Infectious Diseases

The Department of Infectious Diseases of Shandong Provincial Hospital is the earliest provincial-level key clinical specialty among large general hospitals in our province that integrates clinical care, teaching, and scientific research. It is also the "Taishan Scholar" position unit for liver disease in Shandong Province, a double standing committee member of the Internal Medicine Branch and the Hepatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the chairman unit of the Liver Disease Branch of the Shandong Medical Association and the Infectious Diseases Physician Branch of the Shandong Medical Doctors Association, and the model worker innovation studio unit of the Shandong Medical Union.

The department currently has liver disease clinics, infectious disease clinics, fever clinics, and gastrointestinal clinics. The liver ward and infectious ward of the Department of Infectious Diseases have 60 open beds and 20 doctors, 19 of whom have doctoral degrees. It has more than 50,000 outpatient visits throughout the year and treats more than 2,000 patients annually. It has the highest diagnostic and treatment capabilities and academic level in the province. As a telemedicine service platform unit for liver diseases and infectious diseases in Shandong Province, the department has created distinctive subspecialties for liver diseases and infectious diseases. It has established a collaborative group for precise diagnosis and treatment of difficult liver diseases and a collaborative group for precise diagnosis and treatment of infections. They are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment and technical consultation of difficult cases in this specialty in the province. They have reached the domestic advanced level in terms of diagnosis and treatment of difficult liver diseases, multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections, severe infections, artificial liver support, and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment technology for liver cancer, providing patients with standardized and precise high-quality diagnosis and treatment services.

The department has about 60 part-time employees in national and provincial academic (association) societies, and more than 10 chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of societies (associations). The department undertakes national-level continuing education projects and a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects. It has won several Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards and published more than 200 professional papers in core domestic and foreign journals. It drives scientific research through clinical practice and promotes clinical practice through scientific research, forming a strong disciplinary influence in the professional field. At the same time, as a doctoral and master's training unit of Shandong University and Shandong First Medical University, it is responsible for the standardized training and advanced training of undergraduate, postgraduate and resident physicians of Shandong University and Shandong First Medical University, and trains professional medical talents related to infection and liver diseases for the country.