Skin disease deserves a diagnosis before it gets a prescription.
The dermatology service of Chongqing West District Hospital is an institutional medical service, not a skin-care counter. Its work is medical dermatology: chronic inflammatory skin disease, skin infection, drug reactions, autoimmune skin disease, and the diagnosis of skin lesions — assessed with the laboratory, mycology, pathology, and immunology support of a tertiary general hospital, and managed across the years that a chronic skin disease actually takes.
Diagnosis before prescription, treatment classes chosen on evidence, and follow-up that continues after the flare has settled.
- Diagnosis before treatment
- Evidence-based treatment classes
- Chronic-disease follow-up
- Hospital laboratory & pathology
Dermatology that starts with the diagnosis, not the product
A chronic rash, a recurring infection, and a changing mole are three different problems, and they are worked up in three different ways. What they share is the order of operations.
Diagnose first
History, distribution, dermoscopy, skin scrapings, patch tests, biopsy, and blood work are ordered because they change management, not to fill a folder. Where a diagnosis cannot be confirmed, it is stated as provisional rather than dressed up as certain — and the mimics that matter are named.
Treat by evidence
Treatment is chosen by class and by severity: barrier repair and topical anti-inflammatory therapy first, phototherapy and systemic therapy when the disease justifies them, targeted biologic treatment only where the evidence and the monitoring framework support it. Substance classes, not brand names; no dosages; no promised results.
Follow up long term
Chronic skin disease is managed over years, not visits. Follow-up covers control, the safety of long-term treatment, the internal conditions that a skin sign can point to, and the honest question of when to step treatment up — or down.
A dermatology service inside a tertiary hospital
The dermatology service works within the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center of Chongqing West District Hospital, alongside colleagues in plastic surgery, aesthetic surgery, and skin and laser care, with the full diagnostic and inpatient resources of a tertiary general hospital behind it.
Yongbo Jia, MD (贾勇波)
Dermatology · Head of Dermatology
Head of dermatology and the lead physician of this site; medical dermatology, the work-up of chronic and recurring rashes, and the diagnosis of skin lesions — trained at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Shaoliang Wang, MD (王韶亮)
Plastic Surgery · Center Director
Center Director; the surgeon dermatology refers to for skin tumour excision with margin control, scar management, and complex wound repair, with 20+ years of tertiary-hospital surgical experience.
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Tongchun Mao, MD (毛彤春)
Aesthetic Surgery · Deputy Director
Deputy Director and head of aesthetic surgery; fine closure of excisions on the face so that a treated lesion leaves the least conspicuous mark, across 700+ operations a year.
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Ke He, MD (何锞)
Skin & Laser Aesthetics · Deputy Director
Deputy Director and head of skin and laser aesthetics; pigment disorders, laser management of redness and pigment, and the skin-quality work that supports dermatologic treatment, with 20+ years of laser experience.
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Reach out for a consultation. We will assess the skin first, explain what can and cannot be concluded, and plan treatment or long-term management with you.
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