Chen Zan
陈赞
Professor & Chief Physician
Areas of Expertise
20+
Years of Experience
1,000+
Career Total
Professional Biography
Dr. Chen Zan is Professor & Chief Physician in Neurosurgery / Spine Surgery at Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing. Chen serves as Director, Neurospinal Center, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University. Clinical expertise includes Atlantoaxial dislocation and basilar invagination, Cervical spondylosis and spinal stenosis, Syringomyelia and Chiari malformation, Spinal cord tumors (schwannoma, meningioma, ependymoma, chordoma). Invented the PFDF technique (posterior facet distraction and fixation) for atlantoaxial dislocation treatment — co-authored consensus guidelines with 40 national experts that changed the surgical standard for this condition. 70+ SCI papers; 60+ core journal papers; 23 patents; 8 spinal microsurgery textbooks co-authored/edited.
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