Shaoliang Wang, MD

Shaoliang Wang, MD (王韶亮)

Director, Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center · Vice Chief Physician, Associate Professor, Doctor of Medicine

Reconstructive plastic surgery · lymphedema surgery · complex wounds

Dr. Shaoliang Wang is Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and the lead physician of this site’s lymphedema content. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at Xinqiao Hospital, affiliated with Army Medical University, and brings more than two decades of tertiary-hospital surgical experience to his practice.

His reconstructive practice covers the problems this site is built around: the assessment and surgical treatment of the swollen limb, complex wound repair, reconstructive flap surgery, and the correction of failed operations from elsewhere. Lymphedema surgery is not a separate specialty at this hospital but part of reconstructive plastic surgery, and it depends on the same judgement: understanding the anatomy, choosing the least invasive option that will work, and being clear with patients about what an operation can and cannot change.

Clinical focus

  • Assessment and surgical management of lymphedema of the arm and leg
  • Complex wound repair and reconstructive flap surgery
  • Scar revision and comprehensive scar management after trauma and burns
  • Surgical removal of skin tumours with margin control and layered reconstruction
  • Repair of failed operations (revision and reconstruction)

Academic roles & achievements

  • Member, Craniofacial Surgery Group, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
  • Deputy Chair, Chongqing Medical Aesthetics & Beauty Committee
  • Standing Committee Member, Chongqing Medical Doctor Association Plastic Surgery Branch
  • Expert Panel, Chongqing Aesthetic Surgery Quality Control Center
  • Developed a new endoscope- and water-jet-assisted technique for removing injected polyacrylamide (Aomingding) breast filler; awarded the Wang Liangneng Cup Military Excellent Scientific Paper Award
  • Principal investigator on an international cooperation sub-project, a Chongqing Natural Science Foundation grant, and a Third Military Medical University technology-transfer project; published 4 SCI papers and holds 8 national invention patents

A hospital-based advantage

Lymphedema surgery is unforgiving of poor support. Microsurgical monitoring, imaging, pathology, immediate access to intravenous antibiotics for a cellulitis, and intensive-care backup all need to be in the same building. Practising inside a tertiary general hospital means that backstop is real, not theoretical.