Urology

Urology

The Department of Urology of Fudan University Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital was established in 2018. Relying on the high-level clinical diagnosis and treatment strengths in China of Fudan University Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, it is committed to providing strong urological technical support to Fudan University Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, the Fudan University Human Sperm Bank, and the Shanghai Fertility Preservation Center. It brings together outstanding young and middle-aged talent from Shanghai’s urology/andrology community and currently has 3 staff members with senior professional titles and 1 with an intermediate professional title. It has received the designation of Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent from the Ministry of Science and Technology (2018), the Translational Medicine Innovation Award of the first “Translational Medicine Award Program” (2018), and the Silver Snake Award, the highest honor for young talent in Shanghai’s health system (2019). In addition, it not only possesses extensive clinical surgical expertise and a wide range of diagnostic and treatment approaches, but also adheres to the “patient-centered” philosophy, actively providing professional and humane diagnostic and treatment services to the broad population of male patients, and has repeatedly ranked among the top three in monthly patient satisfaction at Fudan University Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

Department Features

The department’s main specialty outpatient services include the diagnosis and treatment of male infertility (including oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, azoospermia, male-related factors in recurrent spontaneous abortion, etc.), male sexual dysfunction (including erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, etc.), prostate-related diseases (including chronic prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, etc.), and diseases jointly affecting couples. At the same time, as Shanghai’s second human sperm bank and first fertility preservation center, the department actively carries out male fertility assessment and fertility preservation services, and is committed to comprehensive management of men’s health throughout the entire process.

Teaching

It offers courses such as Cell Biology and Bioethics to Fudan University undergraduates, trains and recruits young doctoral and master’s students from society, and works together with them to envision the future of medicine.

Research

The department undertakes numerous provincial- and ministerial-level research projects, including projects under the National Major Scientific Research Program, the National Key Basic Research Development Program (973 Program), the National Natural Science Foundation, and the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, among others. Several experts serve as youth committee members of the Genetics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, committee members of the Andrology Branch of the Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine, committee members of the Professional Committee of Adolescent Medicine of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, youth committee members of the Asian Society of Andrology, youth committee members of the Andrology Branch of the Chinese Association of Ethnic Medicine, members of the Expert Committee of the China Sexology Council, members of the Andrology and Male Endocrinology Group of Shanghai, members of the surgical division of the Shanghai Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, committee members of the Shanghai Professional Committee of Sexual Medicine, and other professional committees.

Main research directions: (1) male teratozoospermia; (2) mutational mechanisms of genomic structural variations; (3) the pathogenic role of genomic structural variations in neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability and epilepsy; (4) molecular mechanisms of genomic instability; (5) molecular diagnosis and translational research on genomic diseases.

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