Gastroenterology Department

Department of Gastroenterology The Department of Gastroenterology was formerly the Department of Gastroenterology of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital. It was founded in 1958. It is the unit where the Chairman of the Gastroenterology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the Chairman of the Digestive Endoscopy Branch of the Chinese Medical Association work. In 2008, it was rated as a key discipline in Beijing, and in 2013, it was rated as one of the first batch of national clinical medicine specialty center construction units in the military. The Department of Medicine was established in June 2020. It includes subspecialties such as super minimally invasive and repair of gastrointestinal endoscopy (digestive military medicine), esophagus, stomach, intestinal tract, liver, biliary system, pancreatic diseases and intestinal microecology. It has 7 dispatched departments and currently has 70 higher vocational experts and 430 medical staff. It has distinctive features in the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases of the digestive system, difficult diseases and emergency and critical care. It has a world-class digestive endoscopy center that leads the world in terms of area, scale and technology. The Department of Medicine was the first in the world to name and perfect the gastrointestinal endoscopic tunnel technology, replacing a number of traditional surgeries, reducing surgical risks and improving postoperative quality of life. It was the first to propose a new concept of super minimally invasive surgery to eliminate diseases while maintaining the same anatomical structure of the human body, replacing the surgical model at the expense of organ removal, and pointing out the direction for future surgical methodology and equipment research and development;It is also an international and domestic leader in research on intestinal microecology and tumor epigenetics. Scientific research achievements include the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Military Science and Technology Progress and Medical Achievement Award, the first prize of the Beijing Medical Science and Technology Award, the American College of Gastroenterology Bureau Award and the only international award, the Wu Jieping Pharmaceutical Innovation Award, and the Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen Pharmaceutical Award.