Neurology Department

The Department of Neurology of Peking Union Medical College Hospital was established in 1921. After more than 90 years of trials and hardships, it has become a prestigious neurology specialty in the country. It is one of the earliest doctoral and master's degree awarding points and postdoctoral workstations in neurology in China. It is a domestic leader in handling and solving difficult and severe diseases. It now has 11 professional groups (clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography and epilepsy, dementia and cognitive impairment, cerebrovascular disease, Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, neuropathology, neuromuscular disease, infection and cerebrospinal fluid cytology, neuroimmunity, neurogenetics and sleep), and 9 specialty outpatient clinics (neuropathology and neurological disorders). Through the myopathy clinic, dystonia and botulinum toxin treatment clinic, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's clinic, epilepsy clinic, cerebrovascular disease clinic, motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis clinic, multiple sclerosis clinic and headache clinic, etc.), we provide high-level medical services to the majority of patients. It has ranked first in neurology specialty reputation in Fudan University’s specialty reputation rankings for six consecutive years. The department has complete professional settings and strong technical force. It has solid basic clinical skills and strong overall strength. It is particularly in the leading position in the country in handling and solving difficult and severe diseases, attracting a large number of patients with difficult diseases from all over the country.The department currently has more than 90 beds and treats more than 160,000 outpatient and emergency patients and more than 1,600 inpatients every year. The neurology specialty laboratory is fully equipped, and the electromyography and brain evoked potential, neuropathology, electroencephalography, transcranial ultrasound Doppler, neurobiochemistry and immunity, and molecular biology laboratories are among the best in the country, providing high-level laboratory auxiliary examinations for patient diagnosis and treatment. We attach great importance to clinically oriented scientific research, aiming to explore innovative diagnosis and treatment methods and improve clinical diagnosis and treatment levels. The research content covers the main fields of neurological diseases, and clinical and basic research complement each other to promote the improvement of the subject level. In the past five years, it has undertaken more than 40 scientific research projects, including 20 national-level scientific research projects, with a total scientific research funding of more than 30 million yuan. In the past five years, he has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Progress Award, and a number of provincial and ministerial level scientific research achievement awards. The department undertakes a large number of teaching tasks. It is responsible for the teaching work of undergraduates, postgraduates, and training doctors of the eight-year medical college of Peking Union Medical College. It is a standardized training base for resident doctors in Beijing. Five national-level continuing education classes are held every year, including advanced neurological disease progression classes; transcranial Doppler ultrasound classes;Classes on electromyography and brain evoked potentials; classes on the progress of electroencephalography and epilepsy diagnosis and treatment; classes on diagnosis and treatment of dystonia, etc. It has provided a large number of neurology specialists to the country. The department currently has 57 doctors, including 11 professors, 17 associate professors, 18 attending doctors, and 11 resident doctors, including 7 doctoral supervisors and 8 master's supervisors. There are currently 50 nursing staff at all levels. The department attaches great importance to talent training. The older generation of well-known experts are getting stronger and stronger, the young and middle-aged experts are in the prime of life, and the young doctors are growing rapidly. 90% of senior teachers have experience of studying and furthering abroad. Professor Cui Liying, the current director of the department, serves as the current chairman (seventh term) of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the editor-in-chief of the "Chinese Journal of Neurology". She also served as the fourth chairman of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. 20 people in the department serve in various professional groups of the Chinese Medical Association, and more than 10 people serve as deputy editors and editorial boards of many domestic core journals.