Overview
Founded in 1920, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital is a public tertiary Grade A general hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. It hosts the National Center of Stomatology and the National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, with national key disciplines in clinical stomatology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and orthopaedics.
Known for
- Oral medicineHosts the National Center of Stomatology and the National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases. Its national clinical key specialties include oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, periodontology, prosthodontics, orthodontics and oral mucosal disease.
- Plastic and reconstructive surgeryA national key discipline and national clinical key specialty, with services in microsurgical reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, vascular anomalies, lymphatic surgery, hand surgery and burn reconstruction.
- Oral and head and neck oncologyCombines surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, laser treatment, prosthetic rehabilitation, embolisation and molecular targeted treatment. The department treats oral cancer and vascular malformations and provides reconstruction of craniofacial tissue defects.
- OphthalmologyA national clinical key specialty with a focus on oculoplastic and orbital disease. Services include thyroid eye disease, orbital fracture repair, cataract surgery, glaucoma care and retinal surgery.
- OrthopaedicsA national key discipline and national clinical key specialty. Teams cover joint surgery, sports medicine, trauma, spinal surgery, bone tumours and foot and ankle surgery.
Conditions treated
- Oral cancer
- Vascular malformations
- Facial nerve palsy
- Orbital fractures
- Thyroid eye disease
- Congenital eyelid defects
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Retinal detachment
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Strabismus
Departments
Facts & figures
1920Founded
2,150Approved beds (2023)
1,000Dental treatment chairs (2023)
Over 4.47 millionOutpatient and emergency visits (2023)
Over 130,000Inpatient surgical cases (2023)
Inside the hospital
Your visit
What we arrange here
- Appointments with the right department and doctor
- An interpreter with you at every visit
- Translated reports and records to take home
- A hotel near the hospital, and transfers
- Follow-up with the doctor after you go home
Getting there
Shanghai is easy to reach by air or high-speed rail. We book your appointment and travel, and can plan the trip together with time in Kunming or Chongqing.
