Wang Zhongcheng | |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1925 |
Birth Place: | Yantai, Shandong, China |
Death Place: | Beijing, China |
Specialism: | Neurosurgery |
Education: | Peiping Medical College |
Work Institutions: | General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Beijing Tongren Hospital Xuanwu Hospital Beijing Neurosurgical Institute Beijing Tiantan Hospital Institute for Clinical Neuroscience, Tsinghua University |
Wang Zhongcheng (; December 20, 1925 – September 30, 2012) was a Chinese surgeon, and author of many literature which greatly popularized cerebral angiography and microneurosurgery techniques in mainland China.[1] [2]
Wang was a native of Yantai.[3] He began as a general surgeon, but soon turned to neurosurgery. He served as President of Xuwu Hospital, Director of the Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and President of Beijing Tiantan Hospital. He performed more than 10,000 operations over his career.[4]
He was selected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994, and was awarded the Highest Science and Technology Award of 2008.