Dr. Yide Zhou (Visiting Specialist)

Dr. Yide Zhou, M.D. Ph. D., is a professor and graduate supervisor. He previously served as a chief physician in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of the Former Second Military Medical University (Shanghai Changhai Hospital).

Dr. Zhou earned his medical doctorate from the Second Military Medical University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Ear Center of the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is also a registered visiting scholar at the House Ear Institute, University of Southern California. With 35 years of clinical experience in a top-tier tertiary hospital. Dr. Zhou is skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases, and he has successfully diagnosed and treated numerous complicated and critical cases. He has accumulated extensive successful surgical experience, particularly in ear microsurgery, nasal endoscopic minimally invasive surgery, and laryngeal endoscopic minimally invasive surgery, as well as comprehensive expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of ear internal medicine conditions.

• Specialties:

1. Ear microsurgery for the treatment of various external, middle, and inner ear diseases;
2. Management of hearing loss and cochlear implantation;
3. Minimally invasive surgical interventions for intractable vertigo and facial paralysis;
4. Endoscopic minimally invasive interventional surgeries for the ear, nose, and throat;
5. Minimally invasive surgery for snoring disorders (OSAHS).

• Clinical Experience:

1. Ear Microsurgery:

√Over 4,000 independent cases, including:

√Various types of otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation (tympanoplasty, artificial ossicle hearing reconstruction, external auditory canal reconstruction, etc.);

√Middle ear cholesteatoma (primary mastoidectomy + hearing reconstruction);

√Cochlear implantation for severe hearing loss;

√Facial paralysis (facial nerve decompression, nerve grafting and anastomosis, etc.);

√Intractable vertigo (endolymphatic sac decompression, semicircular canal occlusion, etc.).

2. Nasal Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery:

Over 3,000 cases, including:

√Functional endoscopic sinus surgery for various types of rhinitis and sinusitis;

√Treatment of nasal bleeding and adenoid hypertrophy resection;

√Resection of nasopharyngeal lesions, etc.

3. Laryngeal Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery:

Over 2,500 cases, including:

√Resection of vocal cord polyps or nodules under electronic laryngoscope intervention;

√Removal of foreign bodies in the lower pharynx;

√Laser resection of laryngeal lesions under laryngeal endoscope support, etc.

4. Otolaryngology:

Diagnosed and treated tens of thousands of patients with various types of hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus, possessing comprehensive and unique. Dr. Zhou was among the earliest in China to conduct research and clinical application of a regimen primarily based on local intralabyrinthine drug delivery for the treatment of various types of hearing loss (sudden sensorineural hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss, presbycusis, etc.), various vertigo syndromes (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Meniere's disease, vestibular neuronitis, etc.), and intractable tinnitus, achieving significant therapeutic effects. His related clinical research was among the earliest published in international SCI journals in China.