Dermatology

The Department of Dermatology of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1978 and developed in 2002. Under the leadership of Professor Liu Hongxia, an academic discipline leader and Qihuang Scholar, it upholds the concept of treating skin diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, insists on leveraging the distinctive features of traditional Chinese medicine, advocates combining internal and external traditional Chinese medicine treatments, and places particular emphasis on the use of non-pharmacological traditional Chinese medicine therapies. It has also formulated comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment plans for dozens of disease types in which traditional Chinese medicine has advantages and applied them clinically. With distinctive features and significant therapeutic efficacy, it has formed the “Tianshan Liu School of Traditional Chinese Medicine External Treatment in Dermatology,” serving people in frontier regions. In 2005, the department became a collaborative construction unit for the key specialty of skin sores and ulcers under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “10th Five-Year Plan”; in 2007, it became a construction unit for the key specialized disease of psoriasis under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “11th Five-Year Plan”; in 2012, it became a key specialty and key discipline under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “12th Five-Year Plan”; in 2014, it became the Ministry of Health’s “National Clinical Key Specialty (Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty)”; in 2016, it became the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “Liu Hongxia National Famous and Veteran Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Inheritance Studio”; in 2018, it became a construction unit for the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “National Regional Diagnosis and Treatment Center Project” (Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology); in the same year, Professor Liu Hongxia was awarded the title of “Qihuang Scholar” under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “Hundreds, Thousands and Ten Thousands” Talent Project for the Inheritance and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2020, Deputy Director Zhang Chenghui was named a “Young Qihuang Scholar.” Professor Liu Hongxia leads the team to remain true to its original aspiration, inherit traditional Chinese medicine, and develop traditional Chinese medicine. The department currently has 41 medical and nursing staff members, including 18 doctors and 23 nurses; among them are 2 doctoral supervisors and 5 master’s supervisors, and personnel with postgraduate education account for 78%; there is 1 expert receiving a special allowance from the State Council; in a national dermatological society, 1 person serves as vice chairperson and 9 are committee members; in a provincial society, 1 person serves as chairperson and 2 as vice chairpersons.