Dr. Seung Heon Yang Consultant Spine Neurosurgeon
Years of Experience : 15
Nationality : South Korea
Languages Known : English, Korean
Biography
Dr. Yang is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of spinal diseases. His clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of spinal disorders. He earned his medical degree from Seoul National University College of Medicine, the most prestigious medical institution in Korea, where he also obtained a master’s degree and completed Ph.D coursework.
He completed his internship and residency in neurosurgery at Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), the nation’s leading tertiary referral center, and became a board-certified neurosurgeon in 2010. Following three years of military service as a neurosurgeon in the Korean Armed Forces, he returned to SNUH, where he completed a two-year fellowship in spinal neurosurgery and subsequently began his career as a spine surgeon.
Over the past decade, including two-year international assignment at Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital in the UAE, Dr. Yang worked as clinical assistant/associate professor and treated a broad range of spinal conditions—such as degenerative spinal disease, spinal trauma, adult deformity, spinal tumor, vascular and infective spinal disease—and has performed more than 1,300 major surgeries. He has also contributed to several clinical research and authored chapters in a few textbooks.
Most recently, Dr. Yang has worked at a specialized spine hospital, with a particular focus on minimally invasive endoscopic procedures for the treatment of degenerative spinal conditions such as herniated discs and lumbar spinal stenosis.
Expertise
- Degenerative Spinal disease
– Spinal stenosis
– Disk herniation
– Degenerative scoliosis
– Failed back surgery syndrome - Spinal Trauma
- Adult Spinal Deformity
- Primary/Metastatic Spinal Tumor
- Spinal Vascular Disease
- Spinal Endoscopic Surgery
Research & Publications
- Yang SH, Kim YH, Kim JW, Park CK, Park SH, Jung HW. Methylation Status of the O6-Methylguanine-Deoxyribonucleic Acid Methyltransferase Gene Promoter in World Health Organization Grade III Gliomas. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2009 Oct;46(4):385-8
- Yang SH, Kim CH, Chung CK, Park SB, Sohn S, Lee S. Bone fusion rate in the thoracic and lumbar spine after laminoplasty with laminar screws. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Oct 15;39(22):E1325-30.
- Baek J, Yang SH, Kim CH, Chung CK, Choi Y, Heo JH, Park SB, Hwang SH, Jung JM, Kim KT. Postoperative Longitudinal Outcomes in Patients with Residual Disc Fragments after Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy. Pain Physician. 2018 Jul;21(4):E457-E466
- Yang SH, Kim CH, Lee CH, Ko YS, Won Y, Chung CK. C7 Fracture as a Complication of C7 Dome-Like Laminectomy : Impact on Clinical and Radiological Outcomes and Evaluation of the Risk Factors. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2021 Jul;64(4):575-584
- Surgery of Spinal Cord Tumors Based on Anatomy. Springer. 2021
- Neurotrauma, 4th edition (Korean textbook), 2019.
Blogs
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