Tianjin Hospital (Tianjin Orthopedic Hospital, Tianjin University Tianjin Hospital)

Tianjin Hospital (Tianjin Orthopedic Hospital, Tianjin University Tianjin Hospital) is a large modern tertiary Grade A comprehensive hospital and regional medical center integrating medical care, teaching, research, rehabilitation, and preventive healthcare, with orthopedics, trauma emergency care, vascular surgery, geriatric medicine, and rehabilitation medicine as its featured specialties. The hospital's history traces back to Tianhe Hospital founded in July 1942 by former Peking Union Medical College physicians including Zhang Jizheng and Fang Xianzhi, and Tianjin Orthopedic Hospital founded in August 1944 by Professor Fang Xianzhi. In 1972, it was officially named "Tianjin Hospital," becoming the largest orthopedic hospital in Asia at that time. In 2012, the original Tianjin Hospital merged with Tianhe Hospital to form the new Tianjin Hospital, and in 2015, it established a partnership with Tianjin University and added the Tianjin University Tianjin Hospital designation. The hospital operates on two sites: Hexi Campus (main campus) at 406 Jiefang South Road and Heping Campus at 122 Munan Road, with 2,533 open beds. Orthopedics is a designated National Clinical Key Specialty, comprising 9 sub-specialties and 28 clinical departments covering trauma orthopedics, spinal surgery, joint surgery, pediatric orthopedics, and hand microsurgery. The hospital houses Tianjin Trauma Emergency Center, Tianjin Joint Surgery Center, Tianjin Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Orthopedics, Tianjin Institute of Traffic Medicine, Shang Tianyu Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Orthopedic Treatment Center, and International Medical Center. Operating with the "120" emergency network, it achieves a 96.3% rescue success rate. Since establishing the National Orthopedic Physician Training Program in 1953, it has trained over 6,000 orthopedic specialists nationwide. The hospital has received honors including National Poverty Alleviation Advanced Collective (2021), Tianjin Advanced Grassroots Party Organization (2021), and the Laboratory Department selected as National Model Collective for Ethnic Unity and Progress (2024).