From Guangzhou to Heidelberg(3)

6月5日17:00，仁医医疗三人团队前往美因茨大学附属医院，拜访德国国家科学院院士、美因茨大学附属医院原CEO及原眼科主任Pfeiffer教授。Pfeiffer教授担任眼科主任近30年，并作为CEO管理医院14年之久，见证并推动了医院的发展与腾飞。刚进入医院大门，迎面便是独立的眼科大楼，共9层，足以体现眼科在医院整体架构中的地位。我们走进位于高层的眼科行政办公区，走廊上整齐排列着科室自上世纪90年代以来每年的团队合影，墙上还挂有眼科历史上历任主任的画像，记录着几代德国眼科人的努力与传承。美因茨是一个仅有22万人口的城市。Pfeiffer教授在1990年代初来到美因茨时，眼科尚是医院中一个相对小的科室。在他长期的领导下，这里发展为德国第三大眼科中心，每年接诊病人达8万人，服务范围覆盖德国全国及其他国家。科室在青光眼、视网膜手术和角膜手术方面具有突出优势。其角膜库是德国乃至欧洲最大的角膜库。科研方面，该眼科也是德国排名前二的研究中心。在谈到医院本身的发展时，Pfeiffer教授提到，作为德国最大的大学医院之一，美因茨大学附属医院服务人口约500万，他在任期间成功争取到23亿欧元，用于医院整体重建项目。他还介绍，美因茨大学及其医学院创立于1477年，而早在此之前，这片土地上就已经有人行医。在大学医院现址的考古发掘中，人们发现了来自2000年前罗马时期的文物，其中包括四枚石头印章。距教授办公室仅150米处发现的一枚印章如今陈列在他办公室中，上面刻有拉丁文字，意为治疗沙眼的药物及三种原料。这被视为美因茨数千年前就是眼科重镇的“证据”。在我们交谈期间，一幅特别的画像引起了注意。教授介绍说，那是德国眼科学创始人Albrecht von Graefe的肖像，他于1863年创立了德国眼科学会，这一学会也是世界上最早成立的医学专业学会。 von Graefe教授被视为眼科学之父，而德国也是眼科学的起源地。画像下方是他170年前的亲笔签名，纸上仍留有水渍。Pfeiffer教授对此极为珍视，视为眼科历史的重要见证。此外，教授还向我们转交了一份访问学者证书，这是他为南方医科大学顺德医院沈泳芝医生签发的，沈医生于去年在该科室进行了为期六个月的访学。今年11月，Pfeiffer教授将应邀访问中国，参加2025第五届中欧医院管理学科建设人才培养全球论坛，并主持医院管理环节，分享他长期管理大学医院的经验。会谈持续一个半小时。会谈最后，教授亲自带我们登上眼科大楼天台，俯瞰整个美因茨大学医院与这座城市天朗气清，远处的法兰克福高楼依稀可见。教授表示，在德国城市核心区保留如此规模的医疗建筑群殊为不易。这次拜访，不只是一次学术交流，更是一次站在历史、现实与未来交汇点上的深度对话。

At 17:00 of June 5th, the team of three from Gloryren visited the University Medical Center Mainz to meet with Prof. Pfeiffer, Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the former CEO of the University Medical Center Mainz, and the former Director of the Department of Ophthalmology. Prof. Pfeiffer served as the Director of the Department of Ophthalmology for nearly 30 years and the CEO of the hospital for as long as 14 years, witnessing and promoting the development and take - off of the hospital. As soon as we entered the hospital, the building of the Department of Ophthalmology was right in front of us. It has 9 floors, which is enough to reflect the importance of the Department of Ophthalmology in the overall structure of the hospital. We walked into the administrative office of the Department of Ophthalmology on the upper floor. The annual team photos of the department dating back to the 1990s were neatly showed on the wall of the corridor. There were also portraits of successive directors of the Department of Ophthalmology hanging on the walls, recording the efforts and inheritance of several generations of German ophthalmologists. Mainz is a city with a population of only 220,000. When Prof. Pfeiffer came to Mainz in the early 1990s, the Department of Ophthalmology was still a relatively small department in the hospital. Under his long-term leadership, it has developed into the third-largest ophthalmology center in Germany, receiving 80,000 patients every year, and providing medical care for patients coming from the whole Germany and other countries. The department has outstanding advantages in glaucoma treatment, retinal surgery, and corneal surgery. Its corneal bank is the largest in Germany and even in Europe. In terms of scientific research, the Department of Ophthalmology is also one of the top two research centers in Germany. When talking about the development of the hospital itself, Prof. Pfeiffer mentioned that, as one of the largest university hospitals in Germany, the University Medical Center Mainz serves a population of about 5 million. During his tenure, he successfully secured 2.3 billion euros for the redevelopment of the university hospital campus. He also introduced that the University Medical Center Mainz and its medical school were founded in 1477, and long before that, there were already people practicing medicine on this land. During the archaeological excavation at the current site of the university hospital, cultural relics from the Roman period 2000 years ago were discovered, including four stone seals. One of the seals discovered only 150 meters away from Prof. Pfeiffer's office is now on display in his office. It is engraved with Latin words, meaning the medicine for treating trachoma and three kinds of raw materials. This is regarded as "evidence" that Mainz was an important center for ophthalmology thousands of years ago. During our conversation, a special portrait attracted our attention. Prof. Pfeiffer introduced that it was the portrait of Albrecht von Graefe, the founder of the German Society of Ophthalmology(DOG). He founded the DOG in 1863, and this society is also the earliest-established medical professional society in the world. Prof. von Graefe is regarded as the father of ophthalmology, and Germany is also the birthplace of ophthalmology. Below the portrait is his autograph from 170 years ago, and there are still water stains on the paper. Prof. Pfeiffer treasures this very much and regards it as an important witness to the history of ophthalmology. In addition, Prof. Pfeiffer also handed over a visiting fellow certificate to us. It was issued by him for Doctor SHEN Yongzhi from the Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University. Doctor Shen conducted a six-month visiting fellowship in his  department last year. In November this year, Prof. Pfeiffer will be invited to visit China to participate in the 5th Sino-Euro Global Forum on Hospital Management, Specialty Construction & Talent Cultivation 2025, and preside over the hospital management session to share his long-term experience in managing university hospital. The meeting lasted for one and a half hours. At the end of the meeting, Prof. Pfeiffer personally took us to the rooftop of the building of the Department of Ophthalmology to overlook the entire University Medical Center Mainz and the city. The weather was clear and bright, and the high-rise buildings in Frankfurt in the distance were vaguely visible. Prof. Pfeiffer said that it is extremely difficult to retain a medical building complex of such a scale in the core area of a German city. This visit is not just an academic exchange, but also an in-depth dialogue at the intersection of history, reality, and the future.