Endocrinology Dept.

Departments

Endocrinology Dept.

Brief introduction

Department of Endocrinology in Union Hospital is a well-known endocrinology department in central China and has been rated as one of the national key clinical specialties. Department of Endocrinology is the Insulin Pump Standardized Training Center of Chinese Medical Doctor Association, the only Hubei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, the Endocrinological Medical Quality Control Center in Hubei, and became the vice chairman department of the Endocrinology Society of Chinese Medical Association at the end of 2015. In addition, the Department of Endocrinology has been continuously nominated in the best hospital specialty list by the Hospital Management Institute affiliated to Fudan University, and has become the affiliated unit of Hubei Provincial Diabetes Prevention Office of Health Commission of Hubei Province.


Professor CHEN Lulu and Professor ZENG Tianshu are the academic leaders of the Department of Endocrinology. Through the efforts of several generations, the Department of Endocrinology has achieved fruitful results in clinical service, teaching, scientific research and team construction. The comprehensive strength of this department is at the leading place in central China. As a leading unit in the field of endocrinology and metabolism in Hubei Province, the clinical impact of the Department of Endocrinology has spread throughout the province. The average annual outpatient volume of the department reaches about 170,000 person times, and the proportion of inpatients is over 49%. It has long been committed to building support for various medical institutions at all levels and have regularly assigned experts to go deep into the rural areas and spread support, which effectively improved the local medical services and develop a nationwide medical service network based on the department. Based on the internationally advanced equipment in Union Hospital, the Department of Endocrinology can diagnose and treat various diseases in the field of endocrinology. As for diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, osteoporosis and other common endocrine diseases and various endocrine critical diseases, the diagnosis and therapy capacity has reached the international advanced level. As for parathyroid disease, endocrine exophthalmos, adrenal diseas, polycystic ovary syndrome, metabolic bone disease, pituitary adenoma, gigantism and acromegaly, prolactinoma, hypopituitarism, primary aldosteronism, hypothalamic syndrome and other rare endocrine diseases, its diagnosis capacity is also advanced, and the treatment effect is great as well. In terms of teaching, the Department of Endocrinology has cultivated a large amount of students with ph.D. degree and master degree and its students distributed across more than 30 provinces and cities in China. Besides, the department has trained hundreds of visiting physicians. As for scientific research, the Departmentof Endocrinology has obtained more than 60 projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science and Technology Support Plan, and provincial and municipal projects. Besides, more than 100 SCI papers have been published. The Department of Endocrinology has great team construction. There are 23 doctors in the department, among which 20 staff members are with doctoral degree. And there are 4 doctoral supervisors and 7 master supervisors in this team. Many of the staff members have studied or worked overseas.