Steven J. Wang, MD
Biography
Dr. Wang is Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arizona. He is a surgeon with clinical expertise in head and neck cancer surgery. Dr. Wang graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his Otolaryngology residency at UCLA, followed by a Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan. Previously, Dr. Wang was Professor of Otolaryngology at UCSF where he established the transoral robotic surgery program. In 2019, he will chair the Skin Cancer and Melanoma section of the American Head and Neck Society.
Cancer Focus
Dr. Wang has expertise leading clinical and translational research studies of head and neck cancers, including HPV-related head and neck cancer, transoral robotic surgery, and quality of life outcomes after head and neck cancer treatment. He was PI of a multi-year VA-funded grant to study the role of CD44 receptors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. At UCSF, Dr. Wang was the principal investigator of an NIH-funded prospective study of the role of HPV in head and neck cancer. He is currently the Head and Neck Cancer Disease Team Leader at the UACC.
Selected Publications
Liu, M., S. J. Wang, X. Yang, and H. Peng, "Diagnostic Efficacy of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis of 66 Studies.", PLoS One, vol. 12, issue 1, pp. e0170322, 2017. PMCID: PMC5249063 PMID: 28107500
Wang, S. J., S. Asthana, A. van Zante, C. M. Heaton, J. Phuchareon, L. Stein, S. Higuchi, T. Kishimoto, C. Y. Chiu, A. B. Olshen, et al., "Establishment and characterization of an oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell line from a never-smoking patient.", Oral Oncol, vol. 69, pp. 1-10, 2017 06. PMCID: PMC5479323 PMID: 28559012
Fakhry, C., W. H. Westra, S. J. Wang, A. van Zante, Y. Zhang, E. Rettig, L. X. Yin, W. R. Ryan, P. K. Ha, A. Wentz, et al., "The prognostic role of sex, race, and human papillomavirus in oropharyngeal and nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell cancer.", Cancer, vol. 123, issue 9, pp. 1566-1575, 2017 05 01. PMCID: PMC5788020 PMID: 28241096
D'Souza, G., W. H. Westra, S. J. Wang, A. van Zante, A. Wentz, N. Kluz, E. Rettig, W. R. Ryan, P. K. Ha, H. Kang, et al., "Differences in the Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancers by Sex, Race, Anatomic Tumor Site, and HPV Detection Method.", JAMA Oncol, 2016 Dec 08. PMID: 27930766
Faden, D. L., S. T. Arron, C. M. Heaton, J. DeRisi, A. P. South, and S. J. Wang, "Targeted next-generation sequencing of TP53 in oral tongue carcinoma from non-smokers.", J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, vol. 45, issue 1, pp. 47, 2016 Sep 17. PMCID: PMC5027093 PMID: 27640185