On March 18, 2022, Prof. XIAO Haipeng, President of FAH-SYSU and Executive Vice President of SYSU, was awarded “China’s Top Ten Outstanding Leaders in Medical and Scientific Leadership” at the 7th Annual Conference of Medical Professionals.   For more details, please refer to  Official Website of…

The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University donated the second batch of much-needed medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention and control to Dominica on September 9th, to help the country to tackle a new wave of the epidemic caused by the Delta variant. This donation includes masks and rapi…

The 2021 Virtual Conference of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) was held from August 27th to 30th at the Swapcard platform, with participation of 2,986 medical educators and 261 medical students from 97 countries. Dr. KUANG Ming, Dean of Zhongshan School of Medicine, SYSU and V…

On August 26, 2021, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University and CITRIS, University of California Berkeley and University of California Davis co-organized the Second Seminar on Robotic Surgery entitled State-of-the-art Application in Surgical Specialties in the hospital.    Dr. Xiao H…

Three Chinese nurses were awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal this year, the highest distinction in the field of nursing. They all fought on the front line against COVID-19. Wang Qishan, Chinese Vice President and Honorary Chairman of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), presented medals to the…

First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province has become the world's first to successfully perform a heart transplant during which the heart kept beating, with blood flowing, from the moment it was donated to the conclusion of the surgery. [Photo provided to chinadaily.c…

The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou reported ten more locally transmitted cases, and two asymptomatic infections. Mass testing and vaccinations are both underway. Cao Bing takes a look at how the city makes human and medical resources meet demand.  Several districts in Guangzhou started mass n…

Dr. WU Dexi, Associate Professor from Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and a member of the Medical Team to Dominica, has successfully performed the first temporary pacemaker implantation in Dominica, reported the Chinese Embassy in Dominica. This is not the first significant breakthrough Dr. WU…

On May 17, 2021, the meeting of Steering Committee of Precision Medicine Center in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held virtually. Experts from The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Chinese University of Hong Kong co…

On May 16, 2021, a group of medical students from Sun Yat-sen University led by Prof. KUANG Ming, Vice President of FAH-SYSU, was on a winning streak in the National Clinical Skill Competition.  The team won the gold medal for eight-year medical students, silver medal for five-year medical students,…