Sports Medicine

| Basic Overview |--------------

The Department of Sports Medicine of Huashan Hospital originated from the Department of Medical Physical Education of Shanghai Medical College. Established in 1958, it was one of the founding institutions of sports medicine and rehabilitation medicine in China. Its first director was Professor Fan Zhenhua. In 1999, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery became an independent department. In 2005, Professor Chen Shiyi became director and established the Fudan University Sports Medicine Center, leading innovative development and transforming this historic department into today’s internationally renowned and nationally leading sports medicine discipline. In October 2022, Professor Hua Yinghui succeeded him as director. The department has continued its traditions in medicine, education and research, and has ranked second nationally for two consecutive years in “Sports Medicine” in Fudan University’s hospital specialty rankings.

The department is distributed across two campuses, with 45 beds and 34 medical staff. It has more than 90,000 outpatient visits and 6,000 operations annually. It is now a National Health Commission clinical key specialty in both “Sports Medicine” and “Sports Rehabilitation”; one of the first batch of national training bases for orthopedic arthroscopy diagnosis and treatment technology; the only ISAKOS-authorized and accredited “Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Education and Training Center” in China; an APKASS education and training center; the principal department of a hospital cooperating with national teams; a designated medical-support hospital for Shanghai Olympic events and champions of the world’s three major competitions; and the chief medical officer unit for major international events in Shanghai.

| Discipline Structure and Medical Characteristics |--------------

The department comprises six units: Sports Trauma and Arthroscopic Surgery; Sports Rehabilitation and Postoperative Follow-up; the Fudan University Institute of Sports Medicine; the ISAKOS Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Training and Education (China) Center; the Sports Promotion for Health Center; and the Office of Medical Support for Major Events.

The Sports Trauma and Arthroscopic Surgery unit is renowned in China and abroad for preventing and treating sports injuries and performing arthroscopic surgery. Numerous technologies are internationally and nationally advanced. In particular, it has the world’s largest number of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction cases using artificial ligaments and enjoys international recognition and leadership. It pioneered quasi-isometric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, achieving a 99% surgical success rate and a return-to-sport rate above 90%, at the international leading level. Professor Chen Shiyi invented arthroscopic transfer of the long head of the biceps tendon to augment repair of massive rotator cuff tears; because it is simple, effective and economical, it is known abroad as the “Chinese way.” Professor Hua Yinghui has developed minimally invasive foot and ankle arthroscopic techniques that have improved treatment of ankle instability, ankle osteochondral injuries and other conditions; these techniques have been cited in multiple guidelines and consensus statements.

The sports-rehabilitation subspecialty was China’s first sports-rehabilitation institution established within an arthroscopic-surgery department. Professor Chen Shiyi was the first in China to advocate “sports medicine, function above all, early rehabilitation, and return to sport” as treatment principles. Postoperative rehabilitation follows international models and emphasizes professionalism, individualization and humanity. In 2023, it was approved for construction as a National Health Commission key specialty. The center covers 430 square meters and has 1 rehabilitation physician and 9 full-time sports-rehabilitation therapists; it includes trauma and pathological rehabilitation, return-to-sport rehabilitation, and a sports-performance assessment laboratory. In December 2023, it was awarded the title “Shanghai Medical-Sports Integration—Sports Promotion for Health Innovation Center” by the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau and Health Commission.

| Clinical Research and Awards |--------------

The department has received funding for more than 50 projects, including national “973” and “863” key projects, Ministry of Science and Technology key special projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Shanghai 100-Talent Program and the Pujiang Talent Program. Professor Chen Shiyi is a Counselor of the Shanghai Municipal Government and chief expert of the national “863” new high-strength, high-toughness ligament project. He has applied for more than 30 invention patents, received the Gold Award for Invention and Entrepreneurship at the 2014 International Exhibition of Inventions, and transferred 13 achievements, leading international trends in China’s artificial-ligament industry-university-research field.

Over the past decade, the team has published more than 600 papers in leading professional journals in China and abroad, including more than 300 SCI papers; edited or contributed to more than 30 monographs; and had 9 person-times serve as editorial-board members of international professional SCI journals. Professor Chen Shiyi has received the highest international honor in sports medicine, the Watanabe-Takagi Award, the Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen Award, the 47th American College of Sports Medicine Award, the National Medical Excellence—Outstanding Achievement Award, the Shanghai Outstanding Specialist Physician Award, “CCTV—China’s Good Doctor,” the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Second Prize of the Ministry of Education, the Second Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, and the First Prize of the Shanghai Science and Technology Invention Award. Research on artificial-ligament materials received the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences’ “Important Medical Achievements of the 21st Century in China” and “Important Medical Advances of 2023.” Professor Hua Yinghui has received the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Second “National Renowned Physician,” the Shanghai Outstanding Talent Program, Shanghai Oriental Talent Top Talent, the Shanghai Outstanding Specialist Physician title, and the Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader in Clinical Rehabilitation title, among other honors. Expertscape ranked him first internationally for “lateral ankle ligament” research from 2011 to 2021.

| Talent Development and International Education |--------------

In 1979, the department was approved by the State Council as one of China’s first master’s degree-granting sites in sports medicine. In 2002, it became Shanghai’s only doctoral program and postdoctoral station in sports medicine. It has 3 doctoral supervisors and 5 master’s supervisors, and has trained more than 200 master’s and doctoral students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. In 2019, Chen Shiyi was the only medical-sector recipient among Fudan University’s ten “Three Good” graduate academic-guidance teams. Its graduate students have received University Model Student, National Scholarship, China Scholarship Council funding and National Outstanding Chinese College Student honors. Department physicians have received more than ten honors or appointments, including the Shanghai Medical 100-Talent Program, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, Shanghai Leading Talent, and travel fellowships from FIMS, APKASS, ESSKA and AOSSM.

By 2024, Huashan Sports Medicine had successfully held twenty consecutive editions of the International Forum of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy (IFOSMA). It has collaborated with FIMS, ISAKOS, APKASS, AOSSM, the Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics branches of the Chinese Medical Association, Duke University, the University of Pittsburgh and New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery. Top sports-medicine physicians worldwide have attended and lectured. More than 45,000 participation instances by orthopedic sports-medicine and arthroscopy physicians nationwide have been recorded at Huashan conferences and training programs, establishing the discipline’s leading academic position in China and internationally. In 2017, it hosted the 2017-ISAKOS Global Biennial Congress, the largest, most authoritative and most influential global event in sports medicine and arthroscopy; Professor Chen Shiyi was congress president. Over the past decade, it has accepted more than 900 visiting physicians from across China and more than 20 overseas Fellows.

| Medical-Sports Integration and Medical Support for Major Events |--------------

From its founding, the department has conducted medical-sports integration under Director Chen Shiyi. Since 2000, Huashan sports-medicine experts led by Professor Chen Shiyi have served as chief medical officers at major international and domestic sporting events. Professor Chen Shiyi was Chinese CMO of the FIA Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for 17 consecutive years, pioneering China’s medical-support rules and teams for automobile and motorcycle sports. He was founding chairman of the Medical Committee of the Chinese Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation and chief medical officer for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau International Cycling Road Rally, MotoGP, A1, V8, DTM street races, the Olympic Games, the Women’s World Cup, WTCC, WECC, the International Athletics Diamond League, the NBA, the World Swimming Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships, the Royal Polo International Invitational, the Ordos European Auto Race and the Beijing Bird’s Nest World Race of Champions. He was also medical officer of the Chinese delegations at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics. Professor Hua Yinghui has served as a sports-rehabilitation expert for the General Administration of Sport of China’s Paris/Los Angeles Olympic Games, chief medical officer of the Shanghai Paris Olympic qualifying event and chief medical officer of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Huashan Sports Medicine treated Olympic champion Liu Xiang, sailing world champion Xu Lijia, Olympic boxing champion Zou Shiming, Olympic rowing champion Zhang Ling, World Championships fencing champion Li Li, Asian Games rowing champion Wu Jiaqian, National Games equestrian double champion Zhang Bin, football stars Ji Ting, Yu Hanchao and Zhu Chenjie, CBA center Dong Hanlin and dozens of other sports stars, enabling them to return to competition and win glory for China.

| Academic Reputation at Home and Abroad |--------------

As its capabilities have grown, the department has remained at the forefront of international exchange and its academic standing has continued to rise. Professor Chen Shiyi helped found the Sports Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and, from the first session, successively served as vice chair, chair-elect and chair. He has also served as chair of the Sports Medicine Branch of the Orthopaedic Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, chair of the Sports Medicine Specialty Committee of the Shanghai Medical Association, and founding president of the Sports Medicine Physicians Branch of the Shanghai Medical Doctor Association. Internationally, he has been a global core executive member of ISAKOS, president of APKASS twice, chair of the ACL Study Group Liaison Committee and an active member of ABJS, and has held positions such as president, executive committee member, godfather and fellow in 20 international and domestic societies. Professor Hua Yinghui, the current director, is a member of the Occupational Disease Diagnosis and Technical Guidance Committee of the National Health Commission’s Department of Occupational Health; a member of the Sports Medicine Branches of the Chinese Medical Association and Chinese Medical Doctor Association; vice chair of the Sports Health and Industry Development Branch of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine; vice president of the Sports Medicine Physicians Branch of the Shanghai Medical Doctor Association; vice chair and chair of the specialty committee of the Shanghai Sports Science Society; and chair of the APKASS Foot and Ankle Committee.

| Former Department Directors |--------------

Professor Chen Shiyi (term: 2005–2022.10)

Professor Hua Yinghui (term: 2022.10–present)