About Academician Jiang Jiyao
Academician Jiang Jiyao (江基尧) is a Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and one of the most celebrated figures in the history of neurosurgery and traumatic brain injury (TBI) research in China. Based at the Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University (Second Military Medical University), Academician Jiang is internationally recognized as China's foremost authority on traumatic brain injury — its pathophysiology, clinical management, and rehabilitation — and as the scientist and clinician whose decades of research and clinical leadership transformed the understanding and treatment of TBI across China and contributed to the global TBI research community.
Traumatic brain injury is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and its optimal management — from the acute resuscitation and surgical phase through intensive care, rehabilitation, and long-term recovery — requires a level of neurosurgical and neurointensive care expertise that is available at only a small number of specialized centers. Academician Jiang's career has been defined by a commitment to improving TBI outcomes through rigorous clinical research, the development and dissemination of evidence-based TBI management guidelines, the training of neurosurgeons and neurointensivists across China, and the building of a world-class TBI program at Changhai Hospital that has served as a national reference center for severe TBI management for decades.
Academician Jiang's research contributions to TBI science are foundational. His studies on the pathophysiology of secondary brain injury — including the roles of intracranial hypertension, cerebral perfusion pressure, excitotoxicity, and neuroinflammation in determining outcomes after TBI — have shaped the international understanding of TBI pathophysiology and informed the development of evidence-based management protocols that are now standard of care in China and internationally. His clinical research on intracranial pressure monitoring, decompressive craniectomy, hypothermia therapy, and neuroprotective strategies in severe TBI has been published in leading international neurosurgery and critical care journals and has directly influenced international TBI management guidelines.
While Academician Jiang has largely transitioned from active surgical practice, his legacy is embodied in the world-class neurosurgery and TBI program at Changhai Hospital, and consultations arranged through CMCS connect international patients with the program he built and the institutional expertise he created over four decades of dedicated work.
Hospital Affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital
Changhai Hospital (长海医霂), affiliated with Naval Medical University, is one of Shanghai's largest and most prestigious academic medical centers. Its Department of Neurosurgery — shaped by Academician Jiang Jiyao's leadership — is a high-volume, multidisciplinary neurosurgical program with particular national recognition in traumatic brain injury, brain tumor surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, and functional neurosurgery. The department is equipped with intraoperative MRI and CT, neuronavigation, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, fluorescence-guided surgery, and a dedicated neuroangiography suite for endovascular intervention. Its neurointensive care unit — one of the most experienced TBI ICUs in China — provides 24-hour specialist neurosurgical and neurointensive care coverage with continuous intracranial pressure monitoring, multimodal neuromonitoring, and the full range of TBI-specific critical care interventions.
The department's TBI research program — built on Academician Jiang's foundational work — maintains active collaborations with TBI research centers across China and internationally, and participates in national and international clinical trials of novel neuroprotective and neurorecovery strategies. Its rehabilitation program provides comprehensive post-acute TBI rehabilitation integrating neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neuropsychology, speech therapy, and occupational therapy for patients recovering from severe TBI.
The Jiang Jiyao Legacy: What It Means for International Patients
- Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) — acute neurosurgical management of severe TBI including emergency craniotomy for epidural and subdural hematoma, intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation, and depressed skull fracture repair; decompressive craniectomy for refractory intracranial hypertension; intracranial pressure monitoring and multimodal neuromonitoring; neurointensive care management including cerebral perfusion pressure optimization, osmotherapy, and temperature management; the department's unmatched experience in severe TBI management — built on Academician Jiang's foundational research — is a particular institutional strength
- Moderate TBI and TBI complications — management of moderate TBI with neurological deterioration; surgical management of delayed traumatic intracranial hematoma; management of post-traumatic hydrocephalus including VP shunt placement; cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy; management of post-traumatic epilepsy
- Brain tumor surgery — microsurgical resection of gliomas, meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, pituitary adenomas, and brain metastases; awake craniotomy for tumors in eloquent brain regions; fluorescence-guided surgery for high-grade gliomas; endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas; coordination with neuro-oncology and radiation oncology for adjuvant treatment
- Cerebrovascular surgery — microsurgical clipping of intracranial aneurysms; surgical resection of cerebral AVMs and cavernous malformations; EC-IC bypass for moyamoya disease; coordination with the neurointerventional team for endovascular coiling and flow diversion
- Functional neurosurgery — microvascular decompression (MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm; deep brain stimulation (DBS) coordination for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor; stereotactic radiosurgery coordination for brain tumors and AVMs
- TBI rehabilitation and recovery — comprehensive post-acute TBI rehabilitation program integrating physical medicine and rehabilitation, neuropsychology, speech therapy, and occupational therapy; management of disorders of consciousness after severe TBI including vegetative state and minimally conscious state; coordination with neurology for post-TBI epilepsy management and cognitive rehabilitation
- Expert second opinion on TBI and neurosurgical management — review of neuroimaging, operative records, and clinical course for patients with TBI or other neurosurgical conditions seeking a second opinion on management strategy, surgical indication, or rehabilitation planning; written English-language second opinion reports available through CMCS
Academic Legacy & Global Recognition
Academician Jiang Jiyao's scientific legacy is among the most celebrated in the history of Chinese neurosurgery and critical care medicine. He has authored and co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications in Chinese and international journals, with landmark contributions to Journal of Neurotrauma, Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Lancet Neurology. His research on TBI pathophysiology, intracranial pressure management, decompressive craniectomy, and neuroprotective strategies has been cited thousands of times and has directly shaped international TBI management guidelines including those of the Brain Trauma Foundation.
Academician Jiang has served as President of the Chinese Neurosurgical Society and has received virtually every major honor in Chinese and international neurosurgery and critical care medicine. His election to the Chinese Academy of Engineering reflects the transformative impact of his research and clinical leadership on the management of traumatic brain injury in China. He has trained more than 150 neurosurgery fellows and residents who now lead programs across China and internationally, and his intellectual legacy is embodied in the Changhai Hospital neurosurgery and TBI program — now one of China's foremost neurosurgical centers.
Why International Patients Come to Changhai Hospital's Neurosurgery Program
For international patients with traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease, or other neurosurgical conditions, Changhai Hospital's neurosurgery department — shaped by Academician Jiang Jiyao's four decades of leadership — offers a combination of clinical experience, surgical expertise, neurointensive care capability, and translational research integration that places it among the leading neurosurgical programs in China.
The department's particular strengths — its unmatched experience in severe TBI management, its comprehensive brain tumor surgery program with intraoperative MRI and awake craniotomy capability, its integrated open and endovascular cerebrovascular surgery program, and its comprehensive post-acute TBI rehabilitation program — make it an especially valuable resource for patients with complex neurosurgical conditions requiring the full spectrum of neurosurgical and neurointensive care expertise. Treatment costs at Changhai Hospital are substantially lower than equivalent care in Western healthcare systems, and access to specialist consultation is typically achievable within days through CMCS.
What to Expect at Your Consultation
Consultations at Changhai Hospital's neurosurgery department arranged through CMCS begin with a comprehensive review of all prior neuroimaging — including CT brain, MRI brain with and without contrast, CT or MR angiography, and functional MRI where available — prior operative reports, neurophysiological study results, rehabilitation records, and the patient's neurological history and current functional status. CMCS will arrange certified translation of all medical records and imaging reports in advance of the consultation. The consulting neurosurgeon will assess the neurosurgical pathology, evaluate surgical indication and approach, outline the recommended treatment strategy, and coordinate multidisciplinary input from neuro-oncology, neuroradiology, and rehabilitation medicine where appropriate. A written English-language consultation summary is provided after every appointment, and CMCS will facilitate direct communication between Changhai Hospital's neurosurgery team and the patient's home physicians for continuity of care.
Book a Consultation Through CMCS
China Medical Concierge Shanghai (CMCS) provides comprehensive end-to-end support for international patients seeking neurosurgical consultation at Changhai Hospital — the program shaped by Academician Jiang Jiyao's leadership. Our services include priority consultation scheduling, certified medical record and neuroimaging report translation, coordination of additional neuroimaging or investigations, on-site interpretation, surgical logistics and hospital admission coordination, and written English-language reporting of all findings and recommendations.
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