Pathology

The Department of Pathology at Shandong Provincial Hospital was founded in 1957 and has developed over more than 60 years into a comprehensive diagnostic center combining clinical care, teaching and research. It is a provincial clinical key specialty and Jinan key laboratory for intelligent pathology and molecular tumor pathology. Its 70 staff include eight chief physicians, 13 associate chief physicians, three attending physicians, 11 resident physicians, one associate chief technologist and 12 supervising technologists; 31 hold doctoral degrees and eight master's degrees. One supervises doctoral and 11 supervise master's students.

Subspecialties include digestive, respiratory, breast, female reproductive, neurological, lymphohematopoietic, bone and joint and soft tissue, urinary and male reproductive pathology, molecular pathology and artificial intelligence. Staff have trained at leading Chinese and international medical centers. Techniques include routine and rapid paraffin sections, rapid frozen sections, immunohistochemistry, special stains, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and genetic testing. The department reports excellent results in national and provincial external quality controls, over 100,000 surgical pathology examinations and over 5,000 consultations annually, and describes its diagnostic and technical work as among the province's leading services.

It is among the first standardized residency training bases approved by the National Health Commission. Under supervision, trainees participate in specimen sampling and diagnosis and attend lectures; the hospital describes the three-year program as developing routine diagnostic skills and interest in research and subspecialties.

For the past ten years referenced by the hospital, the department has hosted a national or provincial continuing medical education program each year and trained over 70 pathologists from hospitals within and outside Shandong. It is a provincial remote pathology consultation center designated by the National Health Commission, supporting doctors at local hospitals with diagnostic questions and education.

In the five years referenced, it led more than 20 national, provincial or ministerial projects on breast cancer, head and neck tumors, brain glioma, prostate cancer, digestive disease and artificial intelligence, and published more than 80 papers in Chinese core and SCI-indexed journals. It has received Shandong medical science and technology and science and technology progress awards multiple times.