Spinal Dysraphic Malformations: Science and Surgery - Volume 47

Widely acclaimed internationally for his pioneering work on disorders of the paediatric spine especially in the field of spinal dysraphism and other congenital malformations, Dachling Pang is Professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery at the University of California, Davis, and was conferred an Adjunct Professorship from the Nanjing Medical University, China, an Honorary Professorship from Sun Yat-Sen University, China, and Visiting Professorship from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also an honorary member of the Neurosurgical Society of Hong Kong. He has been an invited speaker on over 410 occasions to many countries, and was also guest surgeon in many places including Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou in China, Taiwan, South Africa, and Thailand.

With research interests encompassing neuroembryology, paediatric spinal injuries, spinal cord congenital malformations, embryology and bony malformations of the craniovertebral junction, intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, and neuroendocrinology, he has been the principle recipient of a National Institute of Health RO-1 Grant on intraventricular haemorrhage in a canine model, and a Centre Project Grant from the University of Pittsburgh on the induction of precocious puberty using a non-invasive balloon in the third ventricle in a primate model. His published list includes over 200 refereed articles and chapters, many of which are landmark publications.

Kyu-Chang Wang graduated in Medicine at the Seoul National University, where he completed his internship and his residency in neurosurgery in 1984. In 1987, he became a member of the faculty of the Department of Neurosurgery in the College of Medicine at SNU.

From 1990 to 1992, Kyu-Chang Wang worked as a research fellow under the guidance of Dr. David G. McLone at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He observed clinical activities in pediatric neurosurgery and when he returned toKorea, in 1993, he started a spina bifida clinic and collaborated in clinical and laboratory activities. From 2004 to 2008, Kyu-Chang Wang was the Dean of the Seoul National University College of Medicine. In 2012-2013 he was the president of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and currently is President of the Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery and of the National Academy of Medicine of Korea. His main interest in pediatric neurosurgery are congenital anomaly, moyamoya disease, rhizotomy for spasticity. He currently is part-time faculty member of the Center for Rare Cancers, Neurosurgery, National Cancer Center and Professor Emeritus, SNU College of Medicine & SNU Children's Hospital. He authored 417 journal publications and 26 book chapter.

在國際上廣受讚譽的Dachling Pang教授，以其在小兒脊椎疾病，特別是脊椎發育不良及其他先天性畸形領域的開創性研究而聞名。他是加州大學戴維斯分校的小兒神經外科教授，並獲得中國南京醫科大學的兼任教授、孫中山大學的榮譽教授以及南非開普敦大學的訪問教授。他也是香港神經外科學會的榮譽會員。他曾在超過410次的場合受邀演講，並在包括香港、新加坡、印度、北京、南京、廣州、台灣、南非和泰國等地擔任客座外科醫生。

他的研究興趣涵蓋神經胚胎學、小兒脊椎損傷、脊髓先天性畸形、顱椎交界的胚胎學及骨畸形、術中神經生理監測和神經內分泌學。他是美國國立衛生研究院（National Institute of Health）RO-1計畫的主要受益者，該計畫針對犬模型的腦室內出血進行研究，並獲得匹茲堡大學的中心項目資助，研究使用非侵入性氣球在靈長類動物模型中誘導早熟。他的發表作品包括超過200篇經審核的文章和章節，其中許多是具有里程碑意義的出版物。

Kyu-Chang Wang於首爾國立大學獲得醫學學位，並於1984年完成實習和神經外科住院醫師訓練。1987年，他成為首爾國立大學醫學院神經外科系的教職員。

從1990年到1992年，Kyu-Chang Wang在芝加哥的兒童紀念醫院擔任研究員，指導教授為David G. McLone博士。他觀察了小兒神經外科的臨床活動，並於1993年回到韓國後，創立了脊柱裂診所，並參與臨床和實驗室活動。2004年至2008年，Kyu-Chang Wang擔任首爾國立大學醫學院院長。2012年至2013年，他是國際小兒神經外科學會的會長，目前擔任亞洲-澳大拉西亞小兒神經外科學會及韓國國家醫學院的會長。他在小兒神經外科的主要研究興趣包括先天性畸形、 moyamoya病及痙攣的根部切斷術。他目前是國家癌症中心罕見癌症中心的兼任教職員，並擔任首爾國立大學醫學院及首爾國立大學兒童醫院的名譽教授。他已發表417篇期刊文章和26章書籍章節。