Active beds
The Xuhui and Lingang campuses support 51 clinical and medical-technical departments.
When movement matters, orthopaedic depth matters too
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital combines orthopaedics, joint replacement, sports medicine and metabolic care across two campuses.
Operations in 2025
The hospital's 2025 official overview recorded 154,695 operations and 5,876,746 outpatient and emergency visits.
National clinical key specialties
The hospital was approved as the National Center for Orthopaedics in 2022.
Clinical strengths and specialist pathways
- Orthopaedics and joint replacement sit within the National Center for Orthopaedics, with depth in reconstruction, trauma and complex movement disorders.
- Sports medicine covers shoulder, knee, hip and ankle injuries with arthroscopic and reconstructive pathways.
- Endocrinology, diabetes and ultrasound medicine add metabolic assessment and image-guided diagnostic depth.
Facilities and research platforms
- National Center for Orthopaedics and an Artificial Intelligence Imaging Centre.
- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, diabetes laboratory and metabolic testing platforms.
- Specialist image-guided interventional ultrasound and medical-equipment research facilities.
Selected specialists by department
Orthopaedics
Ma Xin
Level II Professor, Chief Physician, hospital President and Director of the National Center for Orthopaedics. A 2024 National Distinguished Physician, he leads orthopaedic clinical innovation and national-centre development.
Sports Medicine
He Yaohua
Professor, Chief Physician and Director of Sports Medicine. He focuses on arthroscopic and reconstructive shoulder and knee care.
Endocrinology
Jia Weiping
Professor, Chief Physician, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and The World Academy of Sciences. Elected IDF Western Pacific Region President-elect in 2025, she has published in Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
Yin Shankai
Level II Professor, Chief Physician and academic leader in otorhinolaryngology. He trained at the House Ear Institute in the United States and Gruppo Otologico in Italy and holds an international neurotology leadership role.
Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
Shi Haibo
Professor, Chief Physician, PhD supervisor and department director. He earned his medical doctorate at Kyushu University and is recognised for otology, cochlear implantation and hearing restoration.
Ultrasound Medicine
Hu Bing
Professor, Chief Physician, PhD supervisor and Director of the Shanghai Ultrasound Institute. A State Council special-allowance expert, he specialises in diagnostic and interventional ultrasound, including image-guided tumour ablation.