.jpg)
Professor of Neurosurgery
University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, Canada
A world leader in applying biophotonics to medical procedures, Dr. Yang is a Surgeon-Scientist recruited to the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at Western University in 2022. Dr. Yang is cross-appointed in Medical Imaging for Interventional Neuroradiology, Orthopedic Spine surgery, and Medical Biophysics. He earned a Master’s degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1998 and completed the MD-PhD (Medical Biophysics) program at the University of Toronto in 2006, for which he was recognized by a Governor General’s Gold Medal. He completed Neurosurgery residency program at the University of Toronto with in-folded Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship in 2012, and joined University of Toronto neurosurgery faculty, where he was promoted to full professor in 2021. Dr. Yang completed a combined complex spine fellowship at University of Calgary in 2021. In conjunction with his neurosurgical, spine, and interventional neuroradiology practices, Dr. Yang directs Biophotonics and Bioengineering Lab (BBL) at University Hospital, Western Research Park, and Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Yang has trained more than 38 master and PhD students, 15 post-doctoral fellows, and published over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers with h-index > 57. Dr. Yang's clinical practice focuses on surgical and minimally invasive management of cerebrovascular and spinal disorders with innovative enabling technology.