National ranking
#1 scores 9.8 · 42% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for Pain medicine
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 9.8
- 2 First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang 7.7
- 3 Shandong Provincial Hospital Jinan 5.9
- 4 Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 4.8
- 5 Union Shenzhen Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 4.4
- 6 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 4.2
- 7 Peking University Third Hospital Beijing 3.1
- 8 First Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang 1.8
- 9 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 1.7
- 10 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 1.6
Nominated hospitals (23)
- Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- Nanjing Drum Tower HospitalNanjing
- Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical UniversityXi’an
- Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Henan Provincial People’s HospitalZhengzhou
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityJinan
- Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityXi’an
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefei
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHarbin
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing
- People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionUrumqi
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical UniversityNanning
- Jilin Province People’s HospitalChangchun
- Huadong Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical UniversityFuzhou
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- Jinling Hospital (Eastern Theater Command General Hospital)Nanjing
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical UniversityKunming
- Shanghai Sixth People’s HospitalShanghai
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou
- Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical UniversityGuiyang
What this specialty treats
Treatment of chronic pain such as back and neck pain, nerve pain, headache and cancer pain.
- Chronic back and neck pain
- Nerve pain and shingles pain
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Headache
- Cancer pain
- Radiofrequency and nerve block treatment
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
- Rare diseases
- General practice
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is Pain 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 #6 in China (Pain medicine) in China.
Can international patients be treated in Pain 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.
