China's Top Departments: Anti-Aging Medicine Center at Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou)

If you are over 30, have no diagnosed organic disease, and want science-based longevity management — to slow biological aging rather than simply wait for illness — the Anti-Aging Medicine Center at Guangdong Clifford Hospital in Guangzhou offers one of mainland China's most complete anti-aging programs, built around the goal of "aging without decline, aging without disease."

Overview

The Anti-Aging Medicine Center (full name: Anti-Aging Medicine Center, Clifford Hospital · Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University; its center page also labels it Guangdong Clifford Hospital · McGill University, Canada · Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University) is one of Guangdong Clifford Hospital's signature specialty units and the first unit in Guangdong Province to carry out the prevention and treatment of aging syndrome.

The center serves the potential "aging syndrome" population aged over 30 with no organic disease (no pathological change in organ or tissue structure), providing one-stop anti-aging services aimed at high-quality, healthy longevity. The center covers about 10,000 square meters, including a famous-doctor consultation area, professional assessment rooms, dedicated treatment rooms and a VIP recuperation unit. Drawing on the multidisciplinary strength of a general hospital, a high-caliber expert team, internationally leading equipment, and an integrated Chinese-Western medicine approach, it delivers full-chain anti-aging services spanning aging detection → anti-aging intervention → chronic-disease care.

Its stated philosophy in brief: Mission — extend the healthy lifespan and make life better; Vision — starting now, let age be just a number; Concept — maintain peak physiology for as long as possible within a limited lifespan; Service — multidimensional aging assessment and personalized anti-aging interventions.

Academic Standing & Accreditations

• First in Guangdong Province: the first unit in the province to carry out the prevention and treatment of aging syndrome
• Hospital signature specialty: listed as one of the hospital's signature specialty units among its 56 clinical and medical-technology departments (alongside the TCM Clinic, VIP Center, Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center and Postpartum Rehabilitation Center)
• International academic affiliation: affiliated with the Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University and associated with McGill University, Canada
• Hospital-wide credentials:
  • China's first JCI-accredited hospital — a large comprehensive Grade 3A (tertiary) integrated Chinese-Western medicine hospital, the first in China to pass international JCI accreditation, with multiple JCI re-accreditations
  • In January 2026, accredited under the International Hospital Evaluation and Accreditation Standard (China), 2021 Edition — the first private hospital in China to receive this accreditation
  • In March 2026, named among the first batch of 25 international medical service pilot hospitals in Guangdong Province
  • Designated institution under the Greater Bay Area Hong Kong-Macao drug and device connectivity (港澳药械通) scheme and GBA pilot institution for Hong Kong's Elderly Health Care Voucher scheme
• International exchange: a visiting Moscow medical delegation toured the Anti-Aging Medicine Center on site and praised its "internationally leading equipment and technology"

Core Strengths & Features

The center's core competitiveness is an internationally aligned, domestically leading multidimensional integrated aging assessment and intervention system — combining advanced aging assessment systems from Germany, the United States and Australia with China's traditional TCM syndrome-differentiation system, delivered through physical, biological and medical interventions.

• Physiological age prediction model: integrates physical-examination indicators, lifestyle, metabolomics and immune-function data into an individualized quantified health-risk index, providing the scientific basis and quantitative support for precision health-intervention plans
• Multi-omics biological-age testing: precisely calculates an individual's "biological age" and compares it with calendar age, objectively revealing the body's true internal aging status across four levels:
  1. Molecular level — cellular aging assessment, testing cellular energy metabolism and repair capacity
  2. Immune level — comprehensive immune testing for early warning of immune aging and risks such as infection and tumors
  3. Micro-ecology level — comprehensive assessment of gut microbiota and metabolites, and their effects on various diseases
  4. Functional level — comprehensive multi-organ functional assessment, combined with big-data prediction of aging status
• Closed-loop "aging assessment — anti-aging intervention — precision tracking" system: assessment monitors and quantitatively evaluates the biological changes of aging and predicts the progression of organ aging toward disease; interventions cover nutrition plans, exercise prescriptions, environmental intervention, natural therapies, health management and chronic-disease prevention and treatment
• Aligned with the international frontier: in April 2025, a Cell review expanded the hallmarks of aging from 12 to 14; the center has built its closed-loop anti-aging system on these hallmarks and continues to optimize its assessment and intervention
• Integrated Chinese-Western and natural-therapy foundation: hospital founder Prof. Peng Linji (彭磷基) pioneered "green comprehensive therapy," and the center's use of natural therapies and TCM syndrome differentiation carries this approach into anti-aging medicine

Expert Team

Dr. Qu Junwen (屈俊雯) — listed expert whose departments include the International Health Management Center, Nutrition Department and Anti-Aging Medicine Center:

• Previously worked in the geriatrics department of Barnsley District General Hospital in the United Kingdom; long engaged in clinical care and research in comprehensive tumor treatment and aging prevention and treatment
• Published SCI papers as first/corresponding author in journals including the Journal of Advanced Research, Journal of Thoracic Oncology and Free Radical Biology and Medicine; single first-author SCI paper with an impact factor of 12.8 and a cumulative impact factor of 134
• Has led 15 research projects, including a General Program of the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation
• Reviewer for Aging, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences and Integrative Cancer Therapies
• Contributed to 4 domestic medical guidelines/consensuses; edited or co-authored 6 monographs
• Guangzhou high-level medical talent; member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); standing committee member of the CSCO Oncology Hyperthermia Expert Committee; standing committee member of the China Anti-Cancer Association's Oncology Nutrition Professional Committee; vice chair of the Hospital Nutrition Management Professional Committee of the Guangdong Hospital Association

The center's team page notes that the department "brings together outstanding integrated Chinese-Western medicine talent with rich clinical experience and distinctive diagnostic and treatment skills."

Who It Is For

• The potential "aging syndrome" population — aged over 30 with no organic disease — who wish to slow aging and maintain health
• People interested in biological age / physiological age assessment who want to quantify their rate of aging and receive precision intervention
• People needing chronic-disease prevention and health management through combined approaches such as nutrition, exercise and natural therapies
• High-end health-management clients seeking a VIP, resort-style, privacy-friendly experience
• Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and international clients, who can rely on the hospital's JCI system, the International Medical Department, multilingual client services and cross-border channels such as the Hong Kong-Macao drug and device connectivity scheme and the Elderly Health Care Voucher for a smooth anti-aging or health-management trip to the mainland

Hospital Information

Guangdong Clifford Hospital No. 1 & No. 3 Hongfu Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

• Phone: (020) 84518222
• Website: www.clifford-hospital.org
• International Medical Department: [email protected] | Overseas hotline +86 400 900 3823 | WhatsApp +86 188 1411 5985

For longevity management built on hospital-grade diagnostics, you may also like our guide to the international health management center at Clifford, and the department page for the Global Anti-Aging Program.

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This guide is prepared for an international audience. The roster of on-duty experts and clinic schedules are subject to the hospital's official announcements; please refer to the latest official information.