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Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋� ...

School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public

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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationally and #62 by the '' U.S. News & World Report'' globally. The "Clinical and health" discipline of SJTU also ranked #53 globally by

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as of 2022. Its "Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences" and "Public Health" were ranked 35th and 76th in the world respectively by the

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. It is one of the two medical schools that received the highest ranking of "A+" in Clinical Medicine from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. In the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round of evaluating disciplines in degree and graduate programs organized by the Ministry of Education from 2009 to 2018, and the comprehensive strength of various disciplines belonged to the first echelon of the nation's medical schools.

History

Shanghai Second Medical College was established in 1952 and was renamed Shanghai Second Medical University in 1985. It was composed of the medical schools of

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and St. John's University and

Tong De Medical College Tong De Medical College ( Chinese:同德医学院) (1918-1952), in Shanghai, China, was one of the three medical schools merged to establish Shanghai Second Medical College in 1952. The other two were Medical School of Aurora University and Medi ...

. It was a municipal university before 2005. In July 2005, under an agreement signed by

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and the

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and Shanghai Second Medical University were merged into one. The new university is administered by both the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Ministry of Education. In November, 2010, SJTUSM became one of the first ten universities jointly supported by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. The rich historic background of over one hundred years and heroic journey of more than 50 years have eventually brought about a research-oriented medical school with all-round development in medical education, clinical services, and scientific research, as well as other social services, a medical school with outstanding features and distinct advantages, a strong faculty, and remarkable academic achievements. In the second round of evaluating disciplines in degree and graduate programs organized by the Ministry of Education in 2009, clinical medicine of SJTUSM ranked first nationally, and the comprehensive strength of various disciplines belonged to the first echelon of the nation's medical schools. School of Medicine SJTU

List of presidents

*Gong Naiquan () (1952.10 - 1953.12) *Sun Zhongde () (1953.12 - 1958.2) *Guan Zizhan () (1958.2 - 1966) *

Lan Xichun Lan Xichun (; 1907–1995) was a surgeon of general surgery and cardio-thoracic surgery. He did the first splenic-renal vein anastomotic operation in China. He improved the operation of cholelithiasis and laid the foundation of hepatobiliary sur ...

(1978.8 - 1984.3) *

Wang Zhenyi Wang Zhenyi (; born November 30, 1924), also known as Zhen-yi Wang, is a Chinese pathophysiologist and hematologist who is a professor emeritus of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is most well known f ...

(王振义) (1984.3 - 1988. 1) *Wang Yifei () (1988.1 - 1997.7) *Fan Guanrong () (1997.7 - 2003.3) *

Shen Xiaoming Shen Xiaoming (; born May 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving from 2017 to 2020 as the Governor of Hainan. A pediatrician by training, Shen rose through the ranks in the health and education bureaucracy of Shanghai. He successively served as p ...

(沈晓明)2003.3 - 2006.3) *Zhu Zhenggang () (2006.3-2010.12) *Chen Guoqiang () (2010.12- present)

Affiliated hospitals

* Ruijin Hospital * Renji Hospital * Xinhua Hospital * Shanghai General Hospital (

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) * Shanghai Third People's Hospital * Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital * Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital * Shanghai Chest Hospital * Shanghai Mental Health Center * Shanghai Children's Medical Center * Shanghai Children's Hospital * International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, also of

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* Shanghai Tongren Hospital

References

External links

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
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Overview of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

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