Tao Wang, MD Chief Neurosurgeon, Professor Associate Director Cerebrovascular Disease Center The Third Affiliated Hospital Peking University Beijing, China Visiting Professor Sydney University Westmead Hospital Australia Vice Chairman of the High Risk Population Management Branch of Chinese Stroke Society Vice Chairman of the Ischemic Stroke Surgery Branch of the Stroke Expert Committee of National Health Commission Vice Chairman of the Brain and Vascular Branch of Chinese Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia Society Standing Committee Member and Director-General of the Cerebrovascular Disease Branch of Chinese Geriatrics Association Standing Committee Member of the Expert Committee on Stroke Prevention and Treatment of National Health Commission Member of the Cerebrovascular Surgery Branch of the Chinese Stroke Society Vice Chairman of the Special Committee on Cerebrovascular Disease of the Beijing Society of Neurology Executive Director of the Intervention Specialist Branch of the Beijing Physicians Association Executive Director of the Beijing Institute of Neurology One of the leading experts in China on the surgical treatment and basic researches of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases, especially complex and high-risk carotid artery stenosis. Published more than 50 papers. Awarded "Excellent Young Expert in China" by National Health Commission of China in 2015.