Guangzhou

The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University

Founded in 1903, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University is a Grade III Class A general hospital and a principal institution developing the National Center for Respiratory Medicine. Its respiratory services cover lung cancer, diffuse lung disease and interventional pulmonology; thoracic surgery includes tubeless minimally invasive techniques. The hospital also provides intensive care for multiple organ dysfunction and minimally invasive urology. Contact The Treat about overseas referrals and record requirements.

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Hospital at a glance

Hospital classification

Tertiary Class A general hospital

Established

Founded in 1903

Tubeless thoracic surgery

He Jianxing developed tubeless minimally invasive thoracic techniques and spontaneous ventilation airway surgery.

Accreditations and designations

Principal institution of the National Center for Respiratory Medicine

Reasons to consider this hospital

For a complex lung condition, seek specialist assessment at a principal institution developing the National Centre for Respiratory Medicine.

Discuss care involving several affected organs with a critical care team whose expertise developed from treating respiratory failure.

For the Datansha campus, plan your route via Hesha station, Metro Line 6, exit B; check which campus your visit requires.

Clinical strengths

Respiratory medicine

Respiratory specialist care includes lung cancer, diffuse lung disease and interventional pulmonology.

Thoracic surgery

Thoracic surgery links lung cancer translational research, molecular biology and treatment strategy development.

Urology

A national key clinical specialty with minimally invasive urology and programs for stone disease assessment, prevention and training.

Critical care

Developed from respiratory failure care, the specialty manages critically ill patients with circulatory, renal and multiorgan dysfunction.

Allergy medicine

Clinical work focuses on allergic rhinitis, asthma and eosinophil related respiratory disorders, including prevention.

Clinicians

Contact The Treat to arrange a consultation with the team.

He Jianxing (何建行)

Chief physician and professor

Department

Thoracic surgery

He Jianxing is a chief physician and professor at the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, where they head thoracic surgery, and is director of the National Center for Respiratory Medicine. They specialise in early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tumours and treatment of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Their specialist practice also includes tubeless minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Clinical and departmental roles

Director of the National Center for Respiratory Medicine and thoracic surgery

Academic distinctions

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons

Areas of expertise

early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tumors

treatment of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

tubeless minimally invasive thoracic surgery

Li Shiyue (李时悦)

Chief physician and professor

Department

Respiratory medicine

Li Shiyue is a chief physician and professor at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, and serves as director of the hospital’s Department of Respiratory Medicine. Their clinical expertise encompasses interventional diagnosis and treatment in respiratory medicine, alongside the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and diffuse lung disease.

Clinical and departmental roles

Director of respiratory medicine

Areas of expertise

interventional respiratory medicine

lung cancer care

diffuse lung disease

Sang Ling (桑岭)

Chief physician

Department

Critical care medicine

Sang Ling is a chief physician in critical care medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University and holds a doctorate. Their clinical work covers acute respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, severe infection, life support, and perioperative critical care for organ transplantation. Their research interests include mechanical ventilation and respiratory mechanics.

Areas of expertise

acute respiratory failure and ARDS

mechanical ventilation and respiratory mechanics research

severe infection and life support

perioperative critical care in organ transplantation

Education and training

Doctorate

Selected society appointments

Youth committee member of the extracorporeal life support branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association

Zeng Guohua (曾国华)

Professor (Grade II), Chief Physician

Department

Urology

Zeng Guohua leads the urology discipline at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Clinical and research work includes minimally invasive stone surgery using percutaneous nephroscopy and ureteroscopy. In 2026, Zeng received Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Academic distinctions

Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2026)

Areas of expertise

Minimally invasive treatment of complex kidney stones, ureteral strictures and benign prostatic hyperplasia

Minimally invasive radical surgery for urological tumours and da Vinci robotic surgery

Zhou Chengzhi (周承志)

Chief physician

Department

Respiratory medicine

Zhou Chengzhi is a chief physician, deputy director of respiratory medicine and ward director at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Their expertise includes pulmonary nodule assessment, precision treatment of lung cancer and management throughout the course of the disease. Severe lung cancer and lung cancer accompanied by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are particular clinical areas of their practice.

Clinical and departmental roles

Deputy director of respiratory medicine and ward director

Areas of expertise

assessment of pulmonary nodules

precision treatment and longitudinal management of lung cancer

severe lung cancer and lung cancer with COPD

Selected society appointments

Deputy leader of the lung cancer group of the Chinese Thoracic Society

Guangzhou

Location and travel

Hospital address

Datansha: 28 Qiaozhong Middle Road, Liwan; Yanjiang: 151 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou

Public transport

Datansha campus: Hesha station, Line 6, exit B

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Sources

Information checked in October 2026.

Hospital at a glance

Hospital classification

Established

Tubeless thoracic surgery

Accreditations and designations

Reasons to consider this hospital

Clinical strengths

Respiratory medicine

Thoracic surgery

Urology

Critical care

Allergy medicine

Clinicians

He Jianxing (何建行)

Department

Clinical and departmental roles

Academic distinctions

Areas of expertise

Li Shiyue (李时悦)

Department

Clinical and departmental roles

Areas of expertise

Sang Ling (桑岭)

Department

Areas of expertise

Education and training

Selected society appointments

Zeng Guohua (曾国华)

Department

Academic distinctions

Areas of expertise

Zhou Chengzhi (周承志)

Department

Clinical and departmental roles

Areas of expertise

Selected society appointments

Location and travel

Hospital address

Public transport

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