National ranking
#1 scores 10.6 · 76% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for General surgery
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing 10.6
- 2 Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai 8.9
- 3 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 8.0
- 4 Ruijin Hospital Shanghai 6.2
- 5 Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital) Beijing 5.8
- 6 Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Wuhan 4.2
- 7 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 3.5
- 8 First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 3.0
- 9 Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 2.2
- 10 Peking University People’s Hospital Beijing 1.2
Nominated hospitals (21)
- Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical UniversityXi’an
- Renji HospitalShanghai
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University)Nanjing
- Jinling Hospital (Eastern Theater Command General Hospital)Nanjing
- Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing
- Peking University First HospitalBeijing
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- Southwest Hospital, Army Medical UniversityChongqing
- First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHarbin
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou
- First Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyang
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityXi’an
- First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital)Hefei
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing
- First Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai
What this specialty treats
Surgery of the abdomen and digestive organs, thyroid, breast and hernias, increasingly done by laparoscopic and robotic techniques.
- Liver, bile duct and pancreatic surgery
- Stomach and colorectal surgery
- Thyroid and breast surgery
- Hernia repair
- Laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Vascular surgery
About West China Hospital, Sichuan University
West China Hospital in Chengdu is one of China’s largest and highest-ranked hospitals and the main referral center for complex care in western China.
- 42 national key clinical specialties — the most of any hospital in China
- More than 5 million outpatient visits and 190,000 operations in 2024
- World-leading programmes in adult living-donor liver transplant and early lung cancer
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics
Other ranked departments at West China Hospital, Sichuan University
- Cardiology and cardiac surgery
- Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Neurology
- Orthopedics and sports medicine
- Rheumatology and immunology
- Endocrinology and metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Respiratory medicine
- Urology
- Nephrology
- Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- Psychiatry and mental health
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Geriatric medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Pain medicine
- Rare diseases
- General practice
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is General surgery at West China Hospital, Sichuan University?
In the 2023 Fudan specialty reputation ranking, voted by more than 5,000 senior specialists, West China Hospital, Sichuan University ranks #3 in China (General surgery) in China.
Can international patients be treated in General surgery at West China Hospital, Sichuan University?
Yes. Send us your records and we will check whether the department fits your case, propose a specialist and arrange the appointment through official hospital channels.
What should I prepare before a consultation?
A recent medical summary, imaging (CDs or links), pathology or lab reports and a list of current medicines. We translate them into Chinese for the doctors.
