Ophthalmology

Introduction to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Affiliated Hospital The Department of Ophthalmology of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University was established in 1958, and the directions for development of the discipline are: a diagnosis and treatment center for difficult, emergency, and critical ophthalmic cases serving the entire autonomous region and surrounding areas, a demonstration base for clinical ophthalmology teaching, a clinical medicine research and development base, with medical development keeping pace with the advanced domestic level. The Department of Ophthalmology is a key department of the Education Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a specialized department integrating clinical care, teaching, and scientific research, one of the first master's degree-granting sites designated by the autonomous region in 1982, and the microsurgery training center of “ Health Express”. It has trained more than 100 master's graduate students, providing China and the autonomous region with a large number of ophthalmic medical professionals. The department currently has 17 doctors and 18 nurses. Of these, 5 hold doctoral degrees, 8 hold master's degrees, and 4 are returnees from study abroad. There are 4 chief physicians/professors, 7 associate chief physicians/associate professors, 3 attending physicians/lecturers, and 3 resident physicians/teaching assistants. They include national committee members and young committee members of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the chair of the Inner Mongolia Ophthalmological Society, editorial board members of “Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology”, “Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases”, “Chinese Journal of Ocular Trauma and Occupational Eye Disease”, and “Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology”, and several experts serve as editorial board members of “Inner Mongolia Medical Professional Journal”. The department has established comprehensive training programs for physicians at all levels, and all doctors have completed continuing medical education at renowned universities abroad and in China. The Department of Ophthalmology currently has 40 beds, an annual emergency outpatient volume of 60,000, and 1,500 admissions and discharges. Its subspecialties are complete, including cataract, glaucoma, cornea and ocular surface diseases, pediatric ophthalmology, fundus diseases, ocular trauma, optic nerve and orbital diseases, oculoplasty, ocular immunology, and ocular refraction, totaling ten subspecialties. The diseases treated cover all ophthalmic subspecialties, and difficult and critical cases account for 26.4%. It currently possesses the most comprehensive and advanced ophthalmic diagnostic and treatment equipment in the autonomous region, providing a reliable guarantee for clinical ophthalmology work. In recent years, the department has been the first in the autonomous region to launch the following new technologies and services: intraocular endoscopy, photodynamic therapy (PDT) and anti-VEGF drug treatment for retinal and choroidal neovascular diseases, 23G minimally invasive vitrectomy for treating complex retinal detachment and complex ocular trauma, removing intraocular metallic and nonmetallic foreign bodies, and treating diabetic retinopathy, coaxial micro-incision cataract phacoemulsification, screening for retinopathy of prematurity, surgical treatment of vertical and torsional strabismus, simultaneous retinal and choroidal angiography, etc. In recent years, the overall level of ophthalmology has continuously improved, and the numbers of emergency outpatients and inpatients have steadily increased. The characteristic ophthalmic subspecialties have gradually taken shape. The fundus disease subspecialty has established a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment system, including examination methods synchronized with the advanced domestic level, various laser treatment modalities, vitreoretinal surgery, remote consultations, etc., and has become the autonomous region's fundus disease consultation center. The pediatric ophthalmology subspecialty relies on the refractive specialty, can diagnose complex strabismus, provide amblyopia treatment, and complete surgical treatment of vertical and torsional strabismus synchronized with the advanced domestic level. The glaucoma specialty keeps pace with advanced domestic treatment methods and carries out laser treatment, conventional trabeculectomy filtration surgery, complex glaucoma valve implantation, and other treatments for complex glaucoma. Outpatient telephone: 3451237, east side of the 5th floor of the new outpatient building and comprehensive building Ward nurses' station telephone: 3451396, west side of the 16th floor of the inpatient department (Building 1).