The hospital is the cradle of cultivating neurologists in China, and is entrusted by the Ministry of Health to host the National Neurosurgery/Neurology/Neuroradiology Physicians Refresher Course. It is also home to the national training base for microscopic neurosurgery, neurointerventional radiology and neuropathology.
In 1998, the hospital established the Beijing Institute of Functional Neurosurgery, the first Sino-US cooperative institute in China. Subsequently, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau and Capital Medical University, the Beijing Cerebrovascular Disease Center, the Institute of Cerebrovascular Disease of Capital Medical University, the Institute of Neurology of Capital Medical University, the Institute of Vascular Surgery of Capital Medical University, the Lung Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Center of Capital Medical University, and the Medical Center for Neurological Diseases of Beijing were established successively.
These medical research entities, which are closely integrated with clinical and basic research, mainly include neurology, neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, neurointerventional radiology, neuroelectrophysiology, neuropathology, neuropharmacology, neurorehabilitation, genetic and cellular diagnostic therapy, medical imaging, social medicine, emergency medicine and other disciplines, constituting the Xuanwu Hospital Neurology Group, which is a leader in the country in terms of comprehensive strength. Neurology Group In addition, the hospital has specialties and strengths in general surgery, cardiovascular medicine/surgery, hematology, medical imaging, and integrated Chinese and Western medicine.
The hospital operates 1,000 beds and has a daily outpatient capacity of 5,000. The hospital has 2,000 employees, including 287 senior professionals and technicians, and 32 experts with outstanding academic achievements have been awarded the title of "experts with outstanding contributions" and enjoy special government allowances.
The hospital has a complete set of disciplines,*** there are 34 Chinese and Western medicine clinical departments, 14 medical technology departments, including geriatric neurology, combined Chinese and Western medicine geriatric neurology, micro-invasive neurosurgery, neuropathology, general surgery, hematology, and medical imaging for the Beijing Municipal key disciplines. It also has 5 research institutes, 1 high-tech laboratory, 9 basic laboratories, 4 clinical laboratories and 8 technical platforms. It has high-grade precision diagnostic and therapeutic equipments such as PET (Positron Tomography Scanner), Magnetic **** Vibrometer, 64-row Spiral CT, SPECT, Double C-Arm Digital Subtraction Angiography, Color Doppler, and Fully-Automatic Biochemical Analyzer.
The hospital is the first clinical medical school of Capital Medical University, where the School of Nursing and the School of Biomedical Engineering of Capital Medical University are also located, and it undertakes the cultivation of college students, undergraduates, master's degree students, doctoral degree students and postdoctoral students.
The hospital has extensive exchanges and cooperation with international organizations such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Fund, as well as medical research institutes in more than a dozen countries, including the United States, Japan, Italy, France, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden.