Children’s Hospital of Fudan University
Founded in 1952, the hospital is part of China’s National Children’s Medical Center. It focuses on children and newborns, with longstanding expertise in complex and critical illness, kidney disease, neurological conditions and multidisciplinary rare disease care. Services span paediatric medicine and surgery, intensive care and rehabilitation.
History and profile
Established in 1952, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University is a Grade III Class A specialist hospital combining clinical care, teaching, research and child health services. It became part of the National Children’s Medical Center in 2017, with responsibilities in complex paediatric care and specialist training.
Clinical strengths and departments
Departments include neonatology, paediatric intensive care, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology, immunology and paediatric surgery. Relevant specialties can work together to assess children with complex diagnoses or conditions affecting several systems, supported by imaging, laboratory medicine, pathology and rehabilitation.
Research and clinical development
The hospital provides multidisciplinary rare disease care, connecting recognition and assessment of genetic conditions with referral support. A neonatal follow-up centre established in 2025 further links post-discharge follow-up, developmental assessment and family support for premature and critically ill newborns.
Specialist expertise
Wang Yi specialises in paediatric neurological conditions, while Xu Hong has a longstanding focus on childhood kidney disease. Their teams combine clinical care, teaching and research in neurodevelopment and paediatric nephrology.
Photos show selected areas of the labelled campuses. The hospital determines the campus for each visit, room arrangements and specialist schedules.
