Central Campus Thoracic Surgery Ward 1 (Lung and Chest Wall Ward)

The Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Provincial Hospital Affiliated with Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Provincial Hospital) is a Shandong Provincial Clinical Key Specialty and a standardized training base for thoracic surgeons and thoracoscopic surgeons designated by the National Health Commission of China. Focusing on improving the diagnosis and treatment of common thoracic diseases and difficult, critical illnesses, the department has long been at a leading level in China in such fields as precision diagnosis and treatment of early-stage lung cancer, extended resection of locally advanced lung cancer, minimally invasive surgical treatment of esophageal cancer/cardia cancer, lung transplantation, chest wall surgery, and the diagnosis and treatment of difficult mediastinal diseases.

The department currently has a total of 4 wards across the Central Campus and Olympic Sports Campus, with 210 beds in operation, more than 80,000 outpatient visits annually, nearly 10,000 surgeries annually, a proportion of minimally invasive surgeries exceeding 90%, and a proportion of Class IV surgeries exceeding 95%; its surgical volume ranks first in the province and among the top ten nationwide.

Ward 1 of the Thoracic Surgery Department at the Central Campus (Lung • Chest Wall Ward) currently has 38 medical and nursing staff members, including a 19-member medical team, 8 chief physicians, 5 associate chief physicians, 2 doctoral supervisors, 1 co-supervisor for postdoctoral fellows, 11 master’s supervisors, and 1 Taishan Scholar Young Expert. The nursing team has 19 members, including 5 with master’s degrees and 2 associate chief nurses. The ward has been recognized by the hospital as a “Nutritional Management Nursing Demonstration Ward,” a “VTE Nursing Demonstration Ward,” and a “Pain Nursing Demonstration Ward,” and has received the honorary title of “Advanced Collective in Nursing Education” many times.

In September 2025, the department officially inaugurated the Lung Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment Center. The ward performs nearly 2,700 surgeries annually, with thoracoscopic surgeries accounting for more than 95%. The department focuses on lung, mediastinal, esophageal, and chest wall tumors and performs all types of minimally invasive surgeries for lung and esophageal tumors, including lobectomy, precision pulmonary segmentectomy, combined lobectomy, combined segmentectomy, thoraco-laparoscopic combined esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, and resection of complex mediastinal and chest wall tumors. It has exceptionally high professional influence in the resection of complex tumors in thoracic surgery, effectively driving the rapid development and technological advancement of thoracic surgery in this field within the province.

In recent years, focusing on technological innovation and the translation of achievements in thoracic surgery, the department has achieved a series of scientific research results. It has undertaken 5 national-level projects and more than 20 provincial-level projects, with cumulative research funding exceeding RMB 3 million, and has published more than 100 papers in authoritative journals in the specialty, achieving two-way advancement between research outcomes and clinical diagnosis and treatment.