The Division of Endocrinology is led by Professor Karen Lam (also the past Divisional head of Endocrinology of Queen Mary Hospital-University of Hong Kong).  The team has always provided patient-centered and disease-centered service to needed patients. Well-renowned endocrinology professors of the University of Hong Kong have come to the hospital regularly for ward rounds and to provide consultation for difficult, rare and severe cases.
　　The Division has been awarded the National Center for Standardized Metabolic Disease Management (MMC) and is part of the Shenzhen Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Standardized Management Specialty Alliance.  It was awarded the "Diabetes Health Education Management Demonstration Unit" by China Health Promotion and Education Association and China Diabetes Branch.

　　Service features

　　 Further to diabetic patients, non-diabetic patients make up a significant 20-30% share of the inpatients. There is a high proportion of rare endocrine diseases. The Division has wide experience in the management of various endocrine and metabolic diseases. There is a full set of sub-specialty clinics. They cover pituitary diseases, obesity, osteoporosis and adrenal hypertension and these clinics are available in the afternoon.  There is a plan to develop a special clinic for gonadal diseases.
　　The Division is the first to carry out bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) in Shenzhen, and the success rate has reached 100%. It is also the first to carry out adrenal venous sampling (AVS) in Shenzhen, with a good success rate of 70% so far. The Division has accumulated rich experience in the comprehensive management of adrenal tumor, hermaphroditism and abnormal sex differentiation with Urology. The Division regularly conducts multidisciplinary discussions with Neurosurgery, Urology, Radiology, Pathology, Oncology and other Departments on difficult cases related to pituitary diseases and adrenal diseases.
　　At present, the Division has accumulated rich experience in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and idiopathic hypogonadotropin hypogonadism (IHH). GnRH micropump has been used to treat idiopathic hypothermia patient during pregnancy. The experience has improved the pregnancy rate of patients with related conditions.
　　As part of precisional medicine, the Division pursue gene diagnosis of rare diseases and mass spectrometry detection of adrenal related steroid hormones in association with accredited agency, that has greatly improved the detection rate of rare diseases.

　　Introduction to sub-specialty clinics

　　Clinic for pituitary diseases
　　The Division was the first to set up a pituitary clinic in Shenzhen. At present, we are able to provide diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's disease, acromegaly, prolactinoma, TSH tumor, hypopituhypophysis, Rathke cyst of pituitary gland, lymphocytic hypophysitis, pituitary stalk disease, diabetes insipidus and other diseases. The Division also provides preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up evaluation of pituitary lesions, as well as pituitary function evaluation and follow-up treatment after radiotherapy of adjacent pituitary organs (such as nasopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy).
　　The Division worked with the Department of Interventional Therapy to carry out bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) and DDAVP stimulation test for the first time in Shenzhen. This has become a regular investigation with a success rate of 100%, providing a powerful means for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. The Division also works well with the Neurosurgery, Radiotherapy, Imaging and Pathology, in multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussion of difficult pituitary diseases, and enables ease of interdisciplinary referral.
　　The HKU SZH has the most complete set of commonly used drugs for pituitary diseases in Shenzhen, providing comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan and long-term standardized follow-up for patients with pituitary diseases.

　　Obesity clinic
　　The Division set up its Obesity clinic in 2015, which is the earliest obesity clinic in Shenzhen. The scope of the clinic covers obesity and screening of related complications, the diagnosis of primary and secondary obesity, personalized treatment, drug therapy and evaluation of metabolic indexes in obese patients before metabolic surgery (bariatric surgery), during follow-up and drug adjustment according to metabolic indexes after metabolic surgery.
　　The Division practices patient-centered care according to international guidelines, and works with related departments in drawing up a comprehensive weight loss program for individuals that can achieve good weight loss effect. Each year, the Division conducts a range of health promotion events and free health lectures and free clinics with dieticians, the GI team and rehab teams jointly to educate the public about obesity and its treatment.

　　Osteoporosis clinic
　　  The osteoporosis clinic was first set up in 2014.  It is able to provide diagnosis of osteoporosis, identification and treatment of various types of osteoporosis, and follow-up of osteoporosis patients on therapy.  The Hospital has dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and the most complete list of anti-osteoporosis drugs in Shenzhen, enabling the use of multi-level and multi-category anti-osteoporosis drugs and serial treatment for all kinds of osteoporosis patients.  Each year, the Division carries out patient education on World Osteoporosis Day. It has provided many popular articles related to osteoporosis through the Wechat public account of the hospital, so as to improve the public's understanding to osteoporosis.

　　Adrenal clinic
　　The Division took a lead in the setup of an adrenal clinic in Shenzhen. At present, it provides diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism, hypercortisolism, pheochromocytoma, adrenal accident tumor, adrenocortical carcinoma, congenital adrenocortical hyperplasia, primary adrenocortical dysfunction, hypokalemia and other diseases.
　　The Division works closely with relevant departments of the hospital to form a multidisciplinary team in making diagnosis and treatment plan of various adrenal conditions. There is an easy two-way referral mechanism with Urology in adrenal tumors. The Division is also able to provide advice in managing rare adrenal diseases that has resulted in abnormal gender differentiation.  Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is available and the success rate is as high as 70%.