Nephrology

【Department History】 The Department of Nephrology was established in 1990. 【Department Honors】 It is currently a Key Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Key Specialty (Nephrology) of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine under the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", a Key Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine under the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", a National Key Clinical Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Key Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Nephrology) of Guangdong Province under the "Tenth Five-Year Plan", a High-Level Key Clinical Specialty of Guangdong Province, one of the first batch of key medical disciplines oriented toward nephrology in Shenzhen, and a Key Clinical Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shenzhen; it is a national-level vice-chairperson unit for Traditional Chinese Medicine nephrology and the chairperson unit for Traditional Chinese Medicine nephrology of the Guangdong Provincial Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 【Department Leadership】 Professor Li Shunmin serves as the academic leader of the department, Professor Yang Shudong serves as the discipline leader of the department, and Professors Xiong Guoliang and Zheng Yihou successively served as administrative directors of the department, making outstanding contributions to the development of the department. Since 2025, Professor Zeng Youjia has served as the head of the department. 【Research Scope】 The department is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, scientific research and teaching in chronic renal failure, chronic nephritic syndrome, IgA nephropathy, membranous nephropathy, diabetic nephropathy, urinary calculi, hemodialysis and vascular access, peritoneal dialysis and other diseases and techniques, as well as low back pain, frequent urination and other Traditional Chinese Medicine kidney-system diseases. In 2024 it ranked 16th in the specialty influence ranking of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. 【Department Operations】 The department currently has 3 inpatient wards, 123 open beds and a medical and nursing team of 122 people, including 2 Famous Chinese Medicine Doctors of Guangdong Province, 5 Famous Chinese Medicine Doctors of Shenzhen, 8 doctoral supervisors and 15 master's supervisors. The annual outpatient volume is nearly 140,000 visits, with more than 4,100 discharges, more than 43,000 dialysis sessions per year, more than 400 specialty operations per year, and more than 500 patients on long-term follow-up for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. It has opened specialty clinics for CKD chronic disease management, IgA nephropathy, chronic renal failure, membranous nephropathy, diabetic nephropathy, hemodialysis vascular access and peritoneal dialysis, with deep engagement in various kidney diseases. With the support of the "Three Famous Projects" in medical and health care of Shenzhen, the department has successively introduced the team of Professor Zhang Daning, a Grand Master of Chinese Medicine, and the team of Professor Zhang Mianzhi of the Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, raising the clinical and research level of the specialty; in order to promote the inheritance of the academic thinking of famous veteran Chinese medicine doctors, the department has established the Zhang Daning Studio of the Grand Master of Chinese Medicine and the studios of Luo Jijie and Li Shunmin, Famous Chinese Medicine Doctors of Guangdong Province. In order to give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, the department has developed a series of in-hospital preparations and agreed prescriptions such as Shenyanxiao Granules, Shenshuaifu Granules and Niaoshiqing Granules, and created the theory and prescriptions for invigorating the spleen and benefiting the kidney, with remarkable efficacy and multiple national, provincial and municipal achievement awards; the department's independent innovation project — the remote PD follow-up system — reduced the risk of heart failure in PD patients by 74%, and won the Guangdong Provincial Medical Science and Technology Award and a national-level excellence case. The department has undertaken more than 50 national, provincial and municipal projects, with cumulative research funding of nearly 30 million yuan. It has served as chief editor or co-editor of more than 10 monographs and guidelines, been granted more than 20 patents and won nearly 20 national, provincial and municipal awards. It has published more than 300 academic papers. Carrying forward the essence of Qihuang and protecting the root of kidney life. Looking to the future, the department will aim to build a "National-Level Regional Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Nephrology" and deepen collaborative innovation in "medicine, teaching, research and industry". It will integrate modern diagnostic and treatment technologies to build a whole-course syndrome differentiation and treatment system for kidney diseases; and, with patient needs at the core, build a distinctive medical service pattern of "precise diagnosis, whole-course management and simultaneous treatment of body and mind". 【Department Group Photo】