Dr. Duan Chuanwei

Professor / Chief Physician  
Director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department

☆ One of the leading figures in cerebral palsy and brain disorders in China
☆ Director of the Autism Ward / Academic Leader in Rehabilitation Medicine at Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Hospital
☆ Studied under Professor Li Shuchun, the “Father of Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation in China,” and Professor Bao Xiulan of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
☆ Person in charge of key specialties during the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plan periods under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
☆ Expert of the Key Specialty Expert Group of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
☆ Person in charge of a Henan Provincial Medical Clinical Characteristic Specialty

Areas of Expertise:

Diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases in children, including pediatric brain disorders, cerebral palsy, brain developmental insufficiency, brain developmental delay, intellectual disability, motor disorders, language disorders, autism, muscle tone adjustment, foot varus, foot valgus, talipes equinus, scissor gait, etc.

Biography:

Has been engaged in clinical work for more than 40 years. He studied under Professor Li Shuchun, the “Father of Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation in China,” and Professor Bao Xiulan of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Prevention and Treatment Center he founded was twice consecutively rated as a “Henan Provincial Medical Clinical Characteristic Specialty” in 2002 and 2006, and was designated as a key specialty during the 11th Five-Year Plan period by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2006, he was rated as a municipal top scientific and technological talent by the municipal Party committee and municipal government. He has successively won one Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and one municipal Science and Technology Progress Award. He presided over one provincial scientific research project that won a third prize and two municipal scientific research projects that won second prizes, and participated in six national, provincial, and municipal scientific research projects. He served as chief editor of one medical monograph and published 36 national-level academic papers and 26 medical papers at or above the provincial level.