The Department of Cardiac Surgery of SRRSH, founded in 1994, is a comprehensive department combining medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, supported by an integrated professional team. It is responsible for a doctorate in surgery program of Zhejiang University School of Medicine the 3rd School of Clinical Medicine. Distributed in Qingchun, Qiantang, Grand Canal and Shaoxing Campuses, the department receives more than 10,000 outpatient visits and performs over 800 operations on average annually. It owns 50-odd licensed beds and domestically first-class, fully equipped advanced medical equipment.

Thanks to the platform of Zhejiang University and the direct cooperation with Loma Linda Medical Center and Mayo Clinic in the United States, it has set up one center and three clinical sub-specialties and has become a well-known large-scale healthcare unit in Zhejiang Province. The department now has 22 staff members, 2 of whom are senior professional technicians, 5 of whom have obtained doctoral degrees and 14 master's degrees. Nearly half of the doctors have studied in European and American countries. The department is well-structured in terms of team members' academic achievements, fueled further by strong technical support. With increasing momentum, it endeavors to become a first-class center integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research at home and a renowned one abroad.

Minimally invasive hybrid surgical treatment for aortic diseases

Valve-sparing treatment for aortic root aneurysm and bicuspid aortic valve malformations (Florida Sleeve technique, David technique)

Minimally invasive treatment for atrial fibrillation

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR, Mitral Clip)

Thoracoscopic minimally invasive heart valve repair surgery

Coronary artery bypass grafting after multiple stent implantations, surgical management of coronary artery disease with ventricular septal perforation

Personalized comprehensive treatment for severe valvular heart disease

Cardiac transplantation and artificial heart support for end-stage heart disease patients

Pulmonary endarterectomy

Participation and guidance in the hospital's advanced life support ECMO team

Senior Member Unit of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Standing Committee Member Unit of the Asian Association for Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD) China Chapter

Member Unit of the Organ Transplant Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

Member Unit of the Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery Professional Committee under the National Expert Committee for Cardiovascular Diseases

Expert Committee Member Unit of the Cardiac Surgery Big Data Joint Laboratory, National Comprehensive Utilization and Public Service Center for Scientific and Technological Information Resources

Member Unit of the Interventional Valve Branch of the Specialized Committee on Endovascular Surgery, Chinese Medical Association

Standing Committee Member Unit of the Specialized Committee on Cardiac Valve Diseases, Chinese Research Hospital Association

Standing Committee Member Unit of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Group, Zhejiang Medical Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Member Unit of the Congenital Heart Disease Group, Pediatric Branch, Zhejiang Medical Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Member Unit of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Branch, Zhejiang Medical Association

Member Unit of the Expert Appraisal Committee, Zhejiang Medical Association

Since 2010, the department has undertaken 2 projects from the Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang province, and one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, one major research project; it has published 20 papers in domestic and international academic journals.