Andrology

[Department History] The Andrology Department was established in 2000. [Department Honors] It is currently one of the first batch of TCM characteristic specialties of Shenzhen, a key TCM specialty of Shenzhen, one of the first National Famous TCM Andrology Specialties, the institution hosting the chairman of the Andrology Professional Committee of the Shenzhen Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the leading unit of the Shenzhen TCM Andrology Medical Technology Professional Alliance. [Department Leadership] Professor Chen Dening, Professor Hong Zhiming and Professor Zhou Wenbin successively served as administrative directors of the department and made outstanding contributions to its development. Since 2024, Professor Zhou Wenbin has served as the administrative director of the department. [Research Scope] The department is devoted to three advantageous disease categories: jinzhuo (chronic prostatitis), yangwei (erectile dysfunction) and infertility (oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, teratozoospermia, etc.), while also conducting integrated Chinese-Western diagnosis and treatment, scientific research and teaching on premature ejaculation, genitourinary tract infections (mycoplasma, chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital herpes, orchitis and epididymitis, balanoposthitis, etc.) and miscellaneous andrological diseases (hemospermia, anejaculation, retrograde ejaculation). [Department Services] The department currently has 7 consultation rooms, 4 examination rooms and 2 treatment rooms; its medical and nursing team numbers 16, including 1 famous municipal TCM physician and professor, 3 professors who are chief TCM physicians, 2 associate chief TCM physicians, 6 attending TCM physicians and 4 physicians; 7 hold doctoral degrees and 6 hold master's degrees, with 2 master's supervisors; the annual outpatient volume exceeds 100,000 visits. Specialty outpatient clinics have been opened for expert special consultations, male infertility, prostatitis, sexual dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases and male sub-health, with a deep focus on andrological diseases. To give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, the department has developed a series of in-hospital preparations and agreed prescriptions, including Bixie Tonglin mixture, Zaoshi Jiedu lotion, Juhe Huojing ointment, Shedi Xunxi ointment and Shenqi Jianpi Yishen ointment; it has obtained multiple national, provincial and municipal research projects. The department values the "people-oriented" service philosophy, applies a bio-psycho-social combined medical model, emphasizes disease identification in Western medicine and syndrome differentiation in TCM, takes Chinese medicine as the mainstay while combining Chinese and Western medicines and using both internal and external treatments, and has gradually developed a diagnosis and treatment system for andrological diseases that is full of human warmth, emphasizes individualization, features distinct TCM characteristics and offers rich therapeutic methods. [Department Group Photo]