Department Introduction Department Overview The Department of Orthopedics at Ruijin Hospital was founded in 1954 by Professor Ye Yanqing, one of the founders of orthopedics in China, and is the earliest independent orthopedic specialty established in the country. It is currently a National Key Discipline of the Ministry of Education, a National Clinical Key Specialty, a Key Discipline of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, a key construction discipline of "Project 211" in Orthopedics, an orthopedic clinical research base of the National Medical Products Administration, and the affiliated unit of the Shanghai Orthopedic Clinical Quality Control Center. Under the leadership of Professor Zhang Weibin, Director of the Department of Orthopedics, the department has six subspecialty groups: Joint, Spine, Trauma, Bone Tumor, Sports Medicine, and Hand and Foot Surgery. It offers specialized clinics for joint diseases, spinal diseases, shoulder joint diseases, bone and joint trauma, bone and soft tissue tumors, foot and ankle surgery, sports injuries, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The Department of Orthopedics has always been committed to the development of distinctive specialties. In the treatment areas of limb salvage for malignant tumors of the extremities and pelvis, shoulder joint injuries, sports injuries and degeneration, foot and ankle surgery, and arthroscopic surgery, it has distinctive features and maintains a leading position domestically. Minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of cervical and lumbar spine conditions continue to be maintained as a tradition, and clinical treatment and research on joint lesions continue to be strengthened, so as to better serve patients with distinctive specialty features.