Liver Disease

[Department Establishment History] The Department of Hepatology was established in 1990. Beginning with outpatient services and progressing to the establishment of inpatient wards, it has gradually developed into a Shenzhen Key Specialty, a Guangdong Province Key Specialty, a National Key Specialty, and a National Regional Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center. It has now been developed into a Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Liver Diseases in South China. [Department Honors] It is currently a Regional (South China) Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Liver Diseases under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a High-Level Key Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a National Clinical Key Specialty (Traditional Chinese Medicine), a Key Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hepatobiliary Diseases) under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a National Advantageous Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty, a Guangdong Province High-Level Clinical Key Specialty, a Guangdong Province Key Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty, a Shenzhen Key Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty, and a Shenzhen Key Medical Discipline; the specialty is the deputy leader institution of the National Liver Disease Collaboration Group, the leader institution of the Liver Cirrhosis Disease Collaboration Group, the chair institution of the Alliance of Traditional Chinese Medicine Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Centers in East and South China, and the leader institution of the Technical Collaboration Group for Key Traditional Chinese Medicine Liver Disease Specialties in Guangdong Province. [Department Leadership] Professor Zhou Daqiao, Professor Tong Guangdong, and Professor Zhou Xiaozhou successively served as administrative directors of the department, making outstanding contributions to its development. Since 2025, Professor Xing Yufeng has served as the department head. [Research Scope] The department is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment, scientific research, and teaching of liver diseases, including liver cancer, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, chronic hepatitis B, liver fibrosis, liver failure, and autoimmune liver diseases, using both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. The discipline ranks fifth nationwide. [Department Operations] The department currently has 3 inpatient wards, 150 open beds, and a medical and nursing team of 74 members, including 1 national-level leading talent, 1 local leading talent, 2 Guangdong Province Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, 1 Guangdong Province Outstanding Young Medical Talent, 3 Shenzhen Famous or Outstanding Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, 7 doctoral supervisors, and 12 master's supervisors. It handles more than 90,000 outpatient visits and more than 3,000 discharges annually. Specialized outpatient clinics have been established for clinical cure of hepatitis B, liver cancer, obesity and fatty liver disease, and space-occupying lesions of the liver, with a deep focus on liver diseases. With support from Shenzhen's “Three Famous” Project in Medical and Health Care, the department has successively introduced the teams of Professor Lars Bolund from Aarhus University in Denmark and Professor Li Xiuhui from You'an Hospital Affiliated with Capital Medical University, thereby improving its clinical and research capabilities. To promote the inheritance of the academic ideas of renowned senior traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, the department has established the Xu Jingshi National Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine Academic Experience Inheritance Studio, the Guangdong Province Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Zhou Daqiao Studio, and the Guangdong Province Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Tong Guangdong Studio. To fully leverage the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, the department has developed a series of hospital preparations and agreed prescriptions, including Ganle Granules, Ruangan Huaxian Granules, Qizhu Anticancer Formula, and Shugan Xiaozhi Formula. It has also implemented distinctive traditional Chinese medicine treatments, including umbilical application of Shehuang Ointment for refractory ascites due to cirrhosis and interventional treatment of liver cancer with compound traditional Chinese medicine formulas. The department has research platforms including a National Grade III Liver Disease Laboratory and the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Liver Diseases. It has led more than 100 research projects at various levels, including major national science and technology projects under the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans, subprojects of major science and technology projects under the 13th Five-Year Plan, and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. With research funding exceeding 70 million yuan, it has received 20 provincial and municipal science and technology awards and published more than 400 professional papers in Chinese and international academic journals. It has developed into a Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Liver Diseases in South China. Through in-depth study of Qihuang medicine, we conquer liver diseases; with benevolent hearts, we protect and benefit all people. Looking to the future, the department will pursue the goal of building a “National Regional Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Liver Diseases” and deepen the coordinated development of medical care, education, research, and industry. With the classics of traditional Chinese medicine as its foundation, it will further develop liver disease diagnosis and treatment technologies; with patients at the center, it will practice the traditional Chinese medicine humanistic care principle of “treatment efficacy first and service with utmost sincerity,” creating a “precision-based, full-cycle, and compassionate” medical service system. [Department Group Photo]