Endocrinology

Department Name: Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes-Obesity Disease Reversal Center, Guangdong Second Provincial People's Hospital Department Overview: The Department of Endocrinology is a specialty department with distinctive features and a key development department of our hospital. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive clinical departments in the field of endocrinology in Guangdong Province. It consists of three parts: the endocrinology outpatient and inpatient departments, the Diabetes-Obesity Disease Reversal Center, and the Diabetes-Obesity Disease Reversal Research Institute. It is a center for the prevention and treatment of endocrine diseases integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research, and is also the first specialized department in a Grade III Class A hospital in China dedicated to diabetes reversal treatment involving medication reduction/discontinuation. It has a medical team of 65 medical and nursing staff members with rich clinical experience, professional efficiency, unity, and dedication. The department covers an area of 4500 square meters and has 70 officially opened beds. Each year, it receives 100,000 outpatient visits from patients from all over the country and admits more than 2000 inpatients. Strong technical capabilities and a rational, comprehensive talent structure effectively ensure the quality of medical care. The development of the Department of Endocrinology has been incorporated into the “Advantageous Specialty Project” in the hospital’s development plan, making it the leading force in the hospital’s chronic disease health management program. Medical Specialties: Under the leadership of Professor Xu Gugen, the academic leader, the department boldly innovates and comprehensively provides diagnosis and treatment for endocrine and metabolic diseases, including diabetes, thyroid diseases, hypothalamic-pituitary diseases, endocrine hypertension, obesity, metabolic bone diseases, delayed growth and development in children, menstrual disorders, and abnormalities of sex differentiation and development. It has multiple advanced pieces of equipment, including insulin pumps, flash glucose monitoring systems, non-mydriatic fundus examination devices, and peripheral nerve sensory threshold detectors. It has clear advantages in basic and clinical research on diabetes reversal, prevention, and treatment, and established the “2+N Systematic Comprehensive Blood Glucose Reduction Method for Reversal,” enabling many patients to reduce or even discontinue medication. It participated in formulating the Chinese Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diabetes Branch’s “Expert Consensus on Type 2 Diabetes Remission in China.” It is at the domestic leading level and has brand advantages.The “five-in-one” comprehensive therapy for diabetic foot achieves a limb-salvage rate of over 95%. The “one-stop” diagnosis and treatment model for thyroid nodules has demonstrated significant efficacy. The (glucocorticoids + immunosuppressants + Yunke therapy + eye muscle care exercises) technique is used to treat hyperthyroid exophthalmos, achieving a cure rate of 98% and placing us at the forefront of our peers throughout the province. Teaching and training: As a standardized residency training base in endocrinology in Guangdong Province, we have trained numerous standardized residency trainees. We have trained more than 30 visiting doctors from within and outside the province and enrolled 15 master’s students specializing in endocrinology from Jinan University, Southern Medical University, Nanhua University, and other universities. We undertake the theoretical teaching and internship training for the courses Diagnostics and Internal Medicine for five-year undergraduate students majoring in clinical medicine at Jinan University. For ten consecutive years, we have hosted the Guangdong Province Study Course on New Advances in Diabetes Reversal, earning favorable reviews from our peers. Scientific research achievements: Our department is the lead institution of the Diabetes Management Special Committee of the Guangdong Hospital Association, the lead institution of the Diabetes-Obesity Reversal Special Committee of the Guangdong Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and the Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Center of Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Giving equal emphasis to clinical practice and scientific research, we have led 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China research project, more than 20 provincial- and municipal-level research projects, and 7 national GCP clinical trial projects involving drugs and medical devices; published more than 70 professional papers in leading domestic journals and 15 SCI papers; served as chief editor of 3 monographs, including “You Really Can Say Goodbye to Obesity and Diabetes,” and 1 translated book; and obtained 1 national invention patent. Talent team: Most of the department’s key personnel were trained at renowned endocrinology institutions in China and abroad. The personnel structure is well balanced, the department provides strong specialized nursing services of high quality, and it has received numerous awards. The team includes 6 chief physicians, 11 associate chief physicians, 3 master’s supervisors, 3 visiting scholars, 5 doctors with doctoral degrees, and more than 20 doctors with master’s degrees. We have 1 diabetes specialist nurse, 1 diabetes educator nurse, and 1 international ostomy therapist, as well as multiple clinical dietitians, health managers, psychotherapists, and rehabilitation therapists. Two have received the title of “Famous Doctor of Lingnan,” and 2 have been named “Good Doctors of Yangcheng.”