Following completion of his residency in Radiation Medicine, Dr Wang would like to pursue a career in academic medicine continuing to do research into medical informatics, health services, including outcomes research.

Resident year: PGY 4 (3rd year in Radiation Medicine); completed Internal Medicine residency at Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA (2004)

Extramural Funding: National Library of Medicine Fellowship

Dept: Radiation Medicine

Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California

Graduate and Medical School: MD/PhD from Stanford University in 1996. His PhD is in Informations Systems & Human Imaging.

Fellowship: Harvard/MIT Health Sciences & Technology program in Medical Informatics, Boston, MA (1999)

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (2004)

Publications:

• Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A. Multiple-readout selective inversion recovery angiography. Magn Reson Med 1991; 17(1):244-251.

• Wang SJ, Hu BS, Macovski A, Nishimura DG. Coronary angiography using fast selective inversion recovery. Magn Reson Med 1991; 18(2):417-423.

• Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A. Fast angiography using selective inversion recovery. Magn Reson Med 1992; 23(1):109-121. 

• Pauly JM, Hu BS, Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A.A three-dimensional spin-echo or inversion pulse. Magn Reson Med 1993; 29(1):2-6.

• Nishimura DG, Hu BS, Meyer CH, Sachs TS, Brittain J, Wang SJ, Irarrazaval P, Macovski A. Techniques for Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Coronary Arteries. In Higgins CB: Current and Future Applications of Magnetic Resonance in Cardiovascular Disease. 1st ed. San Francisco, Futura Publishing; 1998, p.371-380.

• Wang SJ, Schaffer JL. Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record System in the Partners Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Harvard Orthopaedic Journal 2000; 2.

• Wang SJ, Ohno-Machado L, Fraser HS, Kennedy RL. Using patient-reportable clinical history factors to predict myocardial infarction. Comput Biol Med 2001; 31(1):1-13.

• Bates DW, Kuperman GJ, Wang S, Gandhi T, Kittler A, Volk L, Spurr C, Khorasani R, Tanasijevic M, Middleton B. Ten commandments for effective clinical decision support: making the practice of evidence-based medicine a reality. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2003; 10(6):523-530.

• Murff HJ, Gandhi TK, Karson AK, Mort EA, Poon EG, Wang SJ, Fairchild DG, Bates DW. Primary care physician attitudes concerning follow-up of abnormal test results and ambulatory decision support systems. Int J Med Inform 2003; 71(2-3):137-149.

• Poon EG, Wang SJ, Gandhi TK, Bates DW, Kuperman GJ. Design and implementation of a comprehensive outpatient Results Manager. J Biomed Inform 2003; 36(1-2):80-91.

• Wang SJ, Middleton B, Prosser LA, Bardon CG, Spurr CD, Carchidi PJ, Kittler AF, Goldszer RC, Fairchild DG, Sussman AJ, Kuperman GJ, Bates DW. A cost-benefit analysis of electronic medical records in primary care. Am J Med 2003; 114(5):397-403.

• Wang SJ, Bates DW, Chueh HC, Karson AS, Maviglia SM, Greim JA, Frost JP, Kuperman GJ. Automated coded ambulatory problem lists: evaluation of a vocabulary and a data entry tool. Int J Med Inform 2003; 72(1-3):17-28.

Conference Presentations

• Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A, Hu BS. Slab Scan Angiography. Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, p.9, 1989;

• Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A. Multiple-Readout Selective Inversion Recovery. Radiological Society of North America, p.412, 1989;

• Wang SJ, Nishimura DG, Macovski A. Fast Angiography Using Multiple Phase-Encode Selective Inversion Recovery. Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1990;

• Wang SJ, Hu BS, Macovski A, Nishimura DG. Coronary Angiography Using Fast Selective Inversion Recovery. Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 1991;

• Wang SJ, Hu BS, Macovski A, Nishimura DG. Improved Coronary Angiography Using Fast Selective Inversion Recovery. Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1991;

• Wang SJ, Sachs TS, Li K, Macovski A, Nishimura DG. Selective Inversion Recovery MR Angiography with Real-Time Motion Detection. Radiological Society of North America, 1995; Ohno-Machado L, Wang SJ, Mar P, Boxwala AA. Decision support for clinical trial eligibility determination in breast cancer. Proc AMIA Symp 1999:340-344.

• Wang SJ, Ohno-Machado L, Mar P, Boxwala AA, Greenes RA. Enhancing Arden Syntax for Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria. Proc AMIA Symp, p.1055, 1999; Washington, D.C.

• Wang SJ, Kuperman GJ, Ohno-Machado L, Onderdonk A, Sandige H, Bates DW. Using electronic data to predict the probability of true bacteremia from positive blood cultures. Proc AMIA Symp 2000:893-897.

• Wang SJ, Kuperman GJ, Ohno-Machado L, Onderdonk A, Sandige H, Bates DW. Predicting the Probability of True Bacteremia in patients with Positive Blood Cultures. CLMA Annual Conference, 2000; Anaheim, CA.

• Wang SJ, Kuperman GJ, Turetsky M, Galperin I, Bates DW. User-Definable Medication Favorites for an Outpatient Electronic Medical Record System. Proc AMIA Symp, p.1055, 2001; Washington, D.C.

• Spurr CD, Wang SJ, Kuperman GJ, Flammini S, Galperin I, Bates DW. Confirming and Delivering the Benefits of an Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record for an Integrated Delivery System. Toward an Electronic Patient Record, 2001; Boston, MA.

• Murff H, Gandhi TK, Karson AS, Mort EA, Poon EG, Wang SJ, Fairchild DG, and Bates DW. Primary Care Physician Satisfaction with Tracking Abnormal Results and Attitudes Concerning Clinical Decision Support Systems. J Gen Intern Med 2002; 17(S1):204.

• Maviglia SM, Martin MT, Wang SJ, Burk KE, Chang FY, Markson L, Bonis P, and Kuperman GJ. Usage of UpToDate at an Academic Medical Center. J Gen Intern Med 2002; 17(S1):204.

• Poon EG, Wang SJ, Gandhi TK, Kiernan DP, Murff HJ, Rothschild JM, Bates DW, Kuperman GJ. A Comprehensive Outpatient Results Manager with Decision Support: Design Considerations and Architecture. Proc AMIA Symp, 2002; San Antonio, TX.

• Murff HJ, Gandhi TK, Karson AS, Mort EA, Poon EG, Wang SJ, Fairchild DG, Bates DW, Kuperman GJ. Primary Care Physicians' Satisfaction with their Methods for Tracking Abnormal Results and their Attitudes Concerning Clinical Decision Support Systems. Proc AMIA Symp, 2002;

• Middleton B, Wang SJ, Blumenfeld BH, Wald JS, Rose AF. Practical Issues in Knowledge Engineering for Usable Clinical Information Systems: Delighters for Designers. Proc AMIA Symp, 2002; San Antonio, TX.

• Blumenfeld BH, Wang SJ, Greim JA, Kuperman GJ. The Potential Economic Impact of Ambulatory Physician Order Entry at a Large Integrated Delivery Network. Proc AMIA Symp, 2002; San Antonio, TX.

• Parton C, Wang SJ, Middleton B. Knowledge management: evaluating the organizational requirements and culture for an emerging technology. Proc AMIA Symp 2002:597-601.

• Wang SJ, Blumenfeld BH, Roche SE, Greim JA, Burk KE, Gandhi TK, Bates DW, Kuperman GJ. End of visit: design considerations for an ambulatory order entry module. Proc AMIA Symp 2002:864-868.

• Wang SJ, Lytle N, Fuss M. A Preliminary Analysis of Patients with Brain Metastases Treated with Tomotherapeutic Intensity Modulated Radiosurgery. 13th Annual San Antonio Cancer Institute Research Symposium, p.44-5, 2004; San Antonio, TX.

• Wang SJ, Thomas CR. A cost-effectiveness analysis of androgen suppression plus radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. ASCO Prostate Symposium, 2005; Orlando, FL.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Breast Cancer Patients. American Society of Breast Diseases, 29th Annual Symposium, 2005; Las Vegas, NV.

• Wang SJ, Lytle N, Bechert CJ, Salter BJ, Fuss M. Intensity-modulated radiosurgery for patients with brain metastases: an outcomes analysis. AACR Annual Meeting, 2005; Anaheim, CA.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients. American Radium Society, 87th Annual Meeting, 2005; Barcelona, Spain.

• Luh JY, Wang SJ, Thomas CR. A Graphic Retrospective Analysis of 31 Dosing Schemes Investigating Optimal Modulation of Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in Advanced Colorectal Cancer. American Radium Society, 87th Annual Meeting, 2005; Barcelona, Spain.

• Wang SJ, Thomas CR. Cost effectiveness of androgen suppression plus radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. ASCO Annual Meeting, 2005; Orlando, FL.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Patients with Rectal Cancer. Digestive Diseases Week, 2005; Chicago, IL.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients. Amgen Young Investigators Research Forum, 2005; Houston, TX.

• Luh JY, Wang SJ, Thomas CR. A Graphic Retrospective Analysis of 31 Dosing Schemes Investigating Optimal Modulation of Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in Advanced Colorectal Cancer. Amgen Young Investigators Research Symposium, 2005; Houston, TX.

• Wang SJ, Joyner MM, Kachnic LA, Thomas CR. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy Following Surgery for Gastric Adenocarcinoma. ASTRO 47th Annual Meeting, 2005; Denver, CO.

• Fuller CD, Wang SJ, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma Treated With Radiotherapy: Analysis from the SEER Database. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 47th Annual Meeting, 2005; Denver, CO.

• Wang SJ, Mita M, Luh JY, Miller A, Papadopoulos K, Thomas CR. Peri-Rectal Pain and Constipation in a Female with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma-A Case Report of a Blumer's Shelf Metastasis. 99th Annual Scientific Assembly of the Southern Medical Association, 2005; San Antonio, TX.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Fuller CD, Thomas CR. Impact of ethnicity on conditional survival of breast cancer patients: analysis from the SEER database. 28th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2005; San Antonio, TX.

• Wang SJ, Fuller CD, Luh JY, Hundahl S, Karpeh MS, Thomas CR. An Analysis from the SEER Database of Conditional Survival for Gastric Adenocarcinoma. 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 2006; San Francisco, CA.

• Wang SJ, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Prostate Cancer Patients. ASCO Prostate Symposium, 2006; San Francisco, CA.

• Wang SJ, Fuller CD, Luh JY, Thomas CR. Conditional Survival of Patients with Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A SEER Database Analysis. Society of Surgical Oncology, 2006; San Diego, CA.