Otolaryngology
The Department of Otolaryngology of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital was established in 1999. It is one of the earliest clinical departments established by our hospital, integrating medical care, teaching, and research. It is a professional clinical department with advanced equipment, strong technical capabilities, and comprehensive disciplines. In 2021, it was ranked among the top 100 disciplines in the Otolaryngology ranking of the China Hospital Influence Index.
The department has a professional team with extensive clinical experience, high professional quality, and excellent technical proficiency. It currently has 54 medical and nursing staff members, including 6 chief physicians, 4 associate chief physicians, 2 postdoctoral fellows, 3 staff members with doctoral degrees, 12 with master’s degrees, and 2 returned overseas scholars. All graduated from key medical schools in China and abroad, and more than 10 have experience as visiting scholars overseas. The department currently has 45 beds and an area of 1,650 m². It is divided into three subspecialty groups: otology, rhinology, and laryngology, head and neck surgery. It is equipped with high-end equipment including a ZEISS high-definition microscope, a PHILIPS vestibular function instrument, a U.S. Lumenis CO2 laser, a STORZ high-definition nasal endoscopy system, and a high-definition electronic laryngoscopy examination system.
The department’s areas of technical strength include hearing and vertigo medicine; hearing screening and diagnosis for infants and young children; auditory implants such as cochlear implantation; ear microsurgery and minimally invasive ear endoscopic surgery; lateral skull base surgery; nasal endoscopic surgery; rhinology, ophthalmology, and anterior skull base surgery; allergology; sleep medicine; voice surgery; minimally invasive laryngeal microsurgery; and comprehensive treatment of head and neck tumors. These fields have reached an advanced level in China.
The department’s distinctive diagnostic and treatment services include auditory rehabilitation technology, functional diagnosis and treatment of head and neck tumors, vestibular rehabilitation training, voice training, and continuing care after discharge following tracheotomy. It was the first in Shenzhen to establish specialty clinics, including specialty clinics for hearing, vertigo, otitis media, ear endoscopy, head and neck tumors, and sleep-disordered breathing. It has promoted the standardization and systematic development of treatment for internal auditory canal tumors and Fisch lateral skull base surgery in the Shenzhen region.
In the future, the department will further strengthen technical cooperation with renowned hospitals and educational institutions in China and abroad, train clinical technical professionals, continuously improve the level of clinical diagnosis and treatment, and strive to help establish a key specialty in Guangdong Province and contribute to the development of a regional medical center in the Greater Bay Area.