Nancy Wang

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Director Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Hospital , (2002– present )
• Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital , (2001– present )
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Hospital , (2001– present )
• Course director - International Health, Stanford University , (2000– 2003 )
• Course director - Sophomore seminar, Stanford University , (2001– 2003 )
• Faculty Advisor: Student - initiated courses in IH, Stanford University , (2004– 2005 )

Honors and Awards

• Career Development Award (K23), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2007-2012)
• Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Career Development Award, Emergency Medicine Foundation (2006-2007)
• Clinical Teaching Award, Stanford Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program (2005)
• Pediatric Health Disparity Research and Advocacy Fellowship, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital (2004-2006)
• Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, Kellogg Foundation (1997-2000)
• Harry S. Truman Scholar, Harry S. Truman Foundation (1983-1990)
• Physician Scholar in International health, Johnson and Johnson (2003)
• Teaching Fellowship Scholarship, Robert J Doherty Foundation (1999-2000)
• Foreign Language Area Studies Scholarship (FLAS), US Department of Education (1990)
• RRI Emergency Medicine Fellow - international emergency medicine projects, George Washington University (1995)

Professional Education

• Fellowship, Oakland Children's Hospital Pediatric Emergency Medicine (1999)
• Residency, Stanford Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine (1997)
• MD, Stanford Medical School Medicine (1993)
• BA, Harvard University East Asian Studies (1986)

Community & International Work

• Children's Safety Center, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital More »
• Child Family Health International More »
• Disparities in pediatric trauma care, Stanford Hospital More »
• Family Resource Desk, Stanford Hospital More »

Research Interests

Dr. Nancy Ewen Wang has strong interest and dedication to, community health, education, and researching disparities in pediatric emergency care, both internationally and in California. Currently Dr. Wang serves as Associate Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Among her teaching endeavors, she has served as course director of the population health curriculum at the Stanford School of Medicine, which emphasizes population health and community collaboration. In conjunction with Child Health International, she has initiated an advanced pediatric life support curriculum in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Outside the scope of the medical school, Dr. Wang is active in undergraduate education. She has served as course director of the Human Biology undergraduate course “International Public Health”, as well a the sophomore seminar which focuses on teaching students about the social and economic aspects of international health. She is presently working with the undergraduate student group, Family Resource Desk, which provides information about community resources to patients and their families in the Emergency Department. In addition, Dr. Wang has worked extensively with medical and non-medical students as academic advisor. Dr. Wang is also founding member and serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organization, International Medical Options, that serves to increase educational opportunities and resources for health professionals working internationally. Internationally, Dr. Wang has worked extensively in Latin America in countries such as Mexico, Guatemala and Bolivia as a practicing physician as well as medical educator for Latin American medical students, residents and physicians. Dr. Wang has a strong interest in decreasing health outcome disparities in the pediatric emergency medicine population. Her current research includes investigating disparities in trauma access in the California pediatric population.

Publications

• Variability in pediatric utilization of trauma facilities in California: 1999-2005. Wang NE,  Saynina O, Kuntz-Duriseti K, Mahlow P, Wise P..  Accepted to Annals Emergency Medicine, May 2008.. 
• Integrating collaborative population health projects into a medical student curriculum at Stanford. Chamberlain LJ,  Wang NE, Ho ET, Banchoff AW, Braddock CH, Gesundheit N.  Acad Med.  2008; 83 (4): 338-44
• Variability in pediatric utilization of trauma facilities in California: 1999 to 2005. Wang NE,  Saynina O, Kuntz-Duriseti K, Mahlow P, Wise PH.  Ann Emerg Med.  2008; 52 (6): 607-15
• Trauma center utilization for children in California 1998-2004: trends and areas for further analysis. Wang NE,  Chan J, Mahlow P, Wise PH.  Acad Emerg Med.  2007; 14 (4): 309-15
• Characteristics of pediatric patients at risk of poor emergency department aftercare. Wang NE,  Kiernan M, Golzari M, Gisondi MA.  Acad Emerg Med.  2006; 13 (8): 840-7
• Socioeconomic disparities are negatively associated with pediatric emergency department aftercare compliance. Wang NE,  Gisondi MA, Golzari M, van der Vlugt TM, Tuuli M.  Acad Emerg Med.  2003; 10 (11): 1278-84