China,
Beijing
Liu Xianzeng
Neurologist
31 years of experience
• Leading neurologist • Doctor of Medical Sciences • Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas, Harvard University and Dartmouth College • Has extensive clinical experience in preoperative assessment of resistant epilepsy, localization of epileptic foci and neurophysiological monitoring of various surgical operations • Introduced the use of propofol for the Wada test in China, applied cortical electrical stimulation and high-frequency oscillations to localize epileptic foci, greatly improving the safety and efficiency of operations • Author of more than 50 scientific articles, of which about 30 in international journals • The Journal of Neuroscience in December 2003 featured the doctor on the cover as the author of a scientific article on the discovery of the mechanisms of memory impairment in epilepsy at the cellular level • Lectured at the Department of Neurology, State University of New York College of Medicine, Brooklyn and the Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles • Multiple recipient of a special grant for epilepsy research in the United States, a laureate of funding from the National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and the research and development funds of Peking University Hospital • Lead author and co-author of several monographs: “Epilepsy Surgery” (2006), “Clinical Guidelines for Epilepsy” (2006), “Aphasia” (2006), “Clinical Diagnostic Guidelines: Section on Epilepsy” (2007), “Modern Clinical Electroencephalography” (2009), “Treatment of Epilepsy” (2010), “Guidelines for the Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System” (2010), “Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring” (2014) • Member of the Epilepsy and Electroencephalography Group of the Chinese Neurological Society • Chairman of the Neurophysiological Monitoring Group of the Chinese Neurosurgical Society • Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee on Neurophysiological Monitoring during Surgeries, Chinese Medical Association • Vice Chairman of the Neurophysiology Group of the Peripheral Neurological Committee • Vice Chairman of the Clinical Neurophysiological Committee of the China Association of Research Hospitals • Chairman of the Management Committee of the Epilepsy Care Foundation of China Primary Health Care Foundation • Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Epilepsy Care Foundation of the Chinese Medical Association • Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Epilepsy Association • Permanent member of the Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology Division of the Chinese Epilepsy Association • Vice Chairman of the Committee on Syncope and Sudden Death, Chinese Society of Hypertension • Vice Chairman of the Neurosurgical Committee of the Beijing Medical Association • Member of the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring • Representative of the Asian region of the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Specializes in diagnostics and treatment of: • epilepsy in children • epilepsy in adults • movement disorders • sleep disorders • neuralgia