The Pathology Department of the Second Hospital of Shandong University develops from the Department of Pathology of Cheeloo University School of Medicine. In 1935, Professor Hou Baozhang, one of the famous pioneers and founders of China’s pathology, served as the first Director of the Department of Pathology of Cheeloo University. From the beginning of its establishment to 2011, the Pathology Department of our hospital was established and leaded to conduct the work by the Pathology Teaching and Research Office of Shandong University School of Medicine which inherits the Department of Pathology of Cheeloo University School of Medicine. In 2011, with the help of the Pathology Teaching and Research Office of Shandong University School of Medicine, the athology Section was established under the strong support and care of the hospital leaders. The Pathology Department in our hospital has inherited the glorious tradition of the predecessors of the Department of Pathology of Cheeloo University, and developed from a high starting point. Based on the solid foundation and profound cultural heritage laid by several generations of pathologists, after years of unremitting efforts, it has now formed specialities with its own development characteristics and academic styles. The diagnosis and treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer by the Pathology Department combined with the Gastroenterology Department is a dominant discipline and specialty of our hospital, and the pathological diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer has a high reputation at home and abroad. It has contributed to the leading position of our hospital in the screening, diagnosis and treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer, and has also made certain contributions to the development of the gastrointestinal early cancer screening specialty in China. In 2013, it was approved to establish the Key Laboratory of Digestive System Tumor of Shandong University in cooperation with the Gastroenterology Department.　

Medical Members

There are currently 33 staff in the Pathology Department, including 19 diagnostic doctors and 14 technicians, including 8 doctors and 12 masters. There are 2 doctoral supervisors, 2 master’s supervisors, 4 professors, 1 associate professor, 4 attending physicians, and 10 resident physicians.

Clinical Medicine

The Pathology Department is at the leading level in China in the field of pathological diagnosis of the digestive tract, especially the pathological diagnosis of chronic gastritis and early cancer of the digestive tract. It takes the lead in adopting the international Update Sydney System for chronic gastritis, combined with the national consensus. It adopts a quantitative report that combines tables and texts, which is intuitive and clear, reflects the pathological conditions of each biopsy tissue, and provides a reliable, detailed and intuitive reference for the clinic. It has been widely praised by pathology and gastroenterology experts both inside and outside Shandong Province. It is the first in China to carry out a series of standardized technologies such as the conventional large microtomy technology for pathology diagnosis, serial section and multilayer stretched preparation technique for gastrointestinal biopsy specimen, standardized pathological fixation, sampling, embedding, section and staining of ESD specimens for early cancer of the digestive tract and standardized pathological diagnosis, etc. Since 2005, gastrointestinal biopsy pathology has been using continuous ultra-long sections of specimens and performing full-slice stretched preparation to maximize the coverage of the lesions and display the lesions at multiple levels, so as to avoid the loss of diagnostic information of small specimens. The early diagnosis and treatment of early gastrointestinal cancer jointly carried out by the Pathology Department and the Gastroenterology Department has achieved remarkable results. The diagnostic rate of early cancer has reached 50%, and the case detection rate of early cancer has reached 2%, which is at the leading level in China. From 2014 to 2015, it sent staff twice to the Shizuoka Cancer Center in Japan to study the pathological diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer. In 2015, it successfully passed the on-site evaluation by experts of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the “Sino-Japanese Joint Training Pilot Project for Digestive Endoscopy Clinical Diagnosis and Pathology” and was highly praised by review experts. The Pathology Department has begun to become a regional pathological diagnosis center for early gastrointestinal cancer. It accepts pathological consultations for early gastrointestinal cancer both inside and outside Shandong Province. It has completed many sessions of training in early gastrointestinal cancer pathology diagnosis for advanced students and achieved good results. In addition, the Pathology Department also has sent relevant doctors to study in famous hospitals at home and abroad, and formed a sub-specialty system featuring kidney biopsy pathology, transplant kidney biopsy pathology, liver aspiration biopsy pathology, prostate aspiration biopsy pathology, etc.

Scientific Research Level

As the teaching hospital of Shandong University, while completing daily pathological diagnosis, the Pathology Department also undertakes difficult scientific research and teaching tasks. It has undertaken 9 provincial and ministerial-level projects, 3 projects of Hospital Foundation, and participated in a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level projects, with a total scientific research fund of more than 1.2 RMB million Yuan. It has published more than 20 papers in the past five years, of which 15 papers have been included in SCI. It has leaded and participated in the compiling of more than 10 books, participated in the translation of 2 large-scale pathology books. Zhang Tingguo, an academic leader, is concurrently serving as a Committee Member of the Female Reproductive Pathology Group in the Pathology Branch of Chinese Medical Association, a Committee Member of the Gynecological Pathology Group in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Branch of Chinese Medical Association, a Standing Committee Member of the Committee of Chinese Pathologists, the Director of the Pathology Professional Committee of Shandong Provincial Medical Association, an Editorial Board Member of the “Chinese Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology”, an Editorial Board Member of the “Chinese Journal of Clinicians”, etc.

Zhou Chengjun, an academic leader, has published more than 10 papers in SCI journals as the first author and corresponding author. He has served as the first responsible person to undertake 2 projects of the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, the first responsible person to undertake 1 project of the Jinan Science and Technology Bureau, the second responsible person to participate in 2 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the third responsible person to participate in 1 project of the Key Science and Technology Research Program of Shandong Province. He has also participated in the compiling and publication of an English treatise. He is currently a reviewer of many internationally renowned SCI journals.

Academic Exchange and Cooperation

From 2014 to 2015, it successively sent Professor Zhou Chengjun and Attending Physician Guan Bingxin to the Shizuoka Cancer Center in Japan to study the pathological diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer. In 2015, it successfully passed the on-site evaluation by experts of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the “Sino-Japanese Joint Training Pilot Project for Digestive Endoscopy Clinical Diagnosis and Pathology” and was highly praised by review experts. Professor Zhou Chengjun has been invited for several times to participate in national academic conferences on early gastrointestinal cancer, deliver special lectures and chair conferences, which has enhanced our hospital’s reputation in the field of diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer in China. It has held the provincial continuing education project of “Gastrointestinal Early Cancer Pathology Training Courses” for 4 consecutive years and the “National Spring City Forum of Digestive Diseases” conference, which have been widely praised.