Shanghai Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine is the largest clinical teaching hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The current dean is Professor Zhu Zhenggang, and the party secretary is Professor Serious. Ruijin Hospital has a complete range of specialties and strong technical strength. It has a considerable level in medical, scientific research, teaching and other aspects. It has trained three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as two deputy directors general of the World Health Organization and two national health ministers, and has a remarkable reputation both at home and abroad.

Shanghai Ruijin Hospital has successfully rescued patients with extensive burns for the first time in the world and used differentiation induction therapy for leukemia for the first time. In 2008, American Reader's Digest ranked the hospitals with the most brand value across Asia, and only Shanghai Ruijin and Beijing Union Medical College in Chinese Mainland were on the list. Academician Wang Zhenyi, a lifelong professor at Ruijin Hospital, was awarded the 2010 National Highest Science and Technology Award.