Built as a specialist hospital from the start
China's first modern eye and ENT specialist hospital has grown into dedicated clinical wings, day-surgery platforms and specialty centres.
National Top3 ophthalmology, in a hospital built for lens care
China's national eye and ENT specialist hospital combines 205,000+ annual surgeries with dedicated cataract and lens-replacement expertise.*
* Rankings and hospital figures are for reference and reconfirmed before booking.
Specialist care at national scale
More than 3.44 million outpatient visits and 205,000 surgeries in 2025 show the scale behind its specialist pathways.
Academic depth behind the operating room
A workforce of more than 2,000 includes national-level academic talent and experienced clinical teaching teams.
National specialty and quality-control roles
- Ophthalmology ranked No. 3 nationally (Fudan University 2023 Specialty Reputation Ranking) and ENT are both Ministry of Education key disciplines and National Health Commission clinical key specialties.
- National drug and medical-device clinical trial institution across relevant specialty fields.
- National ENT medical quality-control centre; leading role in building the national ophthalmology quality-control platform.
- Shanghai eye clinical quality-control centre and Shanghai ophthalmic disease clinical centre context.
Research, patents and translational medicine
- 789 research projects during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, including national key R&D and National Natural Science Foundation projects.
- 2,852 papers over five years, including 2,264 SCI papers and publications in Science, The Lancet, JAMA and BMJ.
- 268 authorised patents, 19 translational project agreements and 52 patent transfers.
- Frontier work across deafness gene therapy, viral keratitis gene therapy and AI-assisted diagnosis for visual and auditory disease.
Selected specialists by department
Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
Li Huawei
Professor, Chief Physician, PhD supervisor, Dean of the ENT Institute and Director of Otorhinolaryngology. A Changjiang Distinguished Professor and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars recipient, he has published in Nature Medicine and PNAS.
Ophthalmology, Cataract and Lens Disease
Jiang Yongxiang
Professor, Chief Physician, PhD supervisor and deputy head of Cataract and Lens Disease. He specialises in complex cataract, refractive cataract surgery, paediatric lens disease and lens dislocation.
Ophthalmology, Refractive and Optometry
Zhou Xingtao
Professor, Chief Physician, PhD supervisor and hospital President, with more than 35 years of clinical experience. He leads the refractive programme across SMILE, ICL/TICL, corneal cross-linking and complex high-myopia correction.