A National Key Clinical Specialty at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University — host of China's National Center for Respiratory Medicine led by Academician Zhong Nanshan — with minimally invasive surgery as its core strength and China's first Minimally Invasive Surgery Center.
Standing & Accreditations
National Key Clinical Specialty
Urology is a National Key Clinical Specialty and provincial key discipline, supported by the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Urology and the Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urological Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots and Intelligent Equipment.
China's First PCNL Center
First in China to introduce percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) from abroad in 1984 and promote it nationwide; a national endoscopy training base since 2007 and one of China's first endoscopy examination centers in 2008.
International Alliance of Urolithiasis
Home of the IAU, founded in 2012 under Prof. Zeng Guohua — 907 members from 114 countries, the world's largest academic organization in urinary stone disease.
Fudan 2023 Nomination
Nominated in the Fudan 2023 China Hospital Specialty Reputation Rankings (Urology).
Core Technologies
Mini-PCNL
An internationally leading technique system established by Prof. Zeng Guohua's team, now the standard PCNL approach in China.
Multi-Channel PCNL
For complex multiple or staghorn kidney stones — complete stone clearance in a single procedure, higher stone-free rates, fewer operations, shorter hospital stays.
Flexible Ureteroscopy
Lithotripsy featuring a self-developed, world's-thinnest single-use digital flexible ureteroscope with standardized technique protocols.
Active Stone Expulsion
Featuring the world's first self-developed extracorporeal physical vibration lithotripter for active stone expulsion.
Laparoscopic Urology
Adrenal tumors, renal cysts, radical nephrectomy, radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder, and more.
Robotic & General Urology
TURP and GreenLight laser prostate treatment, one-stage bladder-mucosa urethroplasty for pediatric hypospadias, and da Vinci robot-assisted surgery.
Signature Conditions
Expert Team
Prof. Zeng Guohua
Vice President and academic leader; President and Secretary-General of the IAU; 33 years devoted to urinary stone disease with nearly 10,000 PCNL procedures, 152 SCI papers, 4 international guidelines led, and 173 urologists trained from nearly 50 countries.
Dr. Liu Yongda
Chief Physician and Director of the Department of Urology, a senior expert in multi-channel PCNL.
Campuses & Contact
Dantansha Campus
28 Qiaozhong Middle Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou — National Center for Respiratory Medicine site.
Yanjiang Campus
151 Yanjiang West Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou — on the west side of Haizhu Square by the Pearl River, in a prime downtown location.
Haiyin Campus
1 Kangda Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Guangzhou is South China's transport hub, easily reached via Baiyun International Airport and the high-speed rail network.