Breast & Thyroid Surgery Dept.

Departments

Breast & Thyroid Surgery Dept.

Brief introduction

The Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery of Union Hospital was established in October 2003. It shares the honor of authorized institution to offer doctoral and master degree in breast and thyroid surgery, Hubei Provincial Quality Control Centre for Breast & Thyroid Surgery (Host), Breast and Thyroid Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center in Wuhan, Thyroid Diseases Clinical Medicine Research Center in Wuhan. Since its establishment, the department has developed rapidly and is currently in a state of rapid growth with the support of leaders at all levels and the joint efforts of all medical staff.


The incidence of breast and thyroid tumors in our country has been rapidly increasing year by year. Breast and thyroid cancer have become a serious threat to the health of people. Dealing with the challenge, the Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery in Union Hospital has rapidly developed from a twenty-bed department as established in 2003 to the leading large-scale specialized medical institution in the central and southern regions with integrated diagnosis, treatment, scientific research and teaching of breast and thyroid diseases and first-class breast and thyroid disease diagnosis and treatment center in China.


Currently there are 43 physicians in the department. Among them, there are 5 professors and chief physicians, 7 associate professors and associate chief physicians, 28 attending physicians, and 3 residents. 90% of them have obtained doctoral degrees, and many have experience of studying abroad incountries such as the United States and Germany. There are currently 6 wards in the department with 261 available beds: the surgical ward on the 30th floor of the first surgery building (52 beds), the surgical ward on the 6th floor of the Cancer Centre (52 beds), and the surgery ward on the east 7th floor of the Inpatient Building of the West Campus (45 beds), the chemotherapy Ward on the east 5th floor of General Building (29 beds), Daytime Surgery Ward on the 4th Floor of General Building (28 beds), and the Surgical Ward in E6 of the Jinyinhu Campus(55 beds).


The leader of the department is Professor Tao Huang, an expert in the field of thyroid and breast diseases in China. Under the leadership of Professor Huang, the centre has reached the national leading level of diagnosis and treatment of thyroid and breast diseases.