Ophthalmology

In 1844, Renji Hospital began providing ophthalmic services when it was founded. At present, Renji Ophthalmology is the ophthalmology doctoral program of the School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the ophthalmology specialty program of the Shanghai–Ottawa Joint Medical College, the ophthalmology specialty program of the Sino-French College of Surgery, the ophthalmology specialty site of the National Drug Clinical Trial Institution, the Shanghai ophthalmology base for standardized residency training, and the Shanghai ophthalmology base for standardized specialist physician training. Renji Ophthalmology has independent outpatient units at the East Hospital (No. 160, Pujian Road, Pudong New Area), the West Hospital (No. 145, Shandong Middle Road, Huangpu District), the South Hospital (No. 2000, Jiangyue Road, Minhang District), and Renji Ningbo Hospital (No. 1155, Binhai 2nd Road, Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area), and routinely performs outpatient and inpatient surgery (mainly day surgery). The department routinely performs vitreoretinal surgery, cataract phacoemulsification surgery, full-femtosecond laser corneal refractive surgery, strabismus surgery, glaucoma surgery, lacrimal passage surgery, plastic surgery, orbital surgery, etc., and operates specialty clinics for fundus diseases, cataracts, refractive disorders, corneal diseases, glaucoma, strabismus and amblyopia, lacrimal passage diseases, ocular surface diseases, oculoplastics, orbital diseases, uveitis and optic nerve diseases. The department is equipped with a fully configured Constellation phacoemulsification-vitrectomy integrated machine, a lacrimal passage endoscopic diagnosis and treatment system, swept-source OCT, OCTA, an ultra-wide-angle fundus camera, a multi-wavelength fundus laser, an SLT laser, a visual electrophysiology instrument and other advanced diagnostic, treatment and surgical equipment. It undertakes multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission and others. In recent years, the department has successively held study courses for national continuing education programs, as well as academic conferences such as the Renji Ophthalmology Summit Forum and the Summit Forum of the Institute of Ophthalmic Visual Science, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Many physicians in the department hold positions in national, Shanghai and other ophthalmological academic organizations and academic journals.