Overview
Founded in 1921, Peking Union Medical College Hospital is a Grade III, Class A general hospital in Beijing. It is designated by the National Health Commission as a national referral and guidance centre for complex, severe and rare diseases, with multidisciplinary consultation centres and an International Medical Department.
Known for
- EndocrinologyA national clinical key specialty since 2011, with clinics for diabetes, thyroid, pituitary and metabolic bone disorders.
- Rheumatology and immunologyThe department hosts the National Clinical Research Centre for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, approved in 2019. Its specialist clinics include systemic sclerosis, vasculitis and Behçet’s disease.
- Multidisciplinary consultationDedicated centres bring together specialists for pancreatic tumours, pituitary lesions, thoracic tumours and inflammatory bowel disease.
- International medical careThe International Medical Department provides outpatient, emergency and inpatient care for Chinese and international patients.
- Cardiac surgeryThe department describes multidisciplinary surgical care for infective endocarditis, cardiac tumours and cardiovascular disease associated with autoimmune conditions.
Conditions treated
- Diabetes
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Pancreatic tumours
- Pituitary tumours
- Lung cancer
- Systemic sclerosis
- Behçet’s disease
- Vasculitis
- IgG4-related disease
- Infective endocarditis
- Cardiac tumours
Departments
Facts & figures
1921Founded
Approx. 8,246Cardiac surgery clinic visits (2024)
Over 700Cardiac operations (2024)
Inside the hospital
Your visit
What we arrange here
- Appointments with the right department and doctor
- An interpreter with you at every visit
- Translated reports and records to take home
- A hotel near the hospital, and transfers
- Follow-up with the doctor after you go home
Getting there
Beijing is easy to reach by air or high-speed rail. We book your appointment and travel, and can plan the trip together with time in Kunming or Chongqing.
