The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

The Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is a discipline with a long history and strong strength, covering gynecology, obstetrics, reproductive medicine and fetal medicine. It is at a leading position in China in difficult and critical disease diagnosis and treatment, minimally invasive surgery and high-risk pregnancy management, being a WHO Perinatal Health Cooperation Center.

The Orthopedics Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is one of the most influential orthopedics centers in China, with subspecialties in spine surgery, joint surgery, bone tumor and trauma orthopedics, at a leading position in China in severe spinal deformity correction, artificial joint replacement and microsurgical trauma repair.

The Radiological Diagnosis Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is a leading medical imaging center in South China, integrating medical care, teaching and research. Equipped with internationally advanced CT and MRI, it is at an advanced level in China in imaging diagnosis of abdominal, neurological and bone and joint systems, with significant technical advantages especially in early diagnosis and differentiation of gastrointestinal tumors.

This department is the cradle of critical care medicine talent training in China, with technical strength firmly among the top in China. It excels in the rescue of multi-organ failure, severe trauma and high-risk perioperative patients, possessing world-leading advanced life support technologies such as ECMO and blood purification.

The department has three subspecialties: otology, rhinology and laryngo-head-neck surgery. It is at a leading level in China in comprehensive treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, cochlear implantation and minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, being an important member of the WHO hearing loss prevention cooperation center.

This is one of the earliest pathology disciplines in China, with significant technical advantages in difficult tumor pathology diagnosis, soft tissue tumors and renal pathology, and a complete molecular pathology diagnosis platform.

This department is a cardiovascular disease diagnosis and treatment center in South China, at a leading position in China in coronary heart disease interventional treatment, arrhythmia ablation, interventional treatment of valvular heart disease and rescue of end-stage heart failure, with many internationally advanced innovative technologies.

The Endocrinology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is at a leading position in China, excelling in precise diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and its complications, thyroid disease, adrenal and pituitary diseases, with outstanding influence in clinical research on metabolic bone disease and primary aldosteronism.

The General Surgery Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is one of the largest and most academically powerful disciplines in China, at a leading position in China in hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, thyroid-breast surgery and vascular surgery, with multiple national-level key research platforms.

A leading unit in the field of kidney disease in China, with a National Clinical Key Specialty, at a leading level in chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and immune nephritis research and clinical treatment.