The Department of Pathology of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine combined with the College of Basic Medical Sciences and Ruijin Hospital, has gradually integrated the Department of Pathology of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the Department of Pathology of 13 affiliated hospitals. There are 18 senior titles, 23 intermediate titles and 19 primary titles in the core units of the Department of Pathology. Professor Wang Chaofu, the current department head, has several deputy directors in charge. The Department won the honor of civilization team of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from 2019 to 2020.

Education and Teaching: The department offers pathology and forensic medicine for undergraduates with an annual teaching of about 1300 class hours, and undertakes PBL, RBL, CBL, scientific research rotation training for college students and other related teaching activities.

Scientific Research: The department possesses strong scientific research ability and foundation. At present, there are 2 doctoral supervisors and 6 master supervisors. In 2021, the department won a number of municipal scientific research projects, including the fund project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission by Professor Wang Chaofu and the Pujiang talent plan project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission by researcher Wang Xu. In 2021, the department published more than 30 articles on SCI and core journals as the first or corresponding author, with a total impact factor of more than 240 points.

Clinical Pathology: In 2021, there were more than 120000 cases of histopathology, 10000 cases of intraoperative frozen consultation, 100000 cases of cell pathology, 20000 cases of immunohistochemistry, 15000 cases of molecular pathology, and 3834 cases of difficult diagnoses throughout the country. At present, the department is cooperating with Huawei and Shangtang Technology to carry out research on intelligent pathology and intelligent pathology. In 2021, 46 advanced students from all over the country have been received, and the annual professional level test of residents has been among the best in China and the first in Shanghai for four consecutive years.

Pathological Autopsy: The department is one of the autopsy institutions designated by the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, which undertakes autopsy of medical disputes, with an average annual rate of about 20 cases. Pathological autopsy analysis provides strong support, helps deal with medical disputes and provides a lot of materials for teaching. At the same time, VR technology is introduced into pathological autopsy experimental teaching to enrich teaching content and improve teaching innovation ability.