Pathology

The discipline of pathology at Shandong University was established in 1925 in the Medical Faculty of Cheeloo University by Professor Hou Baozhang, a pioneer of pathology in China and a renowned pathologist. The rigorous physician-training model of Cheeloo University, centered on the principle that great physicians must be sincere, has profoundly influenced the subsequent development of the pathology discipline. In 1952, the Medical College of Cheeloo University, Shandong Provincial Medical College, and East China Bethune Medical College were reorganized and merged to form Shandong Medical College, and the pathology teaching and research groups of the three original schools were merged into the Department of Pathology of Shandong Medical College (Shandong Medical University). In 2000, Shandong University, Shandong Polytechnic University, and Shandong Medical University were merged to establish Shandong University. The pathology discipline of Shandong University comprises the Department of Pathology of Qilu Hospital and the Department of Pathology of Shandong University. In 2018, to better implement the requirements of the National Health Commission regarding the promotion of the development of pathology diagnostic centers, the Department of Pathology of Qilu Hospital (Department of Pathology) took the lead in bringing together the academic resources in pathology from the other teaching hospitals of Shandong University to jointly establish the “Shandong University Pathology Center.”

While undertaking pathological diagnostic services including histopathological examinations of clinically submitted tissue specimens, cytopathological examinations, and autopsies of corpses, the Department of Pathology also carries out teaching, scientific research, standardized training of physicians, continuing education, and other activities. It was authorized to confer master’s degrees in 1978, authorized to confer doctoral degrees in 2000, and approved as a postdoctoral research station in 2001; it is currently a National Key Clinical Specialty, a key discipline of Shandong Province during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan,” and a distinctive key discipline of Shandong Province during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan.” It occupies a leading position in Shandong Province in pathology diagnosis, research, and teaching, and its level of pathological diagnosis has received widespread praise and recognition from pathology colleagues nationwide. The discipline has 1 outstanding Chinese pathologist, 1 Distinguished Taishan Scholar Professor of Shandong Province, 1 Outstanding Young Talent of the New Century of the Ministry of Education, 2 China Outstanding Young Pathologists, 1 Distinguished Young and Middle-Aged Scholar of Shandong University (first tier), 2 Distinguished Young Scholars of Qilu Hospital, and 4 doctoral supervisors; in terms of academic appointments, it has 1 standing committee member, 1 deputy director of the Youth Committee, and 1 committee member of the Pathology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; 2 honorary chairpersons, 1 chairperson, and 1 deputy chairperson of the Pathology Branch of the Shandong Medical Association; 1 standing committee member of the Pathologist Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; and 1 standing committee member of the Tumor Pathology Branch of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association.

Former directors of the Department of Pathology: Hou Baozhang, Sun Shaoqian, Yu Peiliang, Qiao Baisheng, Ren Shanzhen, Yuan Er’en, Zhou Gengyin, Zhang Qinghui, Zhang Tingguo, Gao Peng.