The Hospital is the largest one with the most comprehensive capacity among all affiliated hospitals of Sun Yat-sen University and is also one of the biggest and most powerful hospitals in the country.  Being a 3A hospital (top level in the Chinese hospital ranking system) and philoinfant hospital, the hospital is composed of main campus, Huangpu division and Dongshan division.  Main campus and Dongshan division are located in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou, and Huangpu Division in the center of Huangpu District in the eastern suburb. The Huangpu Division mainly focuses on orthopedics and traumatic first aid.

  The Dongshan division mainly focuses on obstetrics &gynecology and pediatrics.  The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is an important base for the medical treatment, teaching, research, sanipractice and rehabilitation in south China. It is well known for its treatment standard and excellent service in China and Southeast Asia. It was considered to be the most trusted hospital in mainland China by Hong Kong people.

Clinical practice and Achievements
  There are 4576 staff, including 2983 health professionals, 164 professors, 428 associate professors, 1001 attending doctors in the hospital.  The hospital has 2228 opening beds, provides service to  4,240,000 out-patients, 44,700 surgical operations and 66,700 discharges in past year, and these numbers are growing year after year.  Based on its outstanding technology, the hospital successfully diagnosed and cured many critical, difficult or rare diseases. These prominent achievements fill the gaps of medical sciences in the country.

Medical Education
  This hospital is the biggest teaching hospitals for medical students and undertakes approximately 60% of the clinical teaching for Sun Yat-sen University. It has dozens of departments qualified for Ph.D. and Master programs. At present, more than 700 students are enrolled into the postgraduate program. The hospital is also a major base for national continue medical education. It has 14 training bases of the Ministry of Health, 2 research institutes, 6 clinical treatment research centers, and 14 clinical research laboratories. The Laboratory of Nephrology and the Laboratory of Assisted Circulation are the key laboratories of the Ministry of Health.  The hospital undertakes more than 25 continue medical education programs each year. It offers clinical training programs for doctors and public health professionals from the nation and abroad. More than 1000 medical workers received their medical training in this hospital every year.

Competent and Comprehensive Departments Settings
  The clinical departments are divided into 17 grade II disciplines and 50 grade III disciplines.  There are 16 departments of medical technology. The Departments of Nephrology General Surgery, Neurology, Otorhinolaryngology and Endocrinology are the national key departments (assessed by national evaluation system). The Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics and Urology, are the provincial key departments. Many social medical treatment organizations such as Rehabilitation Center of WHO were also located in the hospital. Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber boasts the longest history and biggest scale in South China, and Centers for Hemopurification, Peritoneal Dialysis, and Extracorporeal Counterpulsation are also among the biggest ones in the country. Specialized ICUs provide reliable guarantee for critical patient care.

Achievement in Research
  In recent 10 years, the hospital has won 90 scientific awards conferred by the nation and by the Mininstry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province. It has undertaken 885 different research projects for the country. The number of projects granted by National Natural Science Foundation in the hospital is on the top among all hospitals in the country. The numbers of scientific publications，citations and publication cited by SCI  rank also on the top among all hospitals in the country. The hospital has held numerous nation-wide academic meetings and more than 10 international academic conferences each year.  Currently 49 experts in our hospital are appointed as the chair positions of different medical societies in China and Guangdong.

  The hospital manages 7 national key medical journals, including Chinese Journal of Nephrology, Chinese Journal of Microsurgery, Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Chinese Journal of Neurological and Psychological Diseases, Chinese Archives of General Surgery,  Journal of Image & Interventional Radiology and Modern Clinical Nursing.

  This hospital has established academic collaboration with hospitals of more than 20 countries, including U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Japan, Holland and Sweden.  By working in close collaboration with our friends and making full use of the opening policy and geographic advantages, we would do our best to improve our comprehensive proficiency and standard.  Our goal is to the construction of a domestically first-ranking and internationally-renowned hospital.(2008-5-14)