SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE
Shandong Eye Institute, located in Qingdao, China, was founded as an affiliate of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences in 1991. Thirty years after its foundation, it has now been listed in the top 10 eye medical centres in China. It has expanded into integration of Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), Qingdao Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, and Shandong Optometry Center, with a gross area of 110,000 square meters, 400 beds and over 800 doctors, research and administrative staffs in all.
Research & Education
Shandong Eye Institute is fully committed to scientific research and education. The Institute has ten research platforms fully equipped with cutting-edge facilities, leading by seven doctoral and 29 master’s supervisors. Around 400 postgraduates have completed their degrees from the Institute and set off to new careers in China and worldwide. Our research cover almost all categories of clinical ophthalmology and advance in corneal diseases. We are in active cooperation with other research teams worldwide, committing to work on high-quality studies contributing to the development of ophthalmology.
Our team has won more than 20 categories of awards at the national and provincial levels, including the second prize of national science and technology progress, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation for science and technology achievement award, the highest prize for science and technology in Shandong, and the first prize of science and technology progress in Shandong.
Clinical Service
The two affiliated hospitals are both tertiary eye hospitals and have established a strong reputation in pursuit of excellence. We are excel in corneal infection, ocular surface reconstruction, pediatric cataract, and complicated ocular trauma. We have constructed a full range of subspecialties, including corneal transplantation, dry eye treatment, customized cataract surgery, age -related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corneal refractive surgery, combined surgery for closed-angle glaucoma, and strabismus correction. We have an annual of more than 700 thousand outpatient visits and 70,000 eye surgeries. All our staff are in the great endeavour to achieve the international standard and provide a better service to the society.
Brief Introduction to Professor Lixin Xie
Professor Lixin Xie is a dedicated specialist in clinical work and basic research of cornea. After his postdoctoral study in the prestigious Eye Center of Louisiana State University in 1988, he founded Shandong Eye Institute two years later in 1990. Professor Xie’s research focuses on infectious corneal diseases, fungal keratitis in particular, diabetic corneal abnormalities, and corneal tissue engineering. Professor Xie is an exemplary and thriving scientist in ophthalmology and he was selected as an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2001. Entitled to the organizer and member of several most influential ophthalmology societies, he is working to his best for the better-off of the societies and the welfare of his patients.