The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (GAMU) is a large-scale, comprehensive, tertiary-level hospital located in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, with a history dating back to 1903, and was originally known as the Sino-French Taomei Hospital. The hospital not only serves as the first clinical college of Guangzhou Medical University, but also undertakes important teaching, research and medical missions, and is one of the first 13 National Clinical Medical Research Centers in China. The hospital is located at No. 151 Yanjiang Road in Guangzhou City, near the banks of the Pearl River, and is surrounded by convenient transportation with multiple bus stops and subway lines, making it easy for patients to come to the hospital.
Hospital Overview
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University is a comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, health care, rehabilitation and first aid, with 44 clinical departments and 18 medical and technical departments, 1500 beds, and 3021 employees, including 520 senior titles, 26 doctoral supervisors and 127 master's supervisors. The hospital is equipped with advanced medical equipments, such as PET-CT, 3.0T MRI, DSA electronic linear gas pedal, etc., which ensure high-quality medical services. The hospital also has a State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, which is headed by Prof. Nanshan Zhong.
Medical Characteristics
The hospital has significant advantages in several medical fields, especially in respiratory medicine, urology, thoracic surgery, intensive care medicine, orthopedics, cardiology, oncology and hematology. As a national key discipline, the Department of Respiratory Medicine is at the national leading level in the research and clinical diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases such as sudden major respiratory infectious diseases, bronchial asthma and chronic cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchopulmonary cancer and other respiratory diseases. The Department of Thoracic Surgery is at the national leading level in lung cancer treatment and lung transplantation. Department of Critical Care Medicine (Yingdong Guangzhou Intensive Care Medicine Center) is the most modern central ICU in South China, and its level of intensive care medicine is leading in China. The Department of Urology, featuring minimally invasive surgical techniques, has set up the first minimally invasive surgical center in China, which is now the largest, well-equipped and technologically advanced minimally invasive surgical center in China and has become an important training base for endoluminal urology and laparoscopic surgical talents in the country. The Tumor and Blood Center is another brand discipline that the hospital has vigorously built in recent years, integrating a variety of high-level advanced diagnostic and therapeutic means to provide integrated diagnosis and treatment for patients with malignant tumors, and to improve the therapeutic effect and quality of life of patients with malignant tumors.
Teaching and Research
The hospital emphasizes on medical education and scientific research, and has set up a number of teaching and research departments to undertake multi-level teaching tasks. The hospital has made great achievements in scientific research, presided over a number of national and provincial projects, published a large number of scientific research papers, and won a number of scientific and technological awards. The hospital has been listed among the top 100 best hospitals in China for 11 consecutive years, and the respiratory specialty has been ranked first in the specialty for 11 consecutive years. The hospital also actively participates in health science popularization and education activities, and annually organizes large-scale lectures and clinics on COPD Day, tumor prevention and control publicity activities, Parkinson's patients' fellowship, and other forms of activities for the benefit of the people, reaching out to the community and grassroots, and widely spreading the concept of health.
Social Contribution
The hospital has been trusted to undertake important emergency medical rescue missions during public health emergencies, contributing to the country and society. The hospital also actively participates in primary healthcare support, signing support and assistance agreements with more than 100 primary hospitals in Guangdong Province, conducting numerous medical tours to Tibet and other regions, and taking the initiative to participate in overseas medical assistance. The hospital has also initiated the “Operation Save Heart” program, which provides free screening and assistance to patients with rheumatic heart valve disease, with screening fees waived, and the Foundation provides a subsidy of 10,000-20,000 yuan per person to patients in need of surgical treatment, and special groups such as low-income families can apply for a subsidy for transportation costs.
Datansha Hospital: No. 28, Qiaozhong Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, China
Tel: (020) 83062114
Yanjiang Hospital District: No. 151, Yanjiang West Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China
Tel: (020) 83062114
Haiyin Campus: No.1, Kangda Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
Tel：(020) 34294311