Endocrinology Department/ Diabetes Center

History

Early stage:

In the late 1970s, the professional group of TCM endocrinology was established. Professor Zhang Farong, the academic leader, carried out research on diabetes and advocated "paying equal attention to prevention and treatment, prevention is even more important". He emphasized the treatment from spleen and kidney, which differs from the theory of syndrome differentiation of Sanxiao.

Former Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov visited Chengdu and experienced TCM tongue inspection and pulse diagnosis by Professor Zhang Farong.

Development stage:

In the late 1980s, Professor Qi Luguang, the academic leader, carried out researches on diabetes and its complications, especially the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot disease reached advanced level in China. By 2007, rudiment of our department has begun to form.

Professor Qi Luguang’s French student (length of study: three years), the first French to study TCM in the form of apprentice in China.

Comprehensive construction stage:

Since 2008, under the leadership of Professor Xie Chunguang and Professor Chen Qiu, leaders of the discipline, endocrinology has developed in an all-round way. Academic ideas have been further sorted out, studied and inherited, and the medical specialty of endocrinology has also developed into first-class level in China.

Our united medical team

The special action of healthy China: diabetes prevention and treatment was launched in our hospital On November 14, 2019.

Brief Introduction

The Department of Endocrinology / Diabetes Center is the leading unit for TCM preventing and treating endocrine and metabolic diseases, and a clinical, teaching and research training base in western China. We are among the first authorized hospitals to award master and doctor’s degree on TCM endocrinology. We’ve served as the editor or deputy editor to write textbooks required by National Health Commission (former Ministry of health) for TCM colleges and universities during the 12^th Five Year Plan. We have two inpatient sections with more than 150 beds and 10 consulting rooms. The annual number of outpatients amounts to 120000 and inpatients reach up to more than 4000. TCM treatment represents more than 95%.

TCM endocrinology became the key clinical specialty approved by National Health Commission (former Ministry of Health) in 2013 and we were appointed as the innovation team on “TCM prevention and treatment of diabetes and its complications” in Sichuan Province. In 2017, it was named National Renowned Endocrinology / Diabetes Department by China Association for Promoting TCM Research and became Sichuan Medical Center for Clinical Research. In 2018, our department was authorized as the leading unit of the pilot project of integrated Chinese and Western medicine clinical coordination on major serious diseases (diabetes and its complications). Since 2018, it has been awarded "the Best Research-Oriented Specialty of TCM Hospital" for consecutive years. In 2019, it leads the implementation of “Healthy China 2030 Sichuan Diabetes Prevention and Control Plan”. The Standardized TCM Prevention and Treatment Center for Metabolic Diseases was established in 2020.

Medical Team 

We have 1 national famous TCM doctor, 2 National TCM expert mentors for passing down academic experience, 4 experts enjoying special allowance of the State Council, 6 academic and technical pioneers (including candidate pioneers) in Sichuan Province, 7 famous TCM doctors of Sichuan Province, 1 academic and technical pioneer of Health Commission of Sichuan Province, 9 TCM academic and technical pioneers (including candidate pioneers) in Sichuan Province, 5 doctoral supervisors, 7 chief doctors / professors, 9 associate chief doctors / associate professors, more than 10 attending doctors, dozens of residents and graduates, including 3 postgraduate and doctoral students who returned from overseas and 1 postdoctoral staff studying in United States.

Scientific Research

We have a complete clinical research platform for endocrinology. Research-oriented outpatient service is provided and research-oriented wards are built. So we have become the largest TCM clinical research base on endocrinology in central and western China. We have established the intensive diagnosis and treatment mode of diabetes and its complications and a research model of combining clinical and scientific research information. A network of clinical and scientific research coordination have been built, which has greatly improved our ability of clinical service and scientific research. We take the lead in scientific research and medical techniques in the field of TCM endocrinology in China. We are the vice-chairman of the following 4 academic associations: Diabetes and Endocrinology Special Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine, Diabetes Committee of Chinese Medical Association, Special Committee of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine on Endocrine and Metabolic Disease of Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Diabetes Branch of China Association for Promoting TCM Research. Our experts attach importance to theoretical innovation and put forward theories which effectively guide both clinical service and scientific research work.

Since 2010, 108 new scientific research programs have been approved, including 16 national authorized programs and 37 provincial programs, with a total fund of nearly 47 million yuan. We have won 8 provincial science and technology progress awards, 1 provincial teaching achievement award, 1 science and technology progress award of bureau level, 2 university science and technology progress awards and 7 patents. We have published more than 600 papers, including 123 Chinese core periodicals and nearly 50 SCI indexed papers. More than 30 national planned textbooks and monographs have been published. Our department has received more than 2000 oversea students and more than 1000 visitors coming from abroad for academic exchange.

Dominant Diseases

Our department is good at diagnosing and treating various endocrine and metabolic diseases with TCM or integrated Chinese and Western medicine. We have unique experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and its complications, thyroid diseases, osteoporosis, lipid metabolism disorders, obesity, gout, electrolyte disturbance, pituitary and adrenal diseases, gonadal diseases, endocrine disorders, secondary hypertension, etc.

Treatments:

1. TCM prevention for diabetes (preventive medicine and health care)

2. TCM treatment for diabetes and its complications

3. TCM prevention and treatment for diabetic foot, nephropathy and peripheral neuropathy     

4. TCM treatment for obesity

5. Diagnosis of insulin resistance by hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp technique
6. Microwave ablation of thyroid nodules (without surgery)
7. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in diagnosis of thyroid diseases
8. TCM prevention and treatment for osteoporosis
9. TCM treatment for gout or hyperuricemia 
10. TCM treatment for subacute thyroiditis
11. The integrated Chinese and Western Medicine treatment for hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
12. The integrated Chinese and Western Medicine diagnosis and treatment for pituitary and adrenal diseases 
13. TCM prevention and treatment for other endocrine diseases