Coloproctology

Shuguang Hospital’s Department of Anorectal Diseases has a long history, originating as early as 1956 with a hemorrhoid clinic headed by Chen Zechao, a renowned hemorrhoid specialist in Shanghai; in 1990, Shuguang Hospital became the first hospital in the Shanghai area to establish a Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of Anorectal Diseases; in 1992, Shuguang Hospital’s Department of Anorectal Diseases was designated the Shanghai Medical Collaborative Center for Anorectal Diseases. Through the cultivation and development provided by three generations of leaders—Chen Zechao, Bai Liansong, and Yang Wei—the department gradually became a distinctive specialty renowned in the region and throughout China.

Treatment Center for Anorectal Diseases:

The eastern and western divisions each have inpatient wards of comparable size, with general wards and wards for patients with special needs to meet patients’ diverse requirements. The department currently has 19 physicians: 3 chief physicians and 8 deputy chief physicians; 1 doctoral supervisor and 3 master’s supervisors, with physicians holding doctoral or master’s degrees accounting for more than 75%. Shuguang’s Department of Anorectal Diseases handles more than 80,000 outpatient visits and performs more than 5,000 operations annually. Indicators including the disease confirmation rate, treatment quality, the effectiveness of holistic Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing, and prognosis are all at leading levels in Shanghai.

New Anorectal Technology Training Center:

Since 2006, 10 consecutive editions of the “Shuguang Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Anorectal Forum and Advanced Training Course on Anorectal Diseases” have been held; in 2011, the China TST Technology Training Base was established, and in 2014, the China RPH Technology Training Base was established. Two technical training courses are held each year, and specialist physicians are trained and guided through surgical demonstrations, theoretical study, and other methods, forming a training center for new anorectal technologies in Shanghai and throughout the East China region.

Center for Anorectal Medicines and Clinical Research: a key specialty under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “13th Five-Year Plan”; a key specialty featuring Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, a clinically advantageous Traditional Chinese Medicine specialty in Shanghai, and the responsible institution for the anorectal disease specialty of the Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty Alliance. In recent years, it has undertaken 2 projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology’s “11th Five-Year Plan” and 1 project under the “12th Five-Year Plan”; 1 project of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; 2 General Program projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China; and more than 30 research projects from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology, Education Commission, Health Bureau, and other bodies; compiled 15 monographs; published more than 50 papers; received 6 national-, ministerial-, and municipal-level Science and Technology Progress Awards; and completed the transfer of results from two characteristic TCM preparation formulations.