East Campus Anesthesia and Surgery Department (including Central Supply Room)

The Anesthesia and Surgery Center of Qingdao Municipal Hospital is the National Standardized Residency Training Base for Anesthesiology, a member of the National Geriatric Anesthesia Alliance, a member institution of the National Specialty Alliance for Anesthesia Treatment, the National Research Base for Comfort-Oriented Medical Care, the Postoperative Analgesia Training Base of the Anesthesiology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Anesthesia in Anesthesia, Medicine and Health, the Anesthesia Technology Training Base of the Shandong Anesthesiologists Association, a Shandong Provincial Key Clinical Specialty, a Key Medical and Health Discipline of Qingdao, and the Qingdao Clinical Anesthesia Research Center. It has now developed into a clinical secondary discipline integrating clinical care, scientific research, and education, with advanced medical technology and a comprehensive teaching and research system. It undertakes doctoral postgraduate training for Qingdao University and is also a master's postgraduate training site for Rehabilitation University, Qingdao University, Shandong Second Medical University, and Shandong Medical University.

The Center has a highly competent team with excellent medical quality, outstanding research capabilities, and a well-developed medical education system. The Anesthesia and Surgery Department of the East Campus has 33 operating rooms, more than 130 medical and nursing staff, and 50 anesthesiologists. It currently has 2 doctoral supervisors, 12 master's supervisors, 10 chief physicians, 10 deputy chief physicians, 1 chief nurse, and 5 deputy chief nurses. Among the doctors, 9.5% hold doctoral degrees and 100% hold master's degrees; the Anesthesia and Surgery Department of the Main Campus has 20 operating rooms and 28 anesthesiologists, including 3 chief physicians and 8 deputy chief physicians, with 27 holding master's degrees or higher.

The Center is equipped with a da Vinci surgical robot, color Doppler ultrasound systems, depth-of-anesthesia monitors, cerebral oxygen saturation monitors, cardiopulmonary bypass machines, fiberoptic bronchoscopes, and various high-end anesthesia machines and monitors. Based on diversified clinical settings and comprehensive medical services, it covers 10 practice sites, including the anesthesia clinic, the central operating rooms in Buildings A and B, the Obstetric Surgery Center, the Day Surgery Center, the Comfort-Oriented Medical Care Center (painless gastrointestinal endoscopy room, ERCP room, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy room), the ophthalmology operating room, the radiology interventional operating room, the Reproductive Medicine Center operating room, and the gynecologic abortion operating room. It has more than 10 subspecialty groups, including orthopedic and joint surgery anesthesia, geriatric anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, comfort-oriented diagnosis and treatment, otolaryngology and ophthalmology anesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass anesthesia, and neurosurgical anesthesia. Each subspecialty group has developed technical strengths and distinctive academic characteristics in its field.

Its services cover anesthesia for all clinical surgical specialties, the rescue and treatment of critically ill patients, pain diagnosis and treatment, pre-anesthesia assessment, anesthesia recovery, and comfort-oriented diagnosis and treatment (painless gastrointestinal endoscopy, painless childbirth, painless oocyte retrieval, and others).

I. Distinctive Features of the Discipline

1. High-level platforms and comprehensive qualifications: It is the National Standardized Residency Training Base for Anesthesiology, a member of the National Geriatric Anesthesia Alliance, and the National Research Base for Comfort-Oriented Medical Care, among other national-level bases and alliance memberships. It is also a Shandong Provincial Key Clinical Specialty, the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Anesthesia in Anesthesia, Medicine and Health, and a Key Medical and Health Discipline of Qingdao.

2. A well-structured talent pipeline, combining advanced academic qualifications with high professional quality: Master's degree holders account for 100% of the medical team, while doctoral degree holders account for 9.5%. The Center has multiple doctoral and master's supervisors, as well as Shandong Provincial Young Science and Technology Talent Support awardees, Qingdao Top Talents, and outstanding discipline leaders. The talent structure is well balanced.

3. Refined subspecialties and diversified practice sites: The Center covers 10 practice sites, including the anesthesia clinic, various central operating rooms, the painless gastrointestinal endoscopy room, and interventional operating rooms. It contains more than 10 subspecialty groups, including geriatric, cardiothoracic, pediatric, obstetric, orthopedic and joint, neurosurgical, and comfort-oriented diagnosis and treatment groups. Each subspecialty group has developed its own academic characteristics.

4. Coordinated and innovative development of medical care, education, and research: In research, more than 20 projects at various levels, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, have been approved over the past 5 years. More than 100 SCI and Chinese core-journal papers have been published, and multiple patents and provincial- and municipal-level science and technology awards have been obtained. In education, as a master's and doctoral training site for several universities and a national standardized residency training base, the Center trains a large number of outstanding trainees each year, who have repeatedly achieved excellent results in skills competitions at various levels.

5. An international perspective and social responsibility: The Center continuously improves its level of internationalization. More than 10 person-times have been sent to leading international medical institutions in the United States, Singapore, Austria, Germany, and France for further training. At the same time, 20 person-times have actively undertaken medical assistance missions abroad (Tanzania and Tonga), as well as assistance missions to Tibet, Xinjiang, and Gansu.

II. Technical Advantages

1. Strong capabilities in anesthesia management for highly complex and critically ill surgery: The Center has a very large annual surgical volume, exceeding 80,000 cases, and high-difficulty level-IV surgery accounts for more than 55%. It has extensive experience in actively providing anesthesia management for highly complex surgery.

2. Several core technologies are at the leading level in the province: The Center is at the forefront of Shandong Province in core medical technologies including perioperative organ function protection, enhanced recovery anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia, and labor analgesia.

3. Clinical translation of cutting-edge anesthesia technologies: The Center focuses its research on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks, postoperative pain management, difficult airway management, and perioperative brain health, and has successfully translated these research innovations into clinical advantages.

4. Comprehensive comfort-oriented medical technologies: As the National Research Base for Comfort-Oriented Medical Care, the Center widely applies its technical strengths to painless gastrointestinal endoscopy, ERCP, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, gynecologic abortion, oocyte retrieval at the Reproductive Medicine Center, and labor analgesia. It is committed to reinforcing the baseline of “safe anesthesia” and raising the standard of “high-quality anesthesia.”

In scientific research, the Center focuses on major research directions including perioperative organ function protection, perioperative brain health, ultrasound-guided nerve blocks, postoperative pain management, and difficult airway management. Over the past 5 years, more than 20 research projects at various levels have been approved, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Open Fund of Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education, the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, and the Natural Science Foundation of Qingdao. More than 50 SCI papers and more than 70 Chinese core-journal papers have been published. The Center has received 8 provincial- and municipal-level awards, including the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the Shandong Medical Science and Technology Award, the New Technology Award of the Shandong Medical Association, and the Qingdao Science and Technology Award, and has obtained approval for more than 10 patents. It has made an important contribution to promoting scientific research innovation and clinical translation in anesthesiology in Shandong Province.

In clinical teaching, the Center undertakes undergraduate teaching for Ocean University of China and Rehabilitation University, and trains an average of 10 master's graduates each year. As a national standardized residency training base for anesthesiology, the department provides extensive teaching activities, with 4 teaching sessions scheduled each week. Case presentations and skills competitions are organized irregularly to stimulate trainees' enthusiasm for learning and awareness of innovation. The Center supports trainees in participating in academic and skills competitions at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. Over the past 5 years, more than 20 department trainees have collectively won awards in competitions at various levels.

The Center has successively trained 1 Shandong Provincial Young Science and Technology Talent Support awardee, 3 Qingdao Top Talents, 3 Qingdao Outstanding Medical and Health Discipline Leaders, 4 Qingdao Outstanding Young Medical and Health Professionals, and 2 Shinan Talents.

Anesthesia for cardiac and great-vessel surgery involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; anesthesia for intraoperative awake neurosurgery; anesthesia for laparoscopic/thoracoscopic surgery assisted by the da Vinci surgical robot; anesthesia for TAVI and the Liwen procedure in cardiac medicine and cardiac surgery; perioperative anesthesia management for very elderly and frail patients; anesthesia for hepatectomy for liver cancer under controlled low central venous pressure; anesthesia for zero-radiation radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage occlusion; anesthesia for percutaneous renal artery sympathetic denervation radiofrequency ablation; anesthesia for non-intubated thoracoscopic surgery with spontaneous breathing preserved.

Edited: 2026/9/17 8:26:10