Overview
Opened in 1994, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital is a public tertiary Grade A general hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Its clinical services include minimally invasive surgery, cardiovascular interventions and respiratory care, with a dedicated International Healthcare Center.
Known for
- Minimally invasive surgeryGeneral surgery is a national clinical key specialty and hosts the National Engineering Research Center for Innovation and Application of Minimally Invasive Instruments. Services include laparoscopic and robotic surgery for liver, biliary and pancreatic disease.
- Respiratory medicineA National Regional Medical Center for Respiratory Disease and national clinical key specialty. Services include pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension care, interventional bronchoscopy and lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Cardiovascular interventionsA Zhejiang clinical key specialty and national training base for coronary, arrhythmia and structural heart interventions. Treatments include coronary intervention, catheter ablation, pacemakers and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
- Gastrointestinal surgeryIncludes centres for gastric cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and bariatric and metabolic surgery. The team provides minimally invasive treatment for gastric and colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
- International Healthcare CenterProvides dedicated consultation and examination spaces, with care coordinated through general practice and specialist teams. The official service page states that staff speak English, English reports are available and electronic translation devices support additional languages.
Conditions treated
- Liver cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Coronary heart disease
- Atrial fibrillation
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Asthma
Departments
Facts & figures
1994Opened
4,300Approved beds (Aug 2026)
8,800+Staff (Aug 2026)
167Nursing units (Aug 2026)
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
Hangzhou 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.
