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Vincent Y. Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurosurgeon

Dr. Vincent Wang is a neurosurgeon who treats brain and spinal disorders, including injuries due to trauma. He specializes in conventional and minimally invasive surgical techniques for spinal disorders such as degenerative conditions, trauma, tumor and infection.

Wang earned a medical degree and doctorate at Baylor College School of Medicine in Houston, Texas and completed a residency in neurological surgery at UCSF. He has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the subject of spinal surgery. Wang is a native of Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese. He is an assistant clinical professor of neurological surgery.

Clinics

Neurosurgery Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-7500
Fax: (415) 353-2939

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

More about Vincent Y. Wang

Additional Languages

Cantonese
Chinese

Education

Baylor College School of Medicine 2004

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Neurological Surgery 2010

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Yang I, Cho JM, Colen CB, Li G, Lim M, Sherman JH, Wang VY. Neurosurgery concepts. Surg Neurol Int. 2011; 2:173.
  2. Wang VY, Chou D, Chin C. Spine and spinal cord emergencies: vascular and infectious causes. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2010 Nov; 20(4):639-50.
  3. Wang VY, Chin CT, Lu DC, Smith JS, Chou D. Free-hand thoracic pedicle screws placed by neurosurgery residents: a CT analysis. Eur Spine J. 2010 May; 19(5):821-7.
  4. Chun KA, Manley GT, Stiver SI, Aiken AH, Phan N, Wang V, Meeker M, Cheng SC, Gean AD, Wintermark M. Interobserver variability in the assessment of CT imaging features of traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2010 Feb; 27(2):325-30.
  5. Chou D, Wang VY, Storm PB. Pedicle subtraction osteotomies for the correction of post-traumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis. J Clin Neurosci. 2010 Jan; 17(1):113-7.
  6. Maricich SM, Xia A, Mathes EL, Wang VY, Oghalai JS, Fritzsch B, Zoghbi HY. Atoh1-lineal neurons are required for hearing and for the survival of neurons in the spiral ganglion and brainstem accessory auditory nuclei. J Neurosci. 2009 Sep 9; 29(36):11123-33.
  7. Chou D, Wang VY, Gupta N. Transpedicular corpectomy with posterior expandable cage placement for L1 burst fracture. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Aug; 16(8):1069-72.
  8. Chou D, Wang VY, Khan AS. Primary dural repair during minimally invasive microdiscectomy using standard operating room instruments. Neurosurgery. 2009 May; 64(5 Suppl 2):356-8; discussion 358-9.
  9. Chou D, Wang V. Two-level en bloc spondylectomy for osteosarcoma at the cervicothoracic junction. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 May; 16(5):698-700.
  10. Lesscher HM, Wallace MJ, Zeng L, Wang V, Deitchman JK, McMahon T, Messing RO, Newton PM. Amygdala protein kinase C epsilon controls alcohol consumption. Genes Brain Behav. 2009 Jul; 8(5):493-9.
  11. Wang V, Chou D. Anterior C1-2 osteochondroma presenting with dysphagia and sleep apnea. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Apr; 16(4):581-2.
  12. Ames CP, Wang VY, Deviren V, Vrionis FD. Posterior transpedicular corpectomy and reconstruction of the axial vertebra for metastatic tumor. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb; 10(2):111-6.
  13. Wang VY, Deviren V, Ames CP. Reconstruction of C-1 lateral mass with titanium mesh cage after resection of an aneurysmal bone cyst of the atlas. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Feb; 10(2):117-21.
  14. Zador Z, Stiver S, Wang V, Manley GT. Role of aquaporin-4 in cerebral edema and stroke. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2009; (190):159-70.
  15. Chou D, Wang VY. Trap-door rib-head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages after transpedicular corpectomy: an alternative to lateral extracavitary and costotransversectomy approaches. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009 Jan; 10(1):40-5.
  16. Lu DC, Wang V, Chou D. The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. Neurosurgery. 2009 Jan; 64(1):122-9; discussion 129-30.
  17. Smith JS, Wang VY, Ames CP. Vertebral column resection for rigid spinal deformity. Neurosurgery. 2008 Sep; 63(3 Suppl):177-82.
  18. Chou D, Lu D, Chi J, Wang V. Rib-head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages in the treatment of metastatic thoracic spine tumors. J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Sep; 15(9):1043-7.
  19. Wang VY, Aryan H, Ames CP. A novel anterior technique for simultaneous single-stage anterior and posterior cervical release for fixed kyphosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Jun; 8(6):594-9.
  20. Maa J, Carter JT, Kirkwood KS, Gosnell JE, Wang V, McDermott MW. Technique for placement of lumboperitoneal catheters using a combined laparoscopic procedure with the Seldinger micropuncture technique. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jul; 207(1):e5-7.

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