Main Site – Anesthesia and Surgery Department (including Supply Room)

The Anesthesia and Surgery Center of Qingdao Municipal Hospital is a National Standardized Residency Training Base for Anesthesiology, a member of the National Geriatric Anesthesia Alliance, a member institution of the National Specialized Alliance for Anesthesia Therapy, a National Research Base for Comfortable Medical Care, a Postoperative Analgesia Training Base of the Anesthesiology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a Key Clinical Anesthesiology Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Health of Shandong Province, an Anesthesia Technology Training Base of the Anesthesiologists Association of Shandong Province, a Key Clinical Specialty of Shandong Province, a Key Medical and Health Discipline of Qingdao, and the Qingdao Clinical Anesthesiology Research Center. It has now developed into a clinical secondary discipline integrating clinical practice, scientific research and teaching, with advanced medical technologies and a comprehensive teaching and research system. It undertakes the training of doctoral students at Qingdao University and is also a master's student training site for the University of Rehabilitation, Qingdao University, Shandong Second Medical University and Shandong Medical University.

The Center has a professional team with excellent medical quality, outstanding scientific research capabilities and a well-developed medical education system. The Department of Anesthesia and Surgery at the East Campus has 33 operating rooms, more than 130 medical staff members 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 physicians, those holding doctoral degrees account for 9.5%, and those holding master's degrees account for 100%; the Department of Anesthesia and Surgery at 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 above.

The Center is equipped with a da Vinci surgical robot, color Doppler ultrasound systems, anesthesia depth 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 encompasses 10 practice locations, including the Anesthesia Clinic, the Central Operating Rooms in Buildings A and B, the Obstetric Surgery Center, the Day Surgery Center, the Comfortable Medical Care Center (Painless Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Room, ERCP Room and Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Room), the Ophthalmology Operating Room, the Interventional Operating Room of the Department of Radiology, the Operating Room of the Reproductive Medicine Center and the Gynecological Abortion Operating Room. It has more than 10 subspecialty groups, including orthopedic and joint surgery anesthesia, geriatric anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, comfortable medical care, otolaryngology anesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass anesthesia and neurosurgical anesthesia. Each subspecialty group has developed technical advantages and distinctive academic features in its respective field.

Its services cover anesthesia for surgeries across all clinical surgical specialties, the rescue and treatment of critically ill patients, pain diagnosis and treatment, pre-anesthesia evaluation, anesthesia recovery, and comfortable medical care (painless gastrointestinal endoscopy, painless childbirth, painless oocyte retrieval, etc.).

I. Distinctive Features of the Discipline

1. High-level platforms and comprehensive qualifications: It is a National Standardized Residency Training Base for Anesthesiology, a member of the National Geriatric Anesthesia Alliance, a National Research Base for Comfortable Medical Care, and a member of multiple other national-level bases and alliances. It is also a Key Clinical Specialty of Shandong Province, a Key Clinical Anesthesiology Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Health of Shandong Province, and a Key Medical and Health Discipline of Qingdao.

2. A well-developed talent structure, emphasizing both high educational attainment and high professional quality: Personnel holding master's degrees account for 100% of the physician team, while those holding doctoral degrees account for 9.5%. The team includes multiple doctoral and master's supervisors, as well as recipients of the Shandong Province Young Science and Technology Support Talent program, Qingdao Leading Talents and Outstanding Discipline Leaders, among others, with a well-balanced structure.

3. Refined subspecialties and diversified practice locations: It encompasses 10 practice locations, including the Anesthesia Clinic, various central operating rooms, the Painless Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Room and interventional operating rooms. It has more than 10 subspecialty groups, including geriatric, cardiothoracic, pediatric, obstetric, orthopedic and joint, neurosurgical and comfortable medical care specialties. Each subspecialty group has developed its own academic characteristics.

4. Coordinated innovation and development in medicine, education and research: In scientific research, more than 20 projects at various levels, including 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 granted. In education, as a master's and doctoral training site for multiple universities and a national standardized residency training base, it trains a large number of outstanding students each year, who have repeatedly achieved excellent results in skills competitions at various levels.

5. An international perspective and a sense of social responsibility: The Center continuously improves its level of internationalization, and more than 10 person-visits have been made to leading international medical institutions in the United States, Singapore, Austria, Germany, France and other countries. At the same time, 20 person-visits have actively undertaken medical assistance missions, including foreign aid missions to Tanzania and Tonga, as well as aid missions to Tibet, Xinjiang and Gansu.

II. Technical Advantages

1. Strong capabilities in anesthesia management for highly complex and critical surgeries: The Center has a large annual surgical volume, exceeding 80,000 cases, and Level IV surgeries, which are highly complex, account for more than 55%. It has extensive experience in actively conducting anesthesia management for highly complex surgeries.

2. Multiple core technologies occupy a leading position within the province: It is at the forefront of Shandong Province in core medical technology fields, 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 comfortable medical care technologies: As a National Research Base for Comfortable Medical Care, it widely applies its technical advantages in areas including painless gastrointestinal endoscopy, ERCP, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, gynecological abortion, oocyte retrieval at the Reproductive Medicine Center and labor analgesia. It is committed to strengthening the foundation of “safe anesthesia” and elevating the standard of “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 scientific 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 Province Science and Technology Progress Award, the Shandong Province Medical Science and Technology Award, the Shandong Medical Association New Technology Award and the Qingdao Science and Technology Award, and has been granted more than 10 patents, making an important contribution to scientific research innovation and clinical translation in anesthesiology within the province.

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

The Center has successively trained 1 recipient of the Shandong Province Young Science and Technology Support Talent program, 3 Qingdao Leading Talents, 3 Qingdao Outstanding Medical and Health Discipline Leaders, 4 Qingdao Outstanding Young Medical and Health Talents and 2 Shinan Outstanding Talents.

Anesthesia for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest surgery involving the great vessels of the heart; anesthesia for intraoperative awakening surgery in neurosurgery; anesthesia for laparoscopic/thoracoscopic surgery assisted by a da Vinci robot; anesthesia for TAVI and Liwen procedures in cardiac medicine and cardiac surgery; perioperative anesthesia management for elderly frail patients; anesthesia for liver resection 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 sympathetic denervation by radiofrequency ablation; anesthesia for thoracoscopic surgery with spontaneous breathing preserved without tracheal intubation.

Editing time: 2026/9/17 8:28:42