Best Surgical treatment of epilepsy pediatric neurosurgeons in China: TOP 2 doctors

LING ZHI PEI

 About:

Chief physician, professor and doctoral supervisor of functional neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery. He took the lead in the country to carry out Deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment for Parkinson's disease, carried out the first stereotactic electroencephalogram (SEEG) epilepsy localization, successfully realized the clinical application of brain pacemaker remote program control technology, and completed the world's first remote surgical treatment with a brain pacemaker based on 5G communication. Successfully completed the first MRgFUS treatment on the brain in China, realizing the clinical application of MRgFUS treatment in treating tremors. Ling Zhi Pei is the deputy director of the Brain Function Research Committee of the Chinese Association of Research Hospitals and the deputy director of the Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Branch of the Beijing Medical Association. Won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award.

 Areas of focus:

Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, dystonia, essential tremor, functional neurosurgery, stereotactic techniques, surgical treatment of dystonia and epilepsy, neuromodulation treatment of Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, surgical treatment Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, dystonia, epilepsy and elderly diseases.

• 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