Endocrinology

The Department of Endocrinology of Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine was established in 1999. It currently has 21 physicians, with those holding doctoral degrees accounting for 66.67%, 2 physicians with senior professional titles, 7 with associate senior professional titles, 2 doctoral supervisors, and 3 master's supervisors. The Department of Endocrinology has always been committed to continuous innovation and in-depth exploration in clinical diagnosis and treatment and basic research. At the beginning of its establishment, the department took the lead in Shanghai in applying electronic data management to the development of a database for patients with diabetes, and actively explored a new outpatient diagnosis and treatment model involving diabetes nurses, which was adopted as a reference by many hospitals both locally and elsewhere. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been a specialty feature of the Department of Endocrinology at Renji Hospital for many years. Under the leadership of Professor Liu Wei, the PCOS research group has obtained multiple national- and municipal-level research projects, published more than 100 high-quality academic papers at home and abroad, and enjoys a high reputation in the industry for its clinical and research capabilities. In recent years, Professor Ma Jing, director of the department, has gradually expanded the department's advantageous subspecialty areas, focusing on building a strong department with comprehensive development in endocrinology and metabolism. This has not only expanded the original obesity subspecialty into another brand direction of the department, but also led to the establishment of specialty outpatient clinics or multidisciplinary joint outpatient clinics for the National Metabolic Disease Management Center (MMC), obesity and reproduction, pituitary/adrenal diseases, fatty liver, osteoporosis, and thyroid diseases. Keeping abreast of the forefront of medical development, the department uses advanced technologies such as molecular diagnosis to strive for precise diagnosis and personalized treatment of diseases, providing patients with the highest-quality medical care throughout the entire life cycle and in all aspects. To provide patients with higher-quality services, the Department of Endocrinology has successively dispatched department members to Harvard University, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and other renowned institutions in the United States for visiting study, obtaining the most advanced concepts of disease management and applying these methods to daily clinical work. To date, the Department of Endocrinology has received multiple talent programs in Shanghai and undertaken multiple research projects, including key research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, key research projects of the Ministry of Education, and National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. It has published more than 200 academic papers in influential domestic and international journals in the field of endocrinology, including Advanced Functional Materials, JACC, and JCEM.