Endocrinology

The Department of Endocrinology of Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a key discipline of traditional Chinese medicine (integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine) in Zhejiang Province, a key innovative discipline of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine metabolic diseases, a member institution of the demonstration center for the promotion of key specialties of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the leading institution of the Diabetes Professional Committee of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Zhejiang Province, a Zhejiang Provincial Youth Civilization Unit, a training base for specialized diabetes nurses in Zhejiang Province, and a national SFDA clinical trial base for new traditional Chinese medicines. It has three teams specializing in traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, with strong technical expertise. The department has more than 50 medical and nursing staff members, including 1 doctoral supervisor, 3 master's supervisors, 11 master's degree holders, 8 doctoral degree holders, 1 talent from the “151 Talent Project” of Zhejiang Province, 1 Zhejiang Provincial-level renowned traditional Chinese medicine physician, 2 inheritors of the academic experience of veteran traditional Chinese medicine experts nationwide, and 1 candidate for the training program for young and middle-aged renowned clinical traditional Chinese medicine physicians in Zhejiang Province. The talent echelon is structured appropriately. The department has established renowned physician clinics and specialty disease clinics at all three campuses, Hubin, Qiantang, and Xixi, with more than 60,000 outpatient and emergency visits and more than 2,000 discharges annually; the proportion of patients from outside the region exceeds 40%. In addition, the department attaches great importance to diabetes education, regularly conducting patient education in various forms every year, vigorously publicizing and popularizing diabetes knowledge, and achieving good social benefits, enjoying a high reputation among diabetes patients in the province. At the same time, in conjunction with the key discipline of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine—the “Preventive Treatment of Disease” Center—the department actively establishes a chronic disease prevention and management model for endocrine and metabolic diseases that emphasizes preventing disease before its onset, preventing progression after disease onset, and preventing recurrence after recovery. The department will always uphold the philosophy of serving patients and make unremitting efforts to become a leading integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment center for endocrine and metabolic diseases in the province and a first-class center nationwide.

Technical Advantages

The department adheres to the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine and promotes the coordinated development of medical care, education, and research. It has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and metabolic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, gonads, pituitary gland, and hypothalamus, as well as calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders. It has developed an integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment model featuring diabetes and thyroid diseases as its areas of strength. The department is equipped with advanced devices, including insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS), bone densitometers, and fully automatic non-mydriatic fundus cameras. It was the first in Zhejiang Province to carry out autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of diabetic foot.

Academic Status

A key discipline of traditional Chinese medicine (integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine) in Zhejiang Province, a key innovative discipline of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine metabolic diseases, a member institution of the demonstration center for the promotion of key specialties of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the leading institution of the Diabetes Professional Committee of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Zhejiang Province, a Zhejiang Provincial Youth Civilization Unit, a training base for specialized diabetes nurses in Zhejiang Province, and a national SFDA clinical trial base for new traditional Chinese medicines.

Research Achievements

The department has long undertaken the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral teaching responsibilities of medical schools, including Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and Wenzhou Medical University. It is a doctoral program in Chinese Internal Medicine and Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Clinical Medicine at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, and enrolls trainees at various levels from within and outside the province, standardized residency trainees, and others for study every year. The department has consistently emphasized clinical and basic research. In recent years, it has successively led more than 30 scientific research projects at various levels and of various types, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and has compiled and authored multiple professional books on traditional Chinese and Western medicine.