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Institute of Epilepsy

Guoming Luan

Guoming Luan
Prof. Guoming Luan is the President of No.11 Medical College of the Capital Medical University. He achieved the Medical Degree in 1982 and studied under the guidance of Zhongcheng Wang, considered to be the founder of modern neurosurgery in China, at the Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing culminating in a PH.D in 1989. He gained professional research experience for two years in the University of California, Los Angels, USA (UCLA). Afterwards he devotes himself to clinical and research work about Functional Neurosurgery and focuses on the therapy of Epilepsy. In 2002, he created a technique, which is to use bipolar electrocoagulation to burn superficial cortex when treating refractory epilepsy. The latter was approved by the President of International Functional Neurosurgery later that year. This unique technique has now been adopted worldwide.
Prof. Luan is currently acting editor and sub-editor for more than 9 medical journals including 'Journal of the INS', 'The Chinese Journal of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery' and 'The Chinese Journal of Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery'. He has published more than 100 articles both in national and international journals. He is the ‘Editor in Chief’ of 8 books and has been published in over 10 National and Government led scientific publications. Furthermore, he has worked on 10 national, civic and ministry scientific research programs. He is the President of Chinese Neuromodulation Society, a Vice-chairman of China Association Against Epilepsy and the Secretary-General of Asian Epilepsy Surgery Congress, the Chief of Beijing Key Lab on Epilepsy and the Director of Epilepsy Institution of Beijing Significant Brain Disease School and the Director of Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders Epilepsy Center.

Main Research Field:

Epilepsy, Parkinson, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Cerebral Palsy ect. Founctional diseases, and the localization and surgery for tumor and focus in functional zone.