Introduction to Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital

Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital is a large comprehensive medical institution that integrates medical treatment, scientific research, teaching, healthcare, rehabilitation, and health management. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI)，and constructed in accordance with the standards of a Grade A Tertiary hospital, and serves as the affiliated hospital of Northwest University and the teaching hospital for Wenzhou Medical University and Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine.

The hospital is located at No. 777, Xitai Road, High-tech Zone, Xi'an City, covering an area of 472 mu and a total floor area of 960,000 square meters. Conveniently accessible by Metro Line 6, the Xi'an International Medical Center Station provides a direct passageway into the hospital complex. It is a designated hospital for all major categories of China's national health insurance programs—including urban employee, urban and rural resident, maternity, work injury, and retired cadre coverage. In addition, the hospital is recognized by several commercial insurers, including China Life Insurance (Group) Company, and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd, as well as a designated hospital for Shaanxi Sunshine Health Charity Fund and Shaanxi Sunshine Charity Foundation.

The hospital encompasses 16 specialized hospitals, covering cardiology, thoracic medicine, gastroenterology, endocrinology and metabolism, hematology, oncology, neurology/neurosurgery, orthopedics, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation, psychiatry and psychology, and plastic surgery. It is further supported by 17 comprehensive departments, including ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology and head & neck surgery, stomatology, emergency medicine, intensive care, and infectious & liver disease, among others. In addition, the hospital operates 11 medical technology departments—such as medical laboratory, diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, pathology, blood transfusion, pharmacy, training center, clinical trial laboratory, preventive healthcare, central sterile supply, and a one-stop patient service center—together with a dedicated Health Management Department.

The hospital is powered by a dynamic and highly accomplished team of medical professionals. More than 26.79% of its physicians hold senior professional titles, while 53.9% possess master's or doctoral degrees. The hospital has more than 120 master's and doctoral supervisors, and 633 experts have held (or currently hold) positions such as chairperson, vice chairperson, or standing committee member in national and provincial-level professional societies, including 1 president of a national-level academic society and 4 chairpersons of national academic society committees. The leading experts and key technical personnel have joined from famous Grade A Tertiary hospitals, such as Xijing Hospital and Tangdu Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Lanzhou University. Over the past six years, the hospital has been approved for 347 scientific research projects, including 1 Key International (Regional) Joint Research Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 1 project under the 13th Five-Year National Key R&D Program. It has won the First Prize of Shaanxi Science and Technology Progress Award and the First Prize of the “Entrepreneurial Achievement Award” of the China Invention Association. It has published 560 SCI papers, with the highest impact factor reaching 56.7, and 2,111 papers in core statistical source journals. Experts have edited, co-edited, and translated 178 monographs, and obtained 585 patents. It is also home to seven professional clinical drug trial groups, which have actively engaged in 83 clinical drug trials and initiated 66 ongoing research projects.

The hospital is a regional leader that is nationally advanced and internationally recognized in emergency and critical care, the diagnosis and treatment of rare and complex diseases, interventional therapy, minimally invasive surgery, comprehensive oncology care, reconstructive surgery, 3D printing technology, and cell therapy. It is also the first standardized diagnosis and treatment center in Northwest China for Yttrium-90 and Radium-223 therapies. The hospital has performed 4 internationally pioneering or first-ever procedures, including transnasal endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus, thoracic endovascular aortic repair preserving the left subclavian artery combined with left atrial appendage occlusion under intracardiac echocardiography guidance, myocardial bridge bypass surgery, and implantation of a 3D-printed mobile artificial cervical vertebra–intervertebral disc complex. In addition, it has carried out 12 nationally pioneering or first-ever procedures and 2 internationally advanced technologies.

The hospital is equipped with some of the most advanced medical equipment available worldwide, including China's first ZEISS KINEVO 900 robotic surgical microscope, the first Siemens MAGNETOM Skyra 3.0T intraoperative MRI machine, the "quasi-7T" Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma 3.0T MRI machine, GE's 256-slice 512-layer wide-body spectral CT scanner, the first Philips Ambition MRI system in Northwest China, the Philips DSA Azurion7M20, among over 12,000 pieces of medical equipment. The first proton radiation therapy system in Northwest China has entered the installation and commissioning stage. In addition, the hospital houses a large hyperbaric oxygen therapy center in West China, a modern hydrotherapy center, a dedicated music therapy center, and an integrated rehabilitation and training complex covering over 10,000 square meters.

The hospital has become a core unit of the National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, and has been recognized by the National Health Commission as a construction center for neurosurgery and neuro-intervention. It has also been designated as a national training base for coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, and structural heart disease intervention, among a total of 15 national centers and bases. It houses provincial key disciplines such as medical oncology, hematology, ultrasound medicine, and psychiatry. Five major centers, including the chest pain center, stroke center, and trauma center, have been certified or awarded.

The hospital is guided by the core value of "Let the Patients Live with Dignity and Medical Professionals Work with Respect". Its mission is "Protecting the Immeasurable Value of Health", and its vision is to "Bring Together the Wisdom of Human Life Science While Keeping Pace with the World's Most Advanced Medical Treatments". Upholding the service philosophy of "Valuing Every Opportunity to Serve and Striving for Excellence the First Time", Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital is dedicated to building a world-class international hospital close to home. It contributes to building a Healthy China and realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.