Geriatric Medicine

【Department Establishment History】 The Department of Geriatric Medicine was established in 2009. 【Department Honors】 The department is a key traditional Chinese medicine specialty of Guangdong Province and a characteristic traditional Chinese medicine specialty of Shenzhen. It is also a member unit of the National Alliance for Traditional Chinese Medicine Geriatric Diseases, a vice-chairing unit of the Geriatrics Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, a vice-chairing unit of the Professional Committee for Geriatric Health and Chronic Disease Management and the Professional Committee for Psychocardiology of the Guangdong Association of Chinese Medicine, and the chairing unit of the Psychocardiology Professional Committee of the Shenzhen Association of Chinese Medicine. It is the chairing unit of the Bian-stone Warm Moxibustion and Yi-Guan Nursing Branch of the Guangdong Nurses Association, and has received honors including Guangdong Provincial Demonstration Ward for High-Quality Nursing Services, Shenzhen March 8 Red-Flag Collective, Shenzhen Women Civilized Post, and Shenzhen Outstanding Nursing Collective. 【Department Leadership】 Professor He Xuping previously served as the department's administrative director. The current administrative director and academic leader is Professor Cheng Hong, and the deputy director is Associate Professor Peng Shaolin. 【Research Scope】 The department is committed to integrated Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment, research, and teaching for geriatric cardiovascular diseases, geriatric endocrine diseases, geriatric cerebrovascular diseases, geriatric digestive diseases, geriatric rehabilitation, geriatric syndromes, and other geriatric diseases. 【Department Operations】 The department currently has 2 wards and 52 open beds, with a medical and nursing team of 35. Among them are 1 famous TCM physician of Guangdong Province, 2 famous TCM physicians of Shenzhen, 1 outstanding TCM physician of Shenzhen, 4 outstanding TCM medicine talents of Shenzhen under the Pengcheng Qihuang Project, 3 Shenzhen health elite talents, 3 successors to the academic experience of famous Shenzhen TCM medicine experts, 1 high-level professional in Shenzhen, and 2 specially appointed Shenzhen health professionals; there are also 1 postdoctoral co-supervisor, 2 doctoral supervisors, and 4 master's supervisors. The department handles more than 50,000 outpatient visits and more than 1,800 discharges annually. With support from Shenzhen's Three Famous Project in medical and health care, it introduced the team of Professor Zhu Mingjun, a Qihuang Scholar from the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, thereby improving the clinical and research level of the specialty. The department has established subspecialties in geriatric cardiac disease, endocrinology, encephalopathy, spleen and stomach disorders, respiratory critical care, rehabilitation, geriatric frailty, and chronic disease management. Guided by TCM theory and integrating modern geriatric medicine technology, the discipline has formed a TCM-led, integrated Chinese-Western medicine and multidisciplinary team (MDT) diagnosis-and-treatment model. It provides comprehensive geriatric assessment, geriatric rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and continuing geriatric care, achieving closed-loop integrated management of screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation for geriatric diseases; for older adults with multiple coexisting diseases, it has established a distinctive TCM diagnosis-and-treatment system that uses syndrome to organize disease management, achieving integrated management of syndrome, formula, and disease. To fully leverage the strengths of TCM, the department has developed a series of in-house preparations and agreed prescriptions, including Jianxin Pinglü Pill, Tongmai Xiaoban Decoction, Anshen Dingxuan Formula, Zhenwu Qiangxin Formula, Qingyuan Tongfu Formula, and Qinglong Chuan Formula. It has initiated more than 30 projects at various levels, including National Key Science and Technology Projects and National Natural Science Foundation projects, published more than 200 academic papers in China and abroad, and published more than 20 books. With benevolent hearts, we carry on the Qihuang legacy; with filial care, we protect elders' well-being. Looking ahead, the department will pursue the goal of building a National Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Geriatric Diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It will build on the distinctive features of TCM, deepen integrated Chinese-Western medicine diagnosis and treatment technologies for geriatric diseases, inherit the experience of renowned senior TCM physicians, practice the TCM humanistic care of respecting, loving, and protecting older adults, focus on the physiological characteristics and healthcare needs of older people, create a geriatric medical service system of precise diagnosis and treatment, full-cycle care, and warm service, safeguard the physical and mental health of older friends, and help older people enjoy a happy later life. 【Department Group Photo】