Education and Work Experience: He obtained his master’s degree in Neurology in 1987 and doctoral degree in Neurology in 1995 from Sun Yat-sen Medical University. He has been engaged in clinical practice, teaching and research in the Department of Neurology at The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for more than 20 years.
Medical Expertise: He is proficient in the diagnostic principles and management of common, critical and many rare neurological disorders. His main research focuses on inherited neurological diseases and neuromuscular diseases, and he specializes in their diagnosis and treatment, mainly including:
- Hereditary diseases manifesting as movement disorders: Wilson’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxia, paroxysmal dyskinesia, hereditary spastic paraplegia, dystonia, etc.;
- Neuromuscular diseases: motor neuron disease and metabolic myopathies;
- Prion diseases such as CJD and FFI.
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