China's Top Departments: Otorhinolaryngology at Guangdong Clifford Hospital

If you are struggling with chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, hearing loss, persistent snoring, or concerns in the head and neck region, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Guangdong Clifford Hospital offers a comprehensive integrative option in southern China — a department collaborating with Professor Xu Geng's Sun Yat-sen University team, on the platform of China's first large general tertiary (Class A) hospital to pass international JCI accreditation, and a designated institution under the Greater Bay Area "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme.

Overview

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (entitled "Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery" on the official hospital introduction page) is a comprehensive department at Guangdong Clifford Hospital integrating the prevention, treatment and nursing of ear, nose, throat, head and neck diseases. The department collaborates with the leading domestic otorhinolaryngology head-and-neck surgery team — Professor Xu Geng's team — to introduce advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques. It is a designated site for the "Professor Xu Geng Studio" and the "Professor Xu Geng Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Training Base", and is one of the members of Professor Xu Geng's Rhinology and Sleep Breathing Clinical Expert Team.

Professor Xu Geng is the founder and originator of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China, honoured as the "father of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China" and renowned internationally. All members of Professor Xu Geng's team come from Sun Yat-sen University, covering otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery and related fields, and are almost all leading figures in their respective areas, such as Professors Shi Jianbo, Chai Liping and Zhang Zhigang. Since January 2018, the team's experts have been seeing patients at Clifford Hospital.

For patients from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas, the department offers one-stop diagnosis and treatment of common and complex conditions across the rhinology, otology, throat/head-and-neck, paediatric ENT and snoring sub-specialties, complemented by integrated Chinese–Western medicine for conditioning and perioperative recovery.

Academic Standing and Certifications

• The official website does not separately designate a "national / provincial / municipal key specialty" tier for this department; this guide states this factually and makes no exaggeration.
• The department is a comprehensive department integrating the prevention, treatment and nursing of ear, nose, throat, head and neck diseases, and collaborates with Professor Xu Geng's team (all members from Sun Yat-sen University) to introduce advanced techniques.
• Platforms and credentials: the department is a designated site for the "Professor Xu Geng Studio" and the "Professor Xu Geng Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Training Base", and one of the members of Professor Xu Geng's Rhinology and Sleep Breathing Clinical Expert Team; Professor Xu Geng is honoured as the "father of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China".
• Expert team: the academic leader Professor Shi Jianbo and several core experts come from the Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, with several holding academic appointments such as Standing Committee Member of the International Rhinologic Society, Standing Committee Member of the Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Association of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and Deputy Head of the Rhinology Group of the Chinese Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Society.
• Hospital level: the hospital is the first large general tertiary (Class A) hospital in China to obtain international JCI accreditation (with integrated Chinese–Western medicine features), a designated medical institution under the Greater Bay Area "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme, a National Drug Clinical Trial Base (GCP), a Guangdong Province Famous TCM Hospital, and Jinan University's Affiliated Clifford Hospital. For Hong Kong, Macao and international patients, this means relevant credentials and convenience in terms of medical quality management and cross-border access to medicines and devices.

Core Techniques and Features

• Minimally invasive rhinology: functional endoscopic sinus surgery, minimally invasive sinus surgery, and anterior ethmoidal and vidian nerve blockade.
• Low-temperature plasma: low-temperature plasma ablation.
• Throat, head and neck tumours: horizontal and vertical partial laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer, total laryngectomy, uvulopalatoplasty, and suspension laryngoscopy with laryngeal microsurgery.
• Otology: middle- and inner-ear microsurgery, hearing reconstruction, and surgery related to Ménière's disease.
• Skull base: minimally invasive nasal and lateral skull base surgery.
• The official page states overall: "The department has advanced specialised examination and surgical equipment and performs dozens of routine and minimally invasive ENT procedures."
• Enhanced recovery (fast-track) concept: "to achieve a painless experience throughout, fasting for 2 hours before surgery, eating 2 hours after surgery, getting out of bed 2 hours after surgery, and discharge 2 days after surgery", so that patients pass through the perioperative period comfortably, with shorter hospital stays and maximally reduced costs.
• Integrated Chinese–Western medicine: "the department leverages its integrated Chinese–Western medicine strengths, using syndrome-based treatment combined with specialised therapies (such as herbal nebulisation for nasal and throat application, auricular acupressure, acupoint acupuncture injection, radiofrequency and microwave), forming a distinctive approach to TCM treatment of tinnitus and deafness, otogenic vertigo, sinusitis, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, acute and chronic throat conditions, and the perioperative period."

Expert Team

• Xu Geng — Specially Engaged Expert, Chief Physician, Professor (Department of Otorhinolaryngology). President of the International Rhinologic Society and founder of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China. He is a specially engaged expert at Guangdong Clifford Hospital, chief expert of the Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and an adjunct professor at the Prince of Wales Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He possesses domestically leading techniques for rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, nasal tumours, sphenoid-sellar region tumours, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and traumatic blindness.
• Shi Jianbo — Academic Leader, Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor (Department of Otorhinolaryngology). He specialises in refractory sinusitis, inverted papilloma of the nasal cavity, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea, skull base tumours, optic nerve injury, intraorbital hypertension, chronic dacryocystitis and intraorbital tumours. He is a professor at the Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Honorary Chief Expert of Rhinology, Standing Committee Member of the International Rhinologic Society, Standing Committee Member of the Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Association of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Deputy Head of the Rhinology Group of the Chinese Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Society, editorial board member and deputy head of the rhinology review group of the Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, dual-appointed professor at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, a Sun Yat-sen University Famous Doctor, a Lingnan Famous Doctor, a Chinese Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Famous Doctor, and a Top 10 national "Dr" in endoscopic sinus surgery.
• Fan Yunping — Specially Engaged Expert, Chief Physician, MD (Doctor of Medicine), Doctoral Supervisor (Department of Otorhinolaryngology). He is a chief physician, MD, doctoral supervisor and department head at the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, an adjunct professor at Zunyi Medical University, a Lingnan Famous Doctor, former Vice President of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Standing Committee Member of the Otorhinolaryngology Branch of the China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care, a member of the Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and Chairman of the Allergy Branch of the Guangdong Medical Doctor Association. He specialises in treating rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal allergy and epistaxis (nosebleeds), and has extensive experience in rhinoplasty, nasal/nasal sinus tumours, ear discharge, and hearing loss with tympanic membrane perforation, having successfully completed more than 2,000 nasal and more than 2,000 ear surgeries to date. He is also skilled in the surgical treatment of adenoid and tonsil disease in children, snoring, laryngeal cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, cervical oesophageal cancer, thyroid tumours and reflux laryngitis; he also has considerable experience in endoscopic transnasal surgery for pituitary tumours and surgery for parathyroid disease. He has published more than 90 academic papers, including more than 20 SCI papers, and has undertaken or participated in more than 10 national, provincial and municipal research projects.
• Other team members (mentioned on the Department Introduction page, all from Sun Yat-sen University): Professors Shi Jianbo, Chai Liping, Zhang Zhigang and others.
• Note: the information above is drawn from the hospital's official physician profile pages and Department Introduction page. Specific staffing arrangements and consultation times are subject to the hospital's daily listings.

Conditions Treated

• Nasal conditions: acute and chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, epistaxis.
• Ear conditions: deafness, tinnitus, vertigo, otitis media, cholesteatoma.
• Throat conditions: chronic tonsillitis, pharyngeal foreign bodies, acute and chronic pharyngitis, allergic pharyngitis, etc.
• Complex and critical ENT conditions: the department team specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of common and complex conditions across the rhinology, otology, throat/head-and-neck, paediatric ENT and snoring sub-specialties.

Hospital Information

• Name: Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Clifford Hospital; Jinan University Affiliated Clifford Hospital)
• Positioning: the first large general tertiary (Class A) hospital in China to obtain international JCI accreditation; a designated medical institution under the Greater Bay Area "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme
• Address: No. 1 & 3 Hongfu Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
• Tel: (020) 84518222 ｜ (020) 84518999
• Website: www.clifford-hospital.org
• International Department: Email [email protected] ｜ Overseas hotline +86 400 900 3823 ｜ WhatsApp +86 188 1411 5985

For a quick overview of the department, see the Guangdong Clifford Hospital Otorhinolaryngology department page.

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