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Faculty Detail    
Name THOMAS N. WANG
  
Campus Address FOT 1153
Phone  (20-5) -553
E-mail  tomwang@uab.edu
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Education
Undergraduate  Brown University    1987  B.A. Biology 
Medical School  Temple University School of Medicine    1991  MD 
Residency  Drexel University College of Medicine    1999  General Surgery 
Graduate  Drexel University College of Medicine    1999  PhD 
Fellowship  University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center    2001  Surgical Oncology 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Surgery   Surgery - Gen Surg Oncology Section Professor

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Thomas Wang, M.D., PhD joined the UAB Department of Surgery Division of Surgical Oncology in 2007. Dr. Wang is a prolific author and researcher with over 6 book chapters and numerous publications. He presents his clinical and research findings on a national level. He is a committed medical educator serving as the Co-Director of the Surgical Oncology Conference—training both Residents and Medical Students. In 2014, he received the Argus Award which recognized his excellence in post-doctoral teaching for Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Wang’s clinical interests include thyroid and parathyroid diseases, adrenal neoplasms, pancreatic and hepatobiliary tumors, gastrointestinal malignancies, melanoma and soft tissue sarcomas.



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Molecularly targeted therapies for melanoma
Description
Thyroid and parathyroid diseases, adrenal neoplasms, pancreatic and hepatobiliary tumors, gastrointestinal malignancies, melanoma and soft tissue sarcomas.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Bittner JG 4th, Wilson M, Shah MB, Albo D, Feig BW, Wang TN.Fibroblast-conditioned media promote human sarcoma cell invasion. Surgery. 2009Jan;145(1):42-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.07.016. Epub 2008 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 19081474  19081474 
Tuttle RM, Ball DW, Byrd D, Daniels GH, Dilawari RA, Doherty GM, Duh QY, Ehya H, Farrar WB, Haddad RI, Kandeel F, Kloos RT, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, Loree TR,Lydiatt WM, McCaffrey J, Olson JA Jr, Parks L, Ridge JA, Shah JP, Sherman SI,Sturgeon C, Waguespack SG, Wang TN, Wirth LJ; National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Medullary carcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 May;8(5):512-30.
PubMed PMID: 20495082 		 20495082 
Tuttle RM, Haddad RI, Ball DW, Byrd D, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Haymart M,Hoh C, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, Lydiatt WM, McCaffreyJ, Moley JF, Parks L, Raeburn CD, Ridge JA, Ringel MD, Scheri RP, Shah JP,Sherman SI, Sturgeon C, Waguespack SG, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Hoffmann KG, Hughes M.Thyroid carcinoma, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014
Dec;12(12):1671-80; quiz 1680. PubMed PMID: 25505208 		 25505208 
 

Keywords
Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Surgery, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreas, Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, Stomach, Esophagus, Gastrointestinal, Melanoma, Sarcoma, Breast