Zhen Wang, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

415-476-3767

Zhen Jane Wang, MD received her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, and her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at UCSF in 2007, serving as a Chief Resident from 2006-2007. Dr. Wang subsequently completed a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at UCSF. She joined the UCSF faculty in 2008.

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Dr Wang is currently the Associate Director for the T32 Clinician Scientist Training Program, and the Associate Chair for Strategic Planning in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Wang’s research interests primarily focus on identification of novel imaging techniques and their development into practical and clinically useful diagnostic tools. Her research program includes hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to assess renal tumor aggressiveness and diffuse renal disease (nephropathy), as well as quantitative imaging in pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Wang has been invited to lecture on various topics in Abdominal Imaging at various radiology societies, including the Society of Abdominal Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, as well as internationally at the Asian-Oceanian Congress of Radiology, International Education Conference Program in Mexico, and the Brazilian Congress of Radiology.

Clinical Expertise: Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Abdominal Imaging, Oncological Imaging, Adult

Research Interests: -Hyperpolarized C13 for characterization of renal tumors and nephropathy -Imaging of pancreatic cancer

Education and Training:

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Medical Center
  • Internship: University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Medical Imaging
  • Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Medical Imaging, Abdominal Imaging

Awards

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  • Distinguished Investigator Award, Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, 2019
  • Roscoe E. Miller Best Paper Award, Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2018
  • Fellow of Society of Abdominal Radiology, Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2014
  • Morton Bosniak Research Award, Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2013
  • Second Place, Basic Science Category, Young Professionals Committee, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2013
  • RSNA Scholar Award, Radiological Society of North America, 2010-2012
  • Berdon Award. Awarded for the best basic science paper published in Pediatric Radiology, 2009
  • Co-recipient: Cum Laude Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography / Magnetic Resonance, 2008
  • Member-in-Training Award. Awarded for outstanding scientific abstract at RSNA annual meeting, American Association for Women Radiologists, 2007
  • Excellence in Design Award. Poster Presentation. 2007 RSNA annual meeting, Radiological Society of North America, 2007
  • RSNA Fellow Research Award, Radiological Society of North America, 2007
  • RSNA Trainee Research Prize. Awarded for the best trainee genitourinary scientific paper, Radiological Society of North America, 2007
  • Margulis Society Resident Research Award, UCSF Department of Radiology, 2007
  • Chief Resident, Department of Radiology, UCSF Medical Center, 2006-2007
  • Member-in-Training Award for outstanding scientific abstract at annual meeting, American Association for Women Radiologists, 2006
  • Resident in Radiology President’s Award. Awarded for the best scientific paper, American Roentgen Ray Society, 2006
  • RSNA Roentgen Resident / Fellow Research Award, Radiological Society of North America, 2005
  • RSNA Trainee Research Prize. Awarded for the best trainee genitourinary scientific paper, Radiological Society of North America, 2005
  • RSNA Introduction to Research Program Stipend, Radiological Society of North America, 2004
  • Certificate of Merit. Poster Presentation. RSNA annual meeting, Radiological Society of North America, 2002
  • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society, 2001
  • Research Award and HHMI continued fellowship., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2000-2002
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Scholar, HHMI Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1999-2000
  • The Endocrine Society Student Fellowship Award, 1999
  • Northwestern Medical Student Research Fellowship Award, Northwestern University Medical School, 1998
  • Sigma Xi National Science Honor Society, 1996
  • Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, 1996
  • Sloan Fellowship for science education, Brown University, 1995

Education & Training

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  • M.D. School of Medicine Northwestern University 2002

Interests

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  • Oncological imaging
  • Molecular imaging
  • Hyperpolarized C13 for characterization of renal tumor and nephropathy
  • Imaging of pancreatic cancer

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (136)

Top publication keywords:
Intestinal DiseasesKidney NeoplasmsContrast MediaIohexolDehydroascorbic AcidKidneyCarbon IsotopesMagnetic Resonance ImagingLiving DonorsCarcinoma, Renal CellCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCarbon-13 Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyTomography, X-Ray ComputedPancreatic NeoplasmsRadiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection

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