Endocrinology Department

The Department of Endocrinology of Xiyuan Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences was established in 1988. It is now a key specialist in endocrinology of the Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It was awarded the "Diabetes Education Management Unit" by the Diabetes Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. In 2018, it was awarded the title of "Diabetes Education Management Unit" by the Alibaba Hospital Management Research Center. It has been rated as the best clinical specialty endocrinology department in China's traditional Chinese medicine hospitals by the Center of Excellence. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, it ranked fifth in the country in the "Annual Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Discipline (Specialty) Academic Influence Evaluation Research Report" released by the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine for three consecutive years.

The department has the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Postdoctoral Workstation, Wei Zixiao's National Famous Doctor Inheritance Studio, Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine's "3+3" Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Project Wei Zixiao's Famous Doctor Inheritance Studio, and the "New 3+3" Wei Zixiao "Three" Inheritance Studio. It also has branch stations of Wei Zixiao's famous doctor inheritance studio in Beijing Fengtai District Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Shizuishan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and Henan Province Ruzhou Jiren Diabetes Hospital.

The department also has an academic experience inheritance studio of Zhang Guangde, a famous veteran Chinese medicine expert in Haidian District, at the Shangzhuang Health Service Center in Haidian District.

Team composition: Currently, the department has 17 doctors and 15 nurses.

Among them, there are 7 chief physicians, 5 deputy chief physicians, and 5 attending physicians, including 6 with doctoral degrees, 7 with master's degrees, and 2 with bachelor's degrees;

There is one postdoctoral supervisor and two supervisors each for doctoral students and master's students.

There are 3 charge nurses and 12 nurse practitioners.

Chief Physician Wei Zixiao is an academic leader in the Department of Endocrinology, a famous traditional Chinese medicine teacher in the capital, and an instructor who inherits the academic experience of the fourth and seventh batch of senior traditional Chinese medicine experts in the country.

Business capabilities: The Department of Endocrinology has an annual outpatient volume of more than 130,000. It has specialized outpatient clinics for "diabetes", "diabetic peripheral neuropathy", "diabetic nephropathy", "diabetic lower limb vascular disease", "hyperthyroidism", "thyroid nodules", "Hashimoto's thyroiditis", "weight-metabolic diseases" and other special diseases. It focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and acute and chronic complications, thyroid disease, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, endocrine disorders and other diseases with traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

The inpatient ward has 38 beds. The main diseases treated in the ward are diabetes, various acute and chronic complications, thyroid diseases, etc., and more than 1,300 patients are treated annually.

Diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, and diabetic lower extremity vascular disease are the dominant diseases in the Department of Endocrinology, and the department has developed a mature diagnosis and treatment plan of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

Among them, intensive insulin therapy combined with TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment for patients with new onset type 2 diabetes can quickly alleviate the condition, restore part of the pancreatic islet function, and achieve long-term remission of the condition, which is more advantageous than simple Western medicine treatment;

Comprehensive solutions such as Western medicine combined with traditional Chinese medicine, external Chinese medicine washing, and acupoint application can significantly improve the clinical efficacy in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

For thyroid diseases such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, subacute thyroiditis, etc., based on the application of modern medical standard diagnosis and treatment, the department follows the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine differentiation and treatment ideas of "combination of disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation and treatment", and uses traditional Chinese medicine to achieve the purpose of improving symptoms, shortening the course of disease, and improving patients' quality of life. It reflects the advantages of the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine and effectively makes up for the shortcomings of western medicine treatment.

Scientific and educational achievements: The Department of Endocrinology is the clinical research base for new drugs specialized in endocrine metabolism of the State Food and Drug Administration, and has completed dozens of phase II and III clinical research on new drugs.

The Department of Endocrinology developed the in-hospital preparation "Jiangtang Xiaozhi Capsule" and obtained three domestic and international patents;

The new drug "Yusanxiao Capsule" developed to treat type 2 diabetes won the "New Drug Certificate" from the Ministry of Health, the second prize of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the third prize of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Progress Award of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In recent years, the department has hosted and participated in nearly 30 scientific research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Capital Medical Development Fund, and the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It has edited more than 20 medical academic monographs and published more than 90 academic papers.

The department has trained more than 40 postdoctoral students, doctoral students, and master's students, and teaches more than 60 training and regular training physicians from all over the country every year, cultivating a large number of clinical talents and backbones in endocrinology and metabolism for primary hospitals.