The Comprehensive Paediatric Internal Medicine team is formed by experts from the Children's Hospital of Fudan University, led by Director Hairong Gong of the Emergency Department. Adhering to an international medical philosophy and following evidence-based medicine, the team provides multilingual services in Chinese, English and Japanese.
Scope of Care
The department's scope of diagnosis and treatment covers paediatric:
- Respiratory disease
- Cardiology
- Gastroenterology
- Renal disease (nephrology)
- Haematology
- Genetic disease
- Endocrinology
- Neurology
- Immunology
The team is experienced in children's health check-ups, common and frequent diseases of all body systems and selected difficult or critical cases — such as chronic cough, childhood asthma and wheezing disorders, viral and bacterial encephalitis, acute nephritis and nephrotic syndrome, Kawasaki disease, infectious mononucleosis, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura and childhood diabetes. The department also has rich clinical experience in paediatric critical illness including sepsis, severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, cardiac insufficiency and renal insufficiency.
Featured Clinics
Chronic Abdominal Pain / Diarrhoea Clinic
For children with recurrent abdominal discomfort, bloating, acid reflux, belching, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, increased stool frequency, loose stools or blood in the stool.
Adolescent Gynaecology Clinic
A specialised clinic addressing the development of adolescent female reproductive organs, physiological changes, health care and disease prevention — including common menstrual disorders (irregular, excessive or scanty periods, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea), unexplained vaginal bleeding, vulvovaginitis, precocious puberty, Turner syndrome, delayed sexual development and counselling on adolescent reproductive health.
Our Specialists
The department is led by our Executive Dean, Dr. Hairong Gong, who has practised paediatric clinical care, teaching and research since 1992. A SickKids Hospital (Toronto) Emergency Clinical Fellow and veteran of major disaster and emergency responses, Dr. Gong served as Deputy Director of Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University and as Medical Director at the opening of Shanghai StarKids Children's Hospital in 2020.
The department brings together a broad team of Fudan paediatric specialists — including chief physicians Liu Fang (PhD), Peng Yongmei (PhD, child health), Wang Zengcheng, Tian Hong (PhD), Sun Shuna (PhD), Hou Jia (PhD, clinical immunology & allergy) and Zhu Ping, alongside associate chief physicians such as Song Shanlu, Zhao Guochang, Dai Jiajia (respiratory) and Fang Xiaoyan (nephrology). Together they provide safe, family-centred care for children from 0–18 years.
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