Starting from December 6, 2021, the nationally renowned SAHZU Eye Center will have a new address at No. 1 Xihu Avenue.
For SAHZU heart valve team, every Tuesday and Thursday are dedicated to procedures. On Tuesday, November 30 2021, another procedure day started at 7:30 am like normal and all four procedures were completed by 5pm. As routine as it is, it is a quite special day in many ways.
SAHZU received top 10 ranking in seven specialties – Emergency Medicine (#3), Cardiology (#4), Neurosurgery (#5), Ophthalmology (#5), Health Management (#5), Burns (#7), Ultrasound Medicine (#8). Another ten specialties were nominated – Radiology, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Orthopedics, Anesthesiology, Dermatology, General Surgery, Neurology, Oncology, Allergy.
SAHZU and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) reach a collaboration agreement on November 19, focusing on clinical research education and capacity building. The signing ceremony took place virtually online with multiple leadership of Zhejiang University and Zhejiang provincial government as the witness of this exciting event.
Prof. CHEN Jingyu, an established and prominent lung transplant specialist in China and the world and the Vice President of SAHZU, has officially opened a Lung Transplant MDT Clinic in the International Medicine Department at SAHZU Binjiang Campus. SAHZU Chair of Comprehensive ICU Prof. HUANG Man will also participate in the clinical consultation.
31-year-old Mr. ZHAO, has nearsightedness (myopia) since he was a student, and his myopia level has been measured at -6.00 diopters in both eyes since he became an adult. However, during the past six months, he felt a progressive decrease in vision in his left eye and increased fatigue in both eyes. "Since last month, I started to have trouble seeing at night when driving, and even on sunny days outdoors, my vision is blurred." Because of his heavy work load, Mr. ZHAO naturally thought it was just deterioration of myopia and intended to visit the eye clinic afterwards.
During a tumor resection surgery, a small piece of tissue is removed and sent to the Intraoperative Frozen Section Pathology Lab for rapid analysis, leaving the entire OR to wait for the final "judgement call". Whether to remove the nodule only or to perform a total resection. Surgeons urgently need the pathological diagnosis to determine the next step.
The Neurology ward V of SAHZU is an inpatient ward entirely for patients with rare diseases, the only one in China.
Mr. Li, a 42-year-old man with a slight build, had a sudden heart attack and a stent was placed. In the post-operative examination, he was found to have abnormal lipids reading (LDL-C: 4.68 mmol/L), and was required by his doctor to control his blood lipids level and to have the anticoagulation treatment. Mr. Li was rather confused. Why is lipid control necessary for the treatment of heart attack? How to lower lipids and what tests are needed? How low should the level be maintained at?
Xiao Wang was especially happy at the banquet. He ate a large amount of BBQ food and drank 250-300 grams of 53-degree liquor. Less than 2 hours after the dinner, Xiao Wang started to feel severe stubbing pain in his abdomen with excessive sweating.
A new study led by SAHZU researchers has identified ways by which some microbes might influence cancer immunotherapy, suggesting a potential microbial-based adjuvant approach to improve the responsiveness of immunotherapy. Their results were published in Cell1 in March 2024.
Italian surgeons Drs. Michele Cricrì and Federico Mongardini and Mexican surgeon Dr. Mitre Reyes have recently completed a three-month clinical training program at SAHZU Colorectal Surgery, as the second group of trainees of International Colorectal Surgery Training Academy of China (ICSTAC).
Dr. Lim Shin Hoei is an anesthesiologist from Penang, Malaysia. She was trained at SAHZU for trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and cardiothoracic anesthesia for six months. Congratulation to Dr. Lim!