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Department of Neurosurgery

Staffed with China’s best neurosurgery specialists, Puhua Hospital provides Asia’s top level neurosurgical service. Our 90 top global level medical professionals, divided into 9 major groups, perform brain operations on well over 4,200 patients. Our patients are given the option to choose the neurosurgeon for their own medical and surgical procedures.

Puhua Hospital is the only hospital in China where Neurologists, Neurosurgeons and Rehabilitative Therapists are housed in one facility, allowing for immediate, on-site, consultation among the medical professionals and the shaping of individualized medical treatment programs. This allows us to provide our patients an integrated, one-stop solution which not only enhances the effectiveness of the treatment, but also saves time and money.

Subspecialty Divisions

Treatment is provided through our specialty centers, each focusing on specific diseases and techniques. Collaboration among centers provides us the ability to offer the most effective surgical and nonsurgical treatment of neurological problems anywhere. Currently, our subspecialty Divisions include:

  • Brain tumors
  • Pediatric neurosurgical
  • Cerebrovascular Surgery
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Spinal Surgery
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Gamma Knife research and treatment
  • Trauma of Brain/Spine
  • Brain Stem Surgery

Services

The Department of Neurosurgery offers a complete range of services for patients with diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nervous system and involves more than just brain surgery.

Neurosurgery

Surgery is usually the first step in treating most benign and many malignant tumors, Brain/Spine trauma and AVM aneurysm.

Radiation Therapy

The goal of radiation therapy is to cure brain tumors, or, when brain tumors can’t be cured, to slow their growth or shrink them. We also provide Gamma Knife treatment, which is preferred treatment to some small brain tumors and AVMs.

Chemotherapy

“Chemotherapy” is the use of drugs to treat cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are often used to treat malignant or higher grade tumors, but may also be used to treat low grade and benign brain tumors. Since we have closer cooperationship with top pharmaceutical research institutes, we can provide most advanced chemical therapy to our patients.

Emergency service(SOS)

Since the Internatiionl Medical team of Puhua Hospital provide optimal service to international patients from the world, A lot of International Insurance and Assistance like International SOS, MondiaL Assistance,Emergency Japan Beijing have built long term co-operation relationship with Puhua hospital .

Doctors

Name: Dr. Wang Zhongcheng

Medical school: Beijing Medical College (Beijing Medical University at present) in 1950

Qualifications:

Academic Rank: Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; chief member of Neurosurgery, Chinese Medical Association; head of institute of neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; , honorary chief of Beijing Tiantan hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; member of neurosurgery specialist group of World Health Organization (WHO), member of International Association for the Study of Brain, and honorary member of American and Japanese Association of Neurosurgery.

Special Clinical Training:

Special Clinical Interests: brain stem tumor, brain aneurysm, cerebral vascular malformation, intraspinal tumor.

As one of the introducers of neurosurgery in China, Dr. Wang Zhongcheng has made distinguished contributions to the clinical practice, teaching, and scientific research of neurosurgery. Especially in the field of brain stem tumor, brain aneurysm, cerebral vascular malformation, intraspinal tumor, microneurosurgery, neural interventional therapy, and neuroimaging, he has created five world’s-first. Firstly, he is the only person in the world who has performed more than 10,000 neurosurgeries. Secondly, he is the most experienced specialist in neurosurgery, who has done the most surgeries for cerebral vascular malformation in the world. Thirdly, he was one of the specialists in neurosurgery, who had successfully performed more than 1000 cerebral aneurysm operations as early as ten years ago. In 1985, he successfully excised a giant aneurysm of 9cm in diameter, which is still the only one in the world. Fourthly, during the recent 10 years, he has conducted more than 524 surgeries on the brain stem, with an operative mortality of less than 1%, being in the first place in the world. Fifthly, he has completed 290 excisions of intraspinal tumor, with no death or paralysis, being in the leading position in the world.

Facilities

International first-class operating rooms and ICU facilities

As the first German Draeger CARE-AREA clinical practice based in China, Beijing Tiantan Puhua Hospital is equipped with an on-site neurosurgical operating room that is includes Leica Surgical Microscopes and Aesculap surgical precision devices.

A family style hospital environment

The Hospital’s overall structure and interior decoration were designed by a renowned hospital designer with our patients’ convenience in mind.

The best Gamma knife treatment center in Asia

The Beijing Gamma Knife Treatment Center is a joint venture with the Beijing Neurosurgical Institute. The center is under the direct leadersip of Dr. Wang Zhong Cheng, the world-famous neurosurgeon and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.