Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

A national benchmark base for standardized rehabilitation of cerebral palsy in children; a core unit of the Rehabilitation Group of the Pediatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association; the chairman unit of the Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Committee of the China Disabled Persons' Rehabilitation Association; constructing a closed-loop management system for the entire cycle of cerebral palsy, encompassing "early screening - neurosurgical intervention - rehabilitation - orthopedic assistive devices - medical-educational integration"; benchmarking against the Berlin Children's Neurorehabilitation Center in Germany.

Established in 2008, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Xinhua Hospital is one of the few tertiary general hospitals in China that combines adult and pediatric subspecialties. Its pediatric rehabilitation department evolved from the pediatric orthopedic sports rehabilitation subspecialty and boasts over ten years of clinical experience in pediatric rehabilitation treatment. The department is affiliated with the Shanghai Pediatric Surgical Deformity and Orthopedics Clinical Medical Center and is one of the earliest pediatric rehabilitation departments in China to offer pediatric sports rehabilitation and related treatments. Adhering to the philosophy of "compassion first, excellence in work," under the leadership of Department Director Professor Du Qing, the department has deeply cultivated the field of pediatric rehabilitation, using advanced techniques as a foundation and compassion as wings, earning the honor of "National Civilized Post for Women."

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The department currently has 47 staff members, 68% of whom are women, including 42 doctors and medical technicians. The pediatric rehabilitation outpatient clinic covers the rehabilitation and treatment of neurological, skeletal and joint deformities, and traumatic diseases in children aged 0-16 years. It receives thousands of patients annually from all over China, and several international children from Australia, Malaysia, Russia, Japan, and other countries also receive long-term treatment and rehabilitation at the department. The department is currently the Xinhua-Ottawa Hearing and Speech Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Center, the Shanghai Disabled Persons' Federation Prosthetics and Orthotics Assessment Institution, a national and Shanghai standardized training base for resident physicians, a standardized training base for specialist physicians (rehabilitation medicine), and an internship base for rehabilitation therapists from 12 well-known national universities.

Discipline Positioning and Core Advantages:

The department has been ranked among the top in the East China region of the Fudan University Hospital Rankings for Rehabilitation Medicine for many consecutive years, and its pediatric and adult rehabilitation treatment standards consistently rank among the top in the country. Its core advantages can be summarized as a four-dimensional integration: early rehabilitation of cerebral palsy in children supported by a comprehensive perinatal-pediatric chain × a nationally pioneering three-dimensional comprehensive exercise therapy for scoliosis × the leading concept of 'gentle rehabilitation' for early intervention in infants and toddlers × the integration of rehabilitation robots with traditional Chinese medicine massage and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine techniques. As the only tertiary hospital in the city with both perinatal and complete pediatric subspecialties, Xinhua Hospital provides a seamless interdisciplinary foundation from the neonatal period for the early identification and intervention of high-risk infants with cerebral palsy.

China Rehabilitation Research Center (Beijing Boai Hospital)

A national benchmark for pediatric neurodevelopment and brain injury rehabilitation, the earliest integrated cerebral palsy rehabilitation specialty in China that combines medical treatment, teaching, and research, and the affiliated unit of the National Autism Rehabilitation Research Center. It is aligned with the international IFCR pediatric rehabilitation system and undertakes comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of complex cases of pediatric brain injury and neurodevelopmental disorders nationwide.

Historical Origins and Spiritual Inheritance:

Since its establishment in 1988, the Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation has treated a large number of children from all over China and some from abroad, and trained a large number of pediatric rehabilitation professionals for medical institutions across the country. In 1997, the "International Cooperation Center for Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation" was established, and several medical staff were subsequently sent abroad for study and exchange. The department has received high praise from experts and patients both domestically and internationally for its comprehensive rehabilitation treatment of children with cerebral palsy. In November 2007, the Jishan Carnival Autism Comprehensive Treatment and Research Center, affiliated with the department, was established, becoming my country's first government-backed comprehensive treatment center for autism. In 2015, the National Autism Rehabilitation Research Center was established with the designation of State Councilor Wang Yong, dedicated to the rehabilitation, research, and teaching of children with autism.

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The department currently has 58 beds and admits children aged 0-18 years with central nervous system injuries. Hospitalized children typically undergo a 3-month rehabilitation program, with each course lasting approximately 40-50 days, and noticeable results appearing within half a month to a month. The department has held 20 national training courses on pediatric cerebral palsy rehabilitation, training over 1700 pediatricians and related professionals from across the country, laying a solid theoretical foundation for the advancement of pediatric cerebral palsy rehabilitation in my country.

Discipline Positioning and Benchmarking:

It is the first national-level department in China integrating medical treatment, teaching, and research for the comprehensive rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. It also houses two national-level platforms: the International Cooperation Center for Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and the National Research Center for Autism Rehabilitation. As a teaching base of the School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, the department undertakes the training of doctoral and master's students. Director Zhang Yan serves as the Vice Chairman of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Beijing Association of Rehabilitation Medicine, a Standing Committee Member of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine, and a Standing Committee Member of the Autism Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the China Disabled Persons' Rehabilitation Association. For the past 11 years since its establishment, the autism treatment center has been dedicated to providing comprehensive and systematic rehabilitation treatment and training for children with autism and related disabilities. It has hosted multiple international autism forums, actively carried out domestic and international professional cooperation and exchanges in autism, and created a platform for the exchange of autism rehabilitation technologies at home and abroad.

National Key Discipline, National Double First-Class Construction Discipline, National Key Clinical Specialty; Ranked among the top ten pediatric departments nationwide in Fudan University's Specialty Reputation Ranking; One of the four major birthplaces of pediatrics in China; Affiliated unit of the School of Pediatrics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and the Shanghai Institute of Pediatric Medicine; A leading institution in intrauterine pediatrics and fetal pediatrics in China. A benchmark for neonatal sequential diagnosis and treatment; benchmarked against Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, Xinhua Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, is the birthplace of pediatric medicine and the pioneer of child health care in China. Professor Gao Jinglang, one of the founders of pediatrics in China, and Professor Guo Di, the founder of child health care in China, personally shaped the founding genes of Xinhua Pediatrics. Since its establishment on June 1, 1962, Xinhua Children's Hospital has established an irreplaceable position in the history of pediatric development in China. Xinhua Pediatrics is one of the four earliest established pediatric departments in China, the leading unit of the School of Pediatrics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and a national key discipline (pediatrics), a national "Double First-Class" key discipline, and one of the first national-level early childhood development demonstration bases.

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The Department of Pediatrics at Xinhua Children's Hospital comprises 11 independent administrative subspecialties: Developmental and Behavioral Child Health Care, Neonatology, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Center, Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology and Immunology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and Pediatric Endocrinology and Genetics. It also houses one key laboratory of the Ministry of Education and two key laboratories of Shanghai Municipality. The hospital is the only tertiary hospital in Shanghai to possess both perinatal and comprehensive pediatric subspecialties. It is among the first batch of national-level early childhood development demonstration bases and the first national-level characteristic construction unit for integrated maternal-fetal medical management of fetal heart disease. In 2024, the hospital had 4.1555 million outpatient and emergency visits, 152,000 discharges, and 60,900 surgeries. Xinhua Pediatrics is the unit of the incoming chairman of the Pediatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the former chairman of the Perinatal Medicine Branch.

Discipline Positioning and Core Strengths:

Xinhua Pediatrics has established a distinctive brand in the fields of fetal and perinatal diseases, structural birth defects, genetic and metabolic/rare disease diagnosis and treatment, child health care and rehabilitation, pediatric digestive nutrition, pediatric oncology, and the treatment of complex and critical illnesses, forming a comprehensive life-cycle diagnosis and treatment system. Its core advantages can be summarized as a four-dimensional integration: "the birthplace of Chinese pediatric medicine and the foundation of four major pediatric departments × internationally pioneering intrauterine pediatrics and the first national fetal hospital under construction × national center for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric intestinal failure × leading the way in a complete chain of rare disease diagnosis and treatment." The hospital innovatively proposed the "Early Life 1000-Day Plan," pioneering a comprehensive life-cycle diagnosis and treatment system from fetal development (-1 year) to 18 years of age nationwide. As the only provincial-level leading hospital in Shanghai among the first batch of national rare disease diagnosis and treatment collaborative networks, and the largest single-center rare disease diagnosis and treatment institution in Asia, the hospital has built a complete chain of diagnosis and treatment services, from rare disease screening, diagnosis, treatment to rehabilitation.