Jacob Weng

Areas of Specialty

• Expertise in diagnosing and treating common neurological conditions (e.g., headaches, dizziness, insomnia, cerebrovascular diseases, anxiety, and depression);
• Diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease);
• Management of neuroimmunological diseases and rare neurological diseases (e.g., myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders);

Education Background

• 2008-2010, Master of Medicine (Neurology), Wuhan University (supervised by renowned neurologist Prof. Zuneng Lu);
• 2013-2016, PhD in Medicine (Neurology), Wuhan University (supervised by renowned neurologist Prof. Zuneng Lu);
• 2022-2024, Visiting Scholar, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Canada (supervised by Dr. Jack P. Antel, President of the International Society for Neuroimmunology)

Working Experience

• Dr. Weng has nearly 20 years of clinical experience. Formerly practiced in the Department of Neurology at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (a National Key Clinical Specialty and a national flagship unit for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine).

Academic Achievement

•  Published over 40 academic papers, including more than 20 SCI-indexed papers (some in top international journals like Brain and Brain Communications);
• Co-authored the large clinical reference book Clinical Symptomatology of Neurological Disorders (Bilingual English-Chinese Edition);
• Received one second prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Hubei Province;
• Obtained 1 National Invention Patent

Honors, Awards and Professional Memberships

• Committee Member, Neurology Branch of China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Healthcare;
• Board Member, Wuhan EEG and Neuroelectrophysiology Association;
• Member of the China Neuroscience Society;
• Peer Reviewer for international journals including Neural Regeneration Research