As a teaching hospital, it has 3 national key subjects, offering 9 doctoral programs and 17 Master's programs. Neuro-medicine, neurosurgery, hand surgery, dermatology, traditional Chinese medicine combined with western medicine are the hospital's features taking the lead at home.
Teaching and research institutions established in the hospital are: Huashan School of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Hand Surgery, Institute of Anabiotic, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Western Medicine, Institute of Neurology and WHO Collaborating Center for Neurology.