Neurology

Under the leadership and succession of successive department directors Zhou Zhengxin, Zhao Zongyan, Sun Baoshan, Liu Hui, Gao Xuguang, Zhang Jun, and Liu Zunjing, the Department of Neurology of Peking University People’s Hospital currently comprises the Xizhimen Ward, Tongzhou Ward, and Emergency Treatment Area. It is a nationally leading discipline with comprehensive development in medical care, teaching, and scientific research. The Department of Neurology of Peking University People’s Hospital has been awarded the National Clinical Key Specialty Capacity-Building Project, and has been approved as a Neurology Further Study and Training Base under the National Health Commission Capacity-Building and Continuing Education Center. It is also a National Health Commission base for stroke prevention, treatment, and screening; an institution of the China Headache Center and Expert Committee; an institution of the Headache Center and Expert Committee of the China Headache Prevention and Control Base; and an institution of the Advanced Cognitive Center.

The department has 10 subspecialty areas: cerebrovascular disease, neurointervention, headache, cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, neuromuscular diseases and neuropathology, neuroinfection and immunology, rare and difficult-to-diagnose diseases, and sleep disorders. It also provides auxiliary examinations and treatment programs, including electroencephalography, electromyography and evoked potentials, color transcranial Doppler, neuropathology, neuropsychological assessment, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.