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Grade 3A Public HospitalGeneral hospitalSuzhou

The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

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About the hospital

Founded in 1883, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University is among China's first batch of tertiary grade-A hospitals. Directly under Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission, it serves as a provincial key hospital, regional medical center for southern Jiangsu, and a high-level research-oriented hospital. With two campuses and over 3,000 open beds (approved 3,600), it boasts 2 national key disciplines in hematology and orthopedic surgery, a national clinical research center, multiple national clinical key specialties including orthopedics, hematology, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery and respiratory medicine, and a National Health Commission key lab for thrombosis and hemostasis. Renowned for breakthroughs in hematologic diseases, spine surgery, and single-port robotic thoracic procedures including global firsts in remote and pediatric cases, the hospital has won multiple National Science and Technology Progress Awards. It excels in medical care, teaching, and research as an affiliate of Soochow University.

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Grade 3A public hospital

3A

Grade 3A (三级甲等, “tertiary Grade A”) is the highest of China’s hospital grades, awarded to large hospitals with advanced care, teaching and research. This hospital is also a state-run public hospital.

Key strengths

  • Hematology
  • Clinical Pharmacy

Specialty rankings

Positions in the Fudan specialty reputation ranking (2023). Each item links to the published source.

Departments

  • Oncology
  • Rare & hard-to-treat diseases

Key specialties

  • Hematology (Internal Medicine)National key discipline; national key clinical specialty; National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases
  • Orthopedic SurgeryNational key discipline; national key clinical specialty
  • OrthopedicsNational-level key clinical specialty
  • Thoracic SurgeryNational-level key clinical specialty construction project
  • NeurosurgeryNational-level key clinical specialty
  • Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineNational-level key clinical specialty

Technologies and techniques

Single-port robotic pediatric secondary carina resection and reconstruction2025

World's first single-port robotic surgery for a 13-year-old child with a bronchial malignancy

Intercontinental single-port robotic remote lobectomy2025

World's first intercontinental remote single-port robotic surgery, performed for a lung cancer patient in Romania

CAR-T "sandwich" therapy

CD22/19 CAR-T combined with autologous transplant for Ph- B-ALL, achieving high remission and low relapse

International patient services

  • International patient department
  • Medical interpreters
  • VIP and international wards
  • Insurance and billing support
  • Multidisciplinary consultation (MDT)
  • Professional interpretation
  • VIP ward
  • English medical records
  • Direct billing for international insurance
  • International joint clinic
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration (MDT)
Department
International Health Management Center
Service languages
English, Japanese, Korean
Contact
0512-65223637

Strong treatment areas

  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • Osteoporotic vertebral fracture
  • Lung cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Early gastric cancer
  • Gastric stromal tumor
  • Bronchial tumors
  • Cervical disc herniation
  • Head and neck tumors
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Graft-versus-host disease

Conditions treated