its mission is to provide every patient with joint disease with precise, tiered, individualized, and compassionate services. The physician team of Orthopedic Surgery Ward 11 comprises 9 members, including 1 doctoral supervisor, 4 master's supervisors, 3 chief physicians, and 4 associate chief physicians. The department's diagnosis and treatment of common and difficult osteoarticular diseases are at an advanced level nationally and a leading level within the province; it masters all major-joint replacement and revision techniques for the hip, knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, and other joints; it actively promotes the intelligent and digital development of the osteoarticular field; it performs robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty, preoperative AI planning for complex joint replacement/revision surgery, guide-plate-guided joint reconstruction surgery, and joint reconstruction surgery using customized 3D-printed prostheses; it provides tiered treatment for joint diseases and specializes in knee- and hip-preserving surgical techniques and concepts; it also promotes multidisciplinary MDT collaboration with the Rehabilitation Department, the Geriatrics Department, and other departments and has established a perioperative diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation pathway for elderly patients with osteoarticular diseases in Heilongjiang Province. Cases treated by the department won the national overall championship of the Chinese Medical Association Orthopedic Case Competition once—the first such win from the three northeastern provinces—along with one national second prize and two national third prizes, and won 16 first prizes in orthopedic case competitions at the provincial level or above. It has committee members in the Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Diseases Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and is a unit of its Youth Committee; it is the chairing unit of the Artificial Joint Committee of the Heilongjiang Rehabilitation Medicine Association and the chairing unit of the Branch of Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Diseases of the Heilongjiang Rehabilitation Medicine Association. It has led or participated in more than 10 joint-related monographs published by national first-class publishing houses and in 3 new medical technologies in Heilongjiang Province.

In teaching, the department undertakes clinical guidance and teaching duties for students in multiple educational tracks at Harbin Medical University, including the Yu Weihan Class, doctoral students, students in the clinical 5+3 program, master's students, students in the five-year program, international students, resident trainees, and others. It has led 7 teaching research projects, participated in teaching competitions at all levels, and received awards more than 10 times. Associate Professor Lin Yuan is a senior instructor for clinical skills training at our hospital, has participated in compiling the textbook “Clinical Skills,” previously represented our university in competitions in Russia and won first place in multiple individual events in the Far East Regional Surgical Skills Competition, and has repeatedly guided our undergraduate students, international students, and resident trainees to participate in domestic and international medical student clinical skills competitions and achieve excellent results.

In research, the department draws on the “bottleneck” problems encountered in clinical work, combines them with technologies from research hotspots, and engages in multidisciplinary collaboration. It focuses on basic research into the early diagnosis and treatment of osteoarticular immune diseases. Department personnel, as first and/or corresponding authors, have published more than 20 SCI-indexed articles, including 3 with an IF > 10 points and 1 in Category 4 of Harbin Medical University's high-level journals. The department has led 1 General Program project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 Joint Guidance Project of the Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and more than 10 other projects, and holds 3 national invention patents.