Dr. Wenlin Wang is the pioneer of chest wall surgery as a distinct specialty, the chairman of the China Chest Wall Surgery Alliance, and the founder and president of the Institute of Chest Wall Surgery (ICWS).

Dr. Wenlin Wang is a leading figure in the field of chest wall surgery, having been the first in the world to propose this specialty in 2008. After ten years of dedicated effort, on May 9, 2018, he established the world’s first independent department of chest wall surgery, distinctly separating it from thoracic or cardiothoracic surgery. On February 9, 2023, Dr. Wang founded ICWS, the world’s first hospital specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of various chest wall deformities and disorders.

With over a decade of clinical experience, Dr. Wang has performed more than 10,000 chest wall surgeries, holding the global record for the highest number of chest wall operations. His department is nationally recognized as a leading center for chest wall surgery. Meanwhile, Dr. Wang has identified and named multiple chest wall deformities, including grooved chest, saddle chest, Wenlin chest, etc., and has developed effective surgical techniques such as the Wang procedure, Wung procedure, Wenlin procedure, and Willine procedure. Notably, the Wang procedure has received official recognition from China’s National Health Commission as a new surgical treatment for pectus excavatum.

In his long-term clinical practice, Dr. Wang led his team in achieving multiple world records. He successfully performed the first simultaneous surgery for double lung transplantation combined with complex chest wall deformities and the first simultaneous surgery for asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia alongside congenital heart disease. Meanwhile, he has performed the world's oldest recorded surgical cases of pectus excavatum (age 61), pectus carinatum (age 56), and asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (age 36), as well as the youngest documented Wang procedure for pectus excavatum (1 month old).

Additionally, Dr. Wang has developed original surgical techniques for special deformities such as asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia, straight back syndrome, barrel chest, costal arch deformity, saddle chest, flat pectus carinatum, and secondary chest wall deformities. He is recognized as the only surgeon in the world capable of performing surgeries for conditions like straight back syndrome, barrel chest, costal arch deformity, and saddle chest.