6月5日17:00,仁醫(yī)醫(yī)療三人團隊前往美因茨大學附屬醫(yī)院,拜訪德國國家科學院院士、美因茨大學附屬醫(yī)院原CEO及原眼科主任Pfeiffer教授。Pfeiffer教授擔任眼科主任近30年,并作為CEO管理醫(yī)院14年之久,見證并推動了醫(yī)院的發(fā)展與騰飛。剛進入醫(yī)院大門,迎面便是獨立的眼科大樓,共9層,足以體現(xiàn)眼科在醫(yī)院整體架構中的地位。我們走進位于高層的眼科行政辦公區(qū),走廊上整齊排列著科室自上世紀90年代以來每年的團隊合影,墻上還掛有眼科歷史上歷任主任的畫像,記錄著幾代德國眼科人的努力與傳承。美因茨是一個僅有22萬人口的城市。Pfeiffer教授在1990年代初來到美因茨時,眼科尚是醫(yī)院中一個相對小的科室。在他長期的領導下,這里發(fā)展為德國第三大眼科中心,每年接診病人達8萬人,服務范圍覆蓋德國全國及其他國家??剖以谇喙庋?、視網(wǎng)膜手術和角膜手術方面具有突出優(yōu)勢。其角膜庫是德國乃至歐洲最大的角膜庫??蒲蟹矫?,該眼科也是德國排名前二的研究中心。在談到醫(yī)院本身的發(fā)展時,Pfeiffer教授提到,作為德國最大的大學醫(yī)院之一,美因茨大學附屬醫(yī)院服務人口約500萬,他在任期間成功爭取到23億歐元,用于醫(yī)院整體重建項目。他還介紹,美因茨大學及其醫(yī)學院創(chuàng)立于1477年,而早在此之前,這片土地上就已經(jīng)有人行醫(yī)。在大學醫(yī)院現(xiàn)址的考古發(fā)掘中,人們發(fā)現(xiàn)了來自2000年前羅馬時期的文物,其中包括四枚石頭印章。距教授辦公室僅150米處發(fā)現(xiàn)的一枚印章如今陳列在他辦公室中,上面刻有拉丁文字,意為治療沙眼的藥物及三種原料。這被視為美因茨數(shù)千年前就是眼科重鎮(zhèn)的“證據(jù)”。在我們交談期間,一幅特別的畫像引起了注意。教授介紹說,那是德國眼科學創(chuàng)始人Albrecht von Graefe的肖像,他于1863年創(chuàng)立了德國眼科學會,這一學會也是世界上最早成立的醫(yī)學專業(yè)學會。 von Graefe教授被視為眼科學之父,而德國也是眼科學的起源地。畫像下方是他170年前的親筆簽名,紙上仍留有水漬。Pfeiffer教授對此極為珍視,視為眼科歷史的重要見證。此外,教授還向我們轉交了一份訪問學者證書,這是他為南方醫(yī)科大學順德醫(yī)院沈泳芝醫(yī)生簽發(fā)的,沈醫(yī)生于去年在該科室進行了為期六個月的訪學。今年11月,Pfeiffer教授將應邀訪問中國,參加2025第五屆中歐醫(yī)院管理學科建設人才培養(yǎng)全球論壇,并主持醫(yī)院管理環(huán)節(jié),分享他長期管理大學醫(yī)院的經(jīng)驗。會談持續(xù)一個半小時。會談最后,教授親自帶我們登上眼科大樓天臺,俯瞰整個美因茨大學醫(yī)院與這座城市天朗氣清,遠處的法蘭克福高樓依稀可見。教授表示,在德國城市核心區(qū)保留如此規(guī)模的醫(yī)療建筑群殊為不易。這次拜訪,不只是一次學術交流,更是一次站在歷史、現(xiàn)實與未來交匯點上的深度對話。
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.