Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

The Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, was established in 1994. It is a comprehensive department integrating clinical care, medical research, teaching for the third clinical medicine division, and the provincial standardized training base. It is a doctoral degree program in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery under the Third Department of Clinical Medicine of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The department has four wards at the Qingchun Campus, Qiantang Campus, Grand Canal Campus, and Shaoxing Campus. It has an approved capacity of more than 100 beds, currently sees more than 320,000 outpatient visits annually on average, and performs more than 8,000 surgical procedures annually on average. It possesses domestically first-class, fully equipped advanced medical equipment. Relying on the Zhejiang University platform and through direct cooperative development with Loma Linda University Medical Center and Mayo Clinic in the United States, it has established one center and three clinical subspecialty groups and has become a well-known large medical institution in the province. The department currently has 51 staff members, including 14 senior professional and technical personnel; 11 hold doctoral degrees and 22 hold master's degrees, and nearly half of the physicians have pursued further study and training in Europe or the United States. The team has a well-structured academic hierarchy, strong technical capabilities, vitality, and enthusiasm, and strives to become a first-class, internationally renowned center for medical care, teaching, and research in China!

Technical Advantages

One center and three clinical subspecialty groups have been established, making the department a well-known large medical institution in the province.

China–U.S. Joint Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Oncology Center: Surgical treatment and reconstruction for advanced head and neck, oral and maxillofacial, and pharyngeal, laryngeal, esophageal, and upper mediastinal tumors.

Otology: Diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases; specialized outpatient clinic for hearing loss; outpatient clinic for vertigo and vestibular disorders; otologic microsurgery; inner-ear surgery.

Rhinology: Outpatient clinic for rhinitis and rhinosinusitis; endoscopic minimally invasive surgery for the paranasal sinuses and skull base; surgery for rhinologic and ophthalmologic disorders.

Laryngology, Pharyngology and Head and Neck Surgery: Voice clinic; specialized outpatient clinic for voice disorders and dysphagia; vocal fold microsurgery. Snoring clinic; surgery for various types of OSAS; surgical treatment of complex malignant tumors of the pharynx, larynx, and head and neck, and skull-base tumors.

Academic Standing

National Health Commission Specialist Residency Training Base

Unit designated as the incoming chairperson's institution of the Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association

China–U.S. Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Oncology Center

Zhejiang Provincial Key Medical Discipline; Provincial Hearing Diagnosis and Treatment Center

Research Achievements

Since 2010, the department has undertaken six projects funded by the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, one major research project, and one National Natural Science Foundation of China project; since 2010, it has published dozens of papers in domestic and international academic journals.