National ranking
#1 scores 9.8 · 52% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for Nuclear medicine
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing 9.8
- 2 Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College Wuhan 7.8
- 3 Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai 7.7
- 4 Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University Xi’an 6.4
- 5 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 5.1
- 6 Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital) Beijing 5.0
- 7 First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University Taiyuan 4.2
- 8 Renji Hospital Shanghai 2.5
- 9 First Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang 2.4
- 10 Ruijin Hospital Shanghai 2.4
Nominated hospitals (16)
- Peking University Cancer HospitalBeijing
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou
- Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical UniversityLuzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityFuzhou
- Southwest Hospital, Army Medical UniversityChongqing
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghai
- Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityGuangzhou
- Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai
- Peking University First HospitalBeijing
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan UniversityGuangzhou
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchang
What this specialty treats
PET-CT and other scans using radioactive tracers, and radionuclide therapy for thyroid and other cancers.
- PET-CT and PET-MRI
- Thyroid scans and radioactive iodine
- Bone scans
- Radionuclide therapy for cancer
- Heart perfusion imaging
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
- General surgery
- 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
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is Nuclear medicine 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 #5 in China (Nuclear medicine) in China.
Can international patients be treated in Nuclear medicine 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.
