A comprehensive department integrating the prevention, treatment and nursing of ear, nose, throat, head and neck diseases at Guangdong Clifford Hospital. The department collaborates with Professor Xu Geng's leading otorhinolaryngology head-and-neck surgery team — all members from Sun Yat-sen University — whose experts have been seeing patients at Clifford Hospital since January 2018, covering common and complex conditions across rhinology, otology, throat/head-and-neck, pediatric ENT and snoring sub-specialties.
Standing & Platform
Prof. Xu Geng Studio Site
A designated site of the Professor Xu Geng Studio and the Professor Xu Geng Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Training Base, and a member of his Rhinology and Sleep Breathing Clinical Expert Team.
International Standing
Professor Xu Geng, President of the International Rhinologic Society, is honored as the "father of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China".
Sun Yat-sen University Team
Academic leader Professor Shi Jianbo and core experts come from the Otorhinolaryngology Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.
Key Specialty Note
The hospital does not separately designate a national, provincial or municipal key-specialty tier for this department; its strengths rest on the collaborating expert team and platform above.
Core Techniques
Minimally Invasive Rhinology
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, minimally invasive sinus surgery, and anterior ethmoidal and vidian nerve blockade.
Low-Temperature Plasma Ablation
Low-temperature plasma ablation combined with advanced specialized examination and surgical equipment across dozens of routine and minimally invasive ENT procedures.
Throat & Head-Neck Tumors
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 Meniere's disease.
Skull Base Surgery
Minimally invasive nasal and lateral skull base surgery.
Enhanced Recovery
A painless perioperative journey: fasting 2 hours before surgery, eating 2 hours after, ambulation 2 hours after, and discharge 2 days after surgery — with shorter stays and reduced costs.
Integrated Chinese–Western Medicine
Specialized TCM Therapies
Syndrome-based treatment combined with herbal nebulisation for nasal and throat application, auricular acupressure, acupoint acupuncture injection, and radiofrequency and microwave therapies.
Distinctive Treatment Approach
A distinctive integrative approach to tinnitus and deafness, otogenic vertigo, sinusitis, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, acute and chronic throat conditions, and perioperative care.
Conditions Treated
Expert Team
Xu Geng — Specially Engaged Expert, Chief Physician, Professor
President of the International Rhinologic Society and founder of endoscopic minimally invasive sinus surgery in China; adjunct professor at the Prince of Wales Hospital of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Leading techniques for rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, nasal tumors, sphenoid-sellar region tumors, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and traumatic blindness.
Shi Jianbo — Academic Leader, Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Professor at the ENT 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 ENT–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. Specializes in refractory sinusitis, nasal cavity inverted papilloma, skull base tumors, optic nerve injury and intraorbital tumors.
Fan Yunping — Specially Engaged Expert, Chief Physician, MD, Doctoral Supervisor
Department head at the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Chairman of the Allergy Branch of the Guangdong Medical Doctor Association. Has successfully completed more than 2,000 nasal and more than 2,000 ear surgeries; skilled in pediatric adenoid and tonsil disease, snoring, laryngeal cancer and thyroid tumors. Published more than 90 academic papers, including more than 20 SCI papers.
Hospital Platform & Access
JCI-Accredited Grade 3A Hospital
China's first large general Grade 3A hospital to pass international JCI accreditation, with integrative Western and Chinese medicine; Jinan University Affiliated Clifford Hospital.
Cross-Border Convenience
Designated institution under the Greater Bay Area Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect scheme — better access to medicines and devices for Hong Kong, Macao and international patients.
Location
No. 1 & 3 Hongfu Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou. Tel (020) 84518222; overseas hotline +86 400 900 3823; Email [email protected].