Neurology Department

The Neurology Department of the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University has 63 beds. It is a training base for doctoral and master's students, a clinical pharmacology base for neurology certified by the State Food and Drug Administration, and a standardized training base for residents recognized by the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau.

There are currently 45 medical staff, including 1 chief physician, 8 deputy chief physicians, 1 doctoral supervisor, 1 master's supervisor, 3 doctors with doctoral degrees, and 16 doctors with master's degrees.

It is equipped with electroencephalogram topography, electromyography/evoked potential meter, transcranial Doppler and other examination equipment, and has neurology sub-specialty outpatient clinics, such as cerebrovascular disease prevention and treatment, dementia and cognitive impairment follow-up, extrapyramidal diseases (Parkinson's disease), epilepsy, sleep disorders, neuropsychological outpatient clinics, etc.

Undertaken undergraduate neurology bilingual teaching courses, published 162 academic papers, edited or co-edited 17 books, participated in the writing of 23 guidelines and expert consensus, and chaired or participated in 52 scientific research projects.

In 2018, it was awarded the “National Advanced Stroke Center” by the National Health Commission.

Featured Technology Basic and clinical research on cerebrovascular disease is the main daily work of this department, and standardized procedures have been established to explore the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke, new risk factors, clinical outcomes and new treatment measures.

The Department of Neurology now has DWL transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) imported from Germany, which is used to determine cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion in patients with cerebrovascular disease.

Carry out research on degenerative diseases of the nervous system, open follow-up clinics for dementia and cognitive dysfunction, conduct research on early diagnosis, early treatment and prevention methods of dementia, and transform new modern understandings and new technologies into clinical practice to benefit patients as early as possible.

Research on neuromuscular diseases caused by various causes is a research specialty of the department. The department has an electroencephalogram topograph and a myoelectric/evoked potential meter. The use of this diagnostic technology to conduct research on neuromuscular diseases has always been at the leading level in Tianjin.

In addition, the department offers outpatient clinics for extrapyramidal diseases (Parkinson's disease), epilepsy, sleep disorders, neuropsychology and headaches.