Ophthalmology

The Department of Ophthalmology was established in 1994. It is a department of a large provincial-level, Grade III Class A comprehensive hospital integrating Western and traditional Chinese medicine, and combining medical care, health care, teaching, and research. It is a standardized residency training base for traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology in Zhejiang Province; a postgraduate training institution in ophthalmology for Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and Hangzhou Medical College; it also undertakes postgraduate ophthalmology teaching for Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and undergraduate ophthalmology teaching for Hangzhou Medical College, and accepts ophthalmologists from lower-level hospitals for further training. The department has a well-disciplined, highly skilled, and strong medical team. It currently has 30 medical technology and nursing staff members, including 7 with master's or doctoral degrees and 6 with senior professional titles. Several members hold academic positions in domestic professional associations, including 1 member of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Committee of the Chinese Research Hospitals Association, 1 executive council member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the China Association of Ethnic Medicine, 1 member of the Ophthalmology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, 1 member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the China Association for the Promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1 member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association, 1 member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Doctor Association, 1 member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Zhejiang Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and 1 member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Zhejiang Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In recent years, the department has undertaken 2 provincial- and ministerial-level projects, 6 scientific research projects of the Zhejiang Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, and 5 provincial traditional Chinese medicine science and technology projects; it has published more than 50 SCI papers and Chinese-language papers in professional journals in China and abroad, published more than 10 monographs, and received multiple provincial science and technology awards.

The department is equipped with various advanced examination and surgical devices: the German Carl Zeiss surgical microscope S88/OPMI Lumera T, Optos ultra-widefield fundus camera, fundus fluorescein angiography examination system (FFA) VISUCAM NM/FA, Heidelberg SPECTRALIS OCT laser ophthalmic diagnostic instrument, and IOL Master; the American Alcon combined phacoemulsification and vitrectomy machine, Lumenis NOVUSSPECTRA fundus laser treatment instrument, and A/B ultrasound instrument; Japan NIDEK YC-1600 anterior-segment YAG laser system, Tomey FT-1000 non-contact tonometer, RC-5000 fully automatic autorefractor-keratometer, TMS-4 corneal topography examination instrument, EM-3000 corneal endothelial cell microscope, ocular electrophysiology and visual field examination instruments, and other advanced equipment such as a Japanese digital slit-lamp examination instrument.

The department has 8 specialty and disease-specific outpatient clinics: cataract, fundus diseases, dry eye, optometry, lacrimal duct diseases, traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology, visual rehabilitation, and pediatric myopia. Specialist outpatient clinics are available throughout the day every week, staffed by experts with extensive clinical experience and profound academic expertise. The department performs various specialized techniques:

1. It routinely performs various cataract surgeries, including micro-incision phacoemulsification and multifocal intraocular lens implantation, reaching the international advanced level.

2. It performs various anti-glaucoma surgeries, including different filtration procedures and glaucoma valve implantation, providing comprehensive glaucoma treatment plans.

3. It performs various external and internal retinal detachment repair procedures, including 23G minimally invasive vitrectomy.

4. It performs various eyelid plastic surgeries, such as double-eyelid surgery, eye-bag removal, correction of trichiasis, and correction of upper eyelid ptosis.

5. It uses integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine to diagnose and treat various difficult eye diseases, particularly difficult corneal diseases, dry eye syndrome, fundus hemorrhagic diseases, macular degeneration, and pediatric myopia, with notable therapeutic effects.

Department goal and vision: to strive to develop into a national key specialty in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.