Expertise

Spinal Degenerative Disease; Spinal tumor; Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgeries; Endoscopic Spinal Surgeries

Research Interests

Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgeries; Mechanism of Spinal Degenerative Disease

Background

Dr. Wang was born at Shenyang and raised in Tangshan. He attended Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University and obtained his MD and PhD degrees at Capital Medical University. He has had over twenty years of experience working at Beijing Hospital and Xuanwu Hospital as a physician and neurosurgeon. His focus and specialty as a neurosurgeon lies with performing minimally invasive surgeries to treat spine disorders and diseases such as spinal cord tumors, cervical spondylosis, cervical disc herniation, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis and thoracic problems. The excellent and good rates of percutaneous endoscopic discectomy for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation are 94%. Through the years, he has been consistently working on research projects and publishing academic journal articles.

Education

MD, PhD, Capital Medical University

Residencies

Beijing hospital (1998)

Fellowships

Beijing hospital (2001)

Certifications

China Board of Surgery (2003)

Research & Publications

1. Zuowei Wang, Zan Chen, Hao Wu, Treatment of high-iliac-crest L5-S1 lumbar disc herniation via a transverse process endoscopic transforaminal approach. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 

2. Zuowei Wang; Haifeng Wang; Feng Kong; Zan Chen; Hao Wu; Xingwen Wang; Fengzeng Jian，Application of a Microsurgical Space Restrictor in Microsurgical Simulation Training. World Neurosurg. 2020 May 11. 

3. Haifeng Wang，Zuowei Wang*，Letter to the Editor concerning “Indirect foraminal decompression and improvement in the lumbar alignment after percutaneous cement discoplasty” by Laszlo Kiss et al. Eur Spine J; 28(6):1441–1447 

4. Yong Huang, Zuowei Wang, Zan Chen, Hao Wu, Fengzeng Jian. Posterior Hemi-/Laminectomy and Facetectomy Approach for the Treatment of Dumbbell-Shaped Schwannomas in the Subaxial Cervical Spine: A Retrospective Study of 26 Cases. Eur Neurol 2017;78:188–195. 

5. Zuowei Wang, Xingwen Wang, Hao Wu, Zan Chen, Qingguo Yuan, Fengzeng Jian.C2 dumbbell-shaped peripheral nerve sheath tumors: surgical management and relationship with venous structures. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 

6. Zuowei Wang, Xingwen Wang, Fengzeng Jian, Li Chen. Single stage complete resection of giant dumbbell lumbar ganglioneuroma: a case report and review of the literature. Chinese Neurosurgical Journal 2016 2:31. 

7. Zuowei Wang, Xingwen Wang, Fengzeng Jian, Can Zhang, Hao Wu, Zan Chen. The changes of syrinx volume after posterior reduction and fixation of basilar invagination and atlantoaxial dislocation with syringomyelia. European Spine Journal. 

Awards & Honors

Medical Technology Innovation Awards of Peking University (2010)

Medical Technology Innovation Awards of Peking University (2016)

Advanced Individual of Beijing Hospital

Memberships

Chinese Spinal Association (CNSA)

AOSpine International

Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA)

World Association Of Chinese Doctors

Chinese Research Hospital Association (CRHA)

Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine

China Association of Chinese Medicine