Otolaryngology Department

The Department of Otolaryngology of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital was founded in 1946 by the late Professor Wang Shixun, a famous otolaryngologist.

The department currently has 29 doctors, 13 nurses, 1 professor, 3 chief physicians, 7 deputy chief physicians, 9 attending physicians, 6 residents, 3 assistant researchers, 6 doctors and 11 masters.

The department is the doctoral and master's degree-granting point for otolaryngology at Tianjin Medical University.

In 2004, it was approved as one of the first batch of “Integrity Departments” by the Tianjin Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission.

In 2008, the Tianjin Municipal Government approved the hospital as a designated hospital for cochlear implant surgery.

In 2010, it was awarded the titles of "Worker Pioneer" and "May 1st Labor Medal Advanced Collective" by the Tianjin Federation of Trade Unions.

The research team led by Professor Zhou Huifang has won one second-class and one third-class Tianjin Scientific and Technological Progress Award in recent years, and carries out 1 to 2 projects with new technologies to fill gaps in Tianjin every year.

The otolaryngology clinic is equipped with a sleep monitoring center, an otolaryngology endoscopy center, a hearing aid fitting center, a hearing vertigo diagnosis and treatment center, a BPPV vertigo diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation system, an NBI electronic rhinolaryngoscope and an endoscopic decontamination system, etc. The service level of the hearing vertigo diagnosis and treatment center and otolaryngology endoscopy center has reached the domestic advanced level.

Since 2013, the department has published 10 SCI papers, participated in 1 National Science and Technology Support Plan project during the 12th Five-Year Plan, participated in 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, presided over 3 bureau-level projects, and 2 Municipal Disabled Persons’ Federation projects.

The department has obvious advantages in the comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of various difficult and critical patients. It masters hearing rehabilitation, endoscopic sinus surgery technology, comprehensive treatment of nasal tumors and laryngeal cancer, diagnosis and surgical treatment of sleep diseases, and surgical rehabilitation of facial paralysis, etc., and has become the city's characteristic brand technology.