On September 8th, 2015, at the invitation of the National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease, Professor Robert C. Albright and Qi Qian, all together 5 experts from Mayo Clinic and professor Christopher S. Wilcox, from Georgetown University, have visited the center and conducted academic activities.

 Accomplished by the academician Fanfan Hou and other experts, foreign experts showed great interest to the National Center, State Key Laboratory for Organ Failure Research and Blood Purification Center of the Renal Division and inpatients wards. Professor Yanhong Yu, President of the Southern Medical University, made a short speech to welcome all the experts and also send some commemorative gifts on behalf of the school, wishing long-term cooperative with them. Hong Lu, the vice president of the hospital and other leads form the hospital have attended the meeting. After the welcoming ceremony, Professor Fanfan Hou introduced the history and recent research progress of the center during these years. Experts from both sides exchanged their ideas and experience in the harmonious atmosphere. Foreign experts highly praised the center and showed their willingness to cooperate in the near future.   

Mayo Clinic is one of the world renowned Clinics with international influence which stands for high-end medical levels. It ranked the first in the ranking system of best American hospitals issued in 2014. Professor Christopher S. Wilcox is an internationally famous hypertension and renal expert. After the exchanges, foreign experts would attend the Research Advances in Kidney Disease & Nephrology Academic Annual Meeting (2015) of Guangdong Medical Association and exchanges ideas and thoughts with experts from nationwide. 
All these academic activities have offered great opportunity for further cooperation in the future.