Dermatology and Venereology

The Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University was established in 1958, was designated a leading discipline at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region level in 2001, and was designated a key discipline at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region level in 2017. It has 10 subspecialties: dermatopathology, dermatologic surgery, dermatologic imaging, psoriasis, pigmentary skin diseases, cutaneous immunology, allergy, cosmetic dermatology, cutaneous mycology, and sexually transmitted diseases/AIDS. It currently has 3 MDT clinics (psoriasis, skin tumors, and type 2 inflammatory skin diseases) and 14 disease-specific clinics (VCT clinic, psoriasis clinic, dermatitis and eczema clinic, urticaria clinic, skin malignancies and precancerous lesions clinic, acne and rosacea clinic, vitiligo and pigmentary skin diseases clinic, hair-loss clinic, bullous skin diseases clinic, hemangioma and dermatologic laser clinic, dermatologic surgery clinic, cutaneous and mucosal HPV infection clinic, injectable aesthetics clinic, pediatric dermatology clinic. The department is the Center for Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment of Psoriasis, a collaborating institution for the China Type 2 Inflammatory Skin Disease Clinical Research and Homogenized Diagnosis and Treatment Project and the leading institution of a regional medical consortium, the Center for Development of Treat-to-Target Clinics for Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema, a Demonstration Unit for Dermatologic Imaging of the National Telemedicine and Internet Medicine Center, a Psoriasis Disease-Specific Demonstration Clinic of the Dermatology and Venereology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a national medical aesthetics demonstration base, a collaborating institution of the Acne Research Center and an acne research base, a nationally designated STI surveillance sentinel, and a national-level sentinel for HIV surveillance and testing among STI clinic attendees. The department has 41 beds, an annual outpatient volume of 130,000, 57 staff members, 25 physicians, 10 physicians with senior professional titles, 6 physicians with associate-senior professional titles, 6 attending physicians, and 3 resident physicians. Of these, 7 hold doctoral degrees, 1 is a doctoral student, and 15 hold master's degrees. There are 6 master's supervisors. There are 8 technical staff members and 24 nursing staff members. The discipline ranks first in the autonomous region in personnel quality, educational level, diagnostic and treatment capacity, hardware equipment and instruments, outpatient volume, and number of discharges, and undertakes the treatment and consultation of difficult and critically ill patients with dermatological and venereal diseases from throughout the autonomous region and neighboring provinces, giving it a certain degree of influence in China. The department undertakes teaching for undergraduates and graduate students of Inner Mongolia Medical University and standardized residency training. In 2001, it became a master's degree-granting program and the lead institution of the Virtual Teaching and Research Office of Dermatology and Venereology of Inner Mongolia Medical University. In 2012, it was awarded a high-quality course by Inner Mongolia Medical University. It is a national standardized training base for key professionals in dermatology and venereology and was named an outstanding standardized residency training base of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University. It leads 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects, currently has more than 30 projects of various types and levels under way, and currently has total research funding of RMB 3.727 million. Over the past 3 years, it has published more than 140 papers, including more than 10 SCI papers, and its staff have served as chief editors or contributing editors of 20 monographs. It has received one “Grassland Talent” title and one “Grassland Talent” innovation team award. It has received 1 second prize and 2 third prizes in Natural Sciences. Its staff hold a total of 50 positions in societies of various types and at various levels, including 4 national-level standing committee positions, 20 national-level committee positions, 8 autonomous-region-level (deputy) chairperson positions, 3 standing committee positions, and 2 municipal-level deputy chairperson positions.