Peking University People's Hospital

The Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Peking University People's Hospital was established in 1962 and integrates medical care, teaching, and research. It has specialist groups for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pulmonary infections, respiratory critical care, lung cancer, interventional pulmonology, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary vascular disease, as well as a respiratory intensive care unit. It provides diagnosis and treatment including bedside bronchoscopy, ultrasound, and respiratory support. The department is also designated a National Key Clinical Specialty and a National Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Complex and Critical Respiratory Diseases, and hosts Beijing resident physician and China-US PCCM specialist training bases.

The Department of Gastroenterology at Peking University People's Hospital became an independent department in 1990. It now comprises inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, an endoscopy center, a gastrointestinal motility unit, an ultrasound examination room, and laboratories. According to the hospital's official website, its key areas include inflammatory bowel disease, chronic and complex severe liver diseases, and the diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of early cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and colon; it has also developed a range of disease-specific clinics. The department is a specialist physician training base, a clinical drug trial institution recognized by the national drug regulatory authority, and a doctoral training site in internal medicine, and it continues to build a strong pipeline of young medical and nursing professionals.

The Department of Cardiology at Peking University People's Hospital developed from a cardiovascular medicine specialty founded in the 1950s and formally became a department in the 1980s. It provides specialized diagnosis and treatment for coronary heart disease, hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmias, and thromboembolic disorders, and covers coronary intervention, cardiac electrophysiology and ablation, implantable device management, and multidisciplinary joint clinics. The department is also a Ministry of Education National Key Discipline, a National Key Clinical Specialty, and an American Heart Association professional demonstration center, and undertakes training in coronary and arrhythmia interventions.

The Department of Nephrology at Peking University People's Hospital was founded in 1988 and consists of inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, a blood purification center, a chronic kidney disease center, a continuous renal replacement therapy center, and a renal pathology laboratory. It diagnoses and treats primary and secondary kidney diseases and acute and chronic kidney injury, and provides hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and related renal replacement therapies. The department is also a Project 985 National Key Discipline of the Ministry of Education, a nephrology specialist physician training base, and a national clinical pharmacology base, and it additionally performs blood purification training functions.

According to the official website of the Department of Hematology at Peking University People's Hospital, the department has built clinical translational platforms focused on novel molecular markers for hematologic malignancies, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and anti-infective immunity, the bone marrow microenvironment, CAR-T cell therapy, and aplastic anemia. It integrates clinical diagnosis and treatment resources with basic research in hematologic diseases to advance the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. The department was formally established in 1957, founded its Institute of Hematology in 1981, and is now a key discipline of the Ministry of Education and the former Ministry of Health as well as a National Key Clinical Specialty.

The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Peking University People's Hospital was established in 1986 and has outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, a clinical laboratory, and a diabetes research laboratory. Its disciplines encompass diabetes and obesity, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid and gonadal disorders, bone and mineral metabolism, and fluid and electrolyte disorders. It also operates disease-specific clinics for newly diagnosed diabetes, thyroid nodules, and pituitary and adrenal disorders. In 2011, the department was selected for the National Key Specialty Development Program and was designated a clinical research center in the field of diabetes by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission.

The Department of Neurology at Peking University People's Hospital has a Xizhimen inpatient area, a Tongzhou inpatient area, and an emergency treatment area. It has developed ten subspecialties: cerebrovascular disease, neurointervention, headache, cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, neuroinfectious and immune disorders, rare and complex diseases, and sleep disorders. It also provides examinations and treatments including electroencephalography, electromyography, and transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. The department's qualifications and platforms include a National Key Clinical Specialty Capacity Development Program, a neurology advanced training base of the National Health Commission, and a stroke screening and prevention base.

The Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery at Peking University People's Hospital has long provided diagnosis and treatment for diseases of the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, and spleen, as well as portal hypertension, liver cancer, and liver transplantation. According to its official website, it uses surgical resection as the foundation of comprehensive liver cancer treatment, combined with ablation, interventional therapy, immunotherapy, and other approaches. It also performs complex biliary and pancreatic operations and laparoscopic procedures involving the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, and spleen, and provides intensive care and follow-up services for liver transplantation. Its academic platforms include key specialty status under Project 211 and the former Ministry of Health, a Beijing Key Discipline, a doctoral program, and a Beijing Key Laboratory.