Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

The hospital is China's only Grade III Class A specialized hospital for plastic and cosmetic surgery and a national key clinical specialty construction unit. Its plastic surgery department has consistently ranked second nationwide in the Fudan University Specialty Reputation Ranking for many years. The hospital is a training center for doctoral and master's students in plastic surgery and anesthesiology at Peking Union Medical College, and a training base for specialist physicians and visiting scholars in plastic surgery under the Ministry of Health. It has trained over 600 doctoral and master's students and over 2,000 visiting scholars.

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Hospital Introduction

1. Historical Origins and Spiritual Inheritance

Founded in 1957 by a team led by renowned plastic surgeon Song Ruyao, the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (formerly known as the Badachu Plastic Surgery Hospital) is China's earliest tertiary-level Class A specialized hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, and research in plastic surgery. In 1957, the Peace Hospital of the Health Department of the General Logistics Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army merged with the Department of Plastic Surgery of Peking Union Medical College Hospital to form the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In 1958, it came under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. After more than sixty years of development, the hospital has become the cradle of plastic surgery in China, hailed as the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the field. The mainstays of the plastic surgery departments in the vast majority of hospitals nationwide are graduates of this hospital.

2. Overall Scale and Hardware Capabilities

Located at No. 33, Badachu Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, the hospital covers an area of over 100,000 square meters and has more than 700 employees and approximately 700 beds. The hospital is the chairman unit of the Chinese Medical Association's Plastic Surgery Branch, the editorial and publishing unit of the *Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery*, and the affiliated unit of the Beijing Medical Plastic Surgery Quality Control and Improvement Center. Specializing in plastic surgery, the hospital has gradually established 27 disease-specific centers related to reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, covering areas such as cleft lip and palate, ear reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, comprehensive scar treatment, breast augmentation, hypospadias, rhinoplasty, hair transplantation, and laser cosmetic procedures.

3. National Ranking and Authoritative Certification

4. Core Business Data

The hospital sees over 300,000 outpatients annually and performs over 80,000 plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgeries each year. The hospital has established two outpatient departments and one cosmetic surgery hospital, with cosmetic surgeries accounting for approximately 60% of all procedures. The Department of Craniofacial Plastic Surgery IV performs over 2,500 plastic and cosmetic surgeries annually. The Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Plastic Surgery has received numerous science and technology awards, including the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Beijing Science and Technology Award.

5. MDT Multidisciplinary Collaboration System

The hospital specializes in treating specific diseases, establishing 27 disease-specific centers. For complex reconstructive surgeries such as cleft lip and palate, craniofacial deformities, burn scars, breast reconstruction, and hypospadias, the hospital organizes multidisciplinary teams from plastic surgery, oral surgery, otolaryngology, dermatology, psychology, and rehabilitation to conduct sequential treatment and comprehensive plan design. The hospital also collaborates with charitable organizations such as the Yanran Angel Foundation to carry out special charitable aid programs for cleft lip and palate.

6. International and Foreign-Related Medical Treatment System

The hospital has received over 200 groups and more than 1,000 plastic surgery experts from over 30 countries and regions, and has conferred honorary professorships upon 18 renowned professors from countries such as Australia, Japan, Brazil, and Canada. The hospital has hosted 11 international plastic surgery and related academic conferences, with over 5,000 domestic and international experts participating. Many foreign experts have visited the hospital for short-term lectures or academic exchanges, giving the hospital significant influence in the international plastic surgery community.

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Department Profile

Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

The Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Badachu Plastic Surgery Hospital) is the first specialized plastic surgery hospital in New China. Founded in 1957 by Professor Song Ruyao, known as the "Father of Plastic Surgery in China," it is the cradle and birthplace of plastic surgery in China. The hospital emphasizes both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, with its hallmark strengths in external ear reconstruction, craniofacial deformity correction, and sequential cleft lip and palate treatment. Its original techniques, such as the double-flap skin expansion auricle reconstruction and the theory of lip and nose muscle tension bands, lead the international forefront. As a Grade III Class A specialized hospital directly under the National Health Commission, the Department of Plastic Surgery has ranked second in the Fudan University's ranking of Chinese hospital specialties for many consecutive years, and also ranks second in the Chinese Hospital Science and Technology Evaluation (STEM) ranking of plastic surgery.

Historical Origins and Spiritual Inheritance:

In 1957, the General Logistics Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army merged the Peace Hospital and the Department of Plastic Surgery of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De personally inscribed the name "Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army," and Professor Song Ruyao served as its first president. In 1983, Professor Song Ruyao won the "Golden Saw Award" at the Fourth International Conference on Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His invention of the one-stage double-flap auricular reconstruction technique laid the academic foundation for auricular reconstruction in China. After being suspended during the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt with the approval of the State Council in 1978, the hospital gradually developed and grew on its original site in Badachu. Generations of experts, including Zhuang Hongxing, Jiang Haiyue, Gui Lai, Luan Jie, and Yin Ningbei, have inherited the academic spirit of "medical skills, art, and benevolence," and built the hospital into a clinical treatment base and talent training base for auricular reconstruction in Asia and even the world.

Core business operational efficiency:

Over 60 years of development, the hospital has established 27 specialized centers covering areas such as cleft lip and palate repair, ear reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, comprehensive scar treatment, breast augmentation, hypospadias repair, rhinoplasty, hair transplantation, and laser cosmetic surgery. It performs nearly 70,000 reconstructive, organ reconstruction, and cosmetic surgeries annually. The hospital has an East Campus in Beijing and branches including the Ping An Outpatient Department, Beijing Medical Plastic Surgery Outpatient Department, Beijing Medical Cosmetic Hospital, and the Southwest Center, forming a comprehensive plastic and cosmetic surgery network covering the entire life cycle.

Discipline Positioning and Benchmarking:

It is the only Grade III Class A plastic surgery hospital directly under the National Health Commission, and a unit directly under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, providing master's and doctoral training in plastic surgery. The department holds an internationally advanced position in post-traumatic deformity repair, congenital deformity repair, post-tumor surgery defect repair, and cosmetic plastic surgery. The External Ear Reconstruction Center, established in the 1990s, is one of the earliest professional teams in China to treat various external ear deformities, and is regarded by the industry as the birthplace of external ear deformity treatment in China. With nearly 66 years of experience, the Craniofacial Surgery Center has developed into a "National Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Complex Craniofacial Diseases, a Platform for High-Difficulty Surgical Techniques, and a Cradle for Specialist Talent Training." It completes 4,500 complex reconstructive and cosmetic surgeries annually, with approximately 2,000 Level III/IV surgeries per year, accounting for 44% of its total. Internationally, the hospital maintains academic exchanges with plastic surgeons and scholars from over 30 countries and regions, having received over a thousand patients and hosted 11 international academic conferences.

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Hospital Specialists

Yin Ningbei Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Head of the Cleft Lip and Palate Group of the Chinese Society of Plastic Surgery

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Return Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, former Director of the Department of Craniofacial Plastic Surgery.

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Pan Bo Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and a nationally renowned expert in external ear reconstruction surgery.

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