Ultrasound Medicine

The ultrasound medicine department at Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was founded in 1967; its two previous ultrasound units were combined at the end of 2020. Led by Professor Guo Jia, it has seven groups: abdominal, superficial structures, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiac and vascular, musculoskeletal, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and intervention. It offers expert, special-service and subspecialty clinics, a 5G remote consultation platform and an ultrasound teaching and research unit. The department has 33 physicians: ten with senior, 19 intermediate and four junior titles. The hospital lists ultrasound society, medical-engineering and HIFU demonstration roles. In the preceding five years it reports more than ten SCI-indexed papers, more than 20 core-journal papers, municipal grants and participation in four national multicenter ultrasound studies. Diagnostic services include abdominal and pelvic organs; thyroid, breast, salivary glands and lymph nodes; male reproductive structures; carotid, vertebral, limb and abdominal vessels; transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac contrast imaging; gynecological, pelvic-floor and obstetric ultrasound, including nuchal translucency and fetal anomaly screening; musculoskeletal, nerve and gastrointestinal ultrasound. Services also include ultrasound-guided biopsies and drainage, thermal ablation of thyroid, liver, kidney and breast tumors, HIFU, elastography, contrast ultrasound, musculoskeletal interventions and transrectal ultrasound diagnosis and interventions for anorectal disease.