Main Site – Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department

The Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine was established in 1998 as a first-level department after separating from the Department of General Internal Medicine. It is a key clinical specialty of Shandong Province and a Category B discipline in Qingdao. The department currently has 41 beds and 30 medical and nursing staff members, including 1 supervisor of master's students, 1 person with a doctoral degree, 10 people with master's degrees, and 3 associate chief physicians. It has a complete set of advanced equipment, including electronic bronchoscopes, pulmonary function testing equipment, and invasive/noninvasive ventilators.

The scope of diagnosis and treatment includes common and frequently occurring diseases of the respiratory system, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of various difficult and complex diseases. It has distinctive experience and expertise particularly in severe complex infections, aspergillosis, and bronchoscopic treatment. At present, the department has a complete set of advanced equipment, including electronic bronchoscopes and fluorescence electronic bronchoscopes. It has reached an advanced level domestically in the detection of early lung cancer, the treatment of severe pneumonia, and the diagnosis of difficult and complex diseases.

The department currently undertakes multiple municipal-level scientific research projects and has received the Qingdao Science and Technology Progress Award multiple times. It has published important papers on multiple occasions in national-level medical journals and has had a significant influence in Qingdao's academic community. It is responsible for undergraduate teaching at Qingdao University Medical College and the training of graduate students specializing in respiratory medicine, and has trained many medical professionals with master's degrees. Each year, it receives and trains several physicians for further professional training. It is a National Clinical Pharmacist Training Base and has undertaken large-scale clinical drug trials multiple times. It has held provincial continuing education courses multiple times.

In recent years, several members of the department have successively gone to Germany, Austria, South Korea, and other countries for further training and study.

In 2010, the department's service brand “爱呼吸” received the title of Outstanding Service Brand of the Qingdao Health System.

Editing time: 2026/5/20 15:43:59