Chengdu · Founded 1892
West China Hospital, Sichuan University↗
West China Hospital of Sichuan University, founded in 1892, ranked second in China for twelve consecutive ranking editions, with twelve specialties in the national top three — anesthesiology at #1.
It is the largest single-site hospital in western China; its special-needs center supports international insurance direct billing.
Booking as an international patient
- Department
- International Medical Center
- Contacts
Phone · +86 28 8542 2408 — appointments
Phone · +86 28 8542 1283 — enquiries
Email · wchscuimc@163.com — appointments, with your Huayitong registration number
Email · wch_international_appointment@wchscu.cn — international appointments
Online · Huayitong app, English version (register with a passport)
- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Payment
- Credit card or cash. No deposit with an insurer’s guarantee letter; otherwise an admission deposit of ¥10,000 may apply (older, undated centre page).
- Hours
- Outpatient clinic daily; emergency 24 hours (older, undated centre page)
West China Hospital’s International Medical Center is in the Fourth Inpatient Building, 37 Guoxue Alley, Wuhou District, Chengdu. Its 2026 guide asks foreign patients to register in the English version of the Huayitong app with a passport, then call or email the centre with the registration number to book.
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All international patient departmentsListed specialists at this hospital
- Wei QiangDirector, Department of Urology; Deputy Director, West China Institute of UrologyUrologic cancers — prostate, kidney, and bladder — and da Vinci robot-assisted laparoscopic minimally invasive urologic surgery.
- Zeng HaoProfessor; Doctoral SupervisorMinimally invasive surgery for urologic tumors of the kidney, prostate, bladder, and adrenal glands; systemic, individualized precision therapy for high-risk and advanced prostate and kidney cancer.
- Fan WeiChief Physician (Head, Cataract Group, Ophthalmology; Doctoral Supervisor)Surgical treatment of all cataract and lens disease — personalized refractive cataract surgery, micro-incision phacoemulsification, femtosecond laser-assisted surgery, toric and presbyopia-correcting IOL implantation, complex cataracts, and pediatric (congenital/developmental) cataracts.
- Bi FengProfessor, Chief Physician (Department lead, Medical Oncology; Doctoral Supervisor)Chemotherapy, molecular targeted therapy, and combined treatment of GI cancers — gastric, colorectal, liver, and biliary-pancreatic; individualized precision therapy guided by molecular subtyping.
- Lu YouChief Physician, Professor (Director, Thoracic Oncology; Doctoral Supervisor)Radiochemotherapy, targeted, and immunotherapy of thoracic cancers; lung-cancer SABR (stereotactic ablative radiotherapy) combined with chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
- Zhou ZongkeChief Physician (Director, Orthopedics; Doctoral Supervisor)Hip and knee replacement and revision surgery, minimally invasive techniques and ERAS (enhanced recovery) management, for hip and knee disease — osteoarthritis, femoral head necrosis, and hip dysplasia.
- Tu ChongqiChief Physician (Deputy Director, Orthopedics; Director, Bone Tumor Center; Doctoral Supervisor)Limb-salvage treatment of malignant bone tumors and bone metastases; 3D-printed prosthesis replacement; sacral and pelvic tumor resection and reconstruction; correction of severe limb deformity.
- Xu JianguoChief Physician (Director, Neurosurgery; Doctoral Supervisor)Skull-base surgery — high-difficulty surgery for pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, tuberculum sellae and sphenoid ridge meningiomas, anterior clinoid meningiomas, hamartomas, and chordomas.
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