Bio
Dr. Nancy Ewen Wang is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. She was Associate Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine for more than 20 years. Her career has been committed to serving vulnerable populations as well as decreasing health disparities locally as well as globally. She founded the Stanford section in Social Emergency Medicine, a field which uses the perspective of the Emergency Department (ED) to identify patient social needs which contribute to disease and to develop solutions to decrease health disparities. As such, she directed the Social Emergency Medicine fellowship and was medical director for a student-run group which screened ED patients for social needs (Stanford Health Advocates and Research in the ED (SHAR(ED)). She has worked clinically and educated trainees and faculty globally, including at sites in Chiapas, Mexico; Borneo Indonesia and Galapagos, Ecuador. Her current research and advocacy includes investigating disparities in specialty care access and quality, including trauma and mental health. Dr. Wang also works with community organizations to understand best models to provide wraparound social and medical services for immigrant children, for which she has received Stanford Impact Labs; Center for Innovation in Global Health and Office of Community Engagement grants. She is Faculty Director of the Health Equity Education MD/Masters Program at the Stanford School of Medicine. In 2026, she was honored to receive the Stanford Medicine Alumni Association RISE (Reach, Inspire, Serve and Engage) award (https://med.stanford.edu/alumni/events/rise-award.html) Dr. Wang completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at Stanford and then a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship between LPCH and Children's Oakland.
