Louise L Wang, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
950 Campbell Ave
West Haven, CT 06516
West Haven, CT 06516
Office: (203) 932-5711 x5491
Education:
B.A. (Economics and Biology, Minors in Mathematics and Chemistry )
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
M.D. (Medicine, Scholarly Concentration in Health Services and Policy Research)
Stanford School of Medicine, 2016.
Permanent linkB.A. (Economics and Biology, Minors in Mathematics and Chemistry )
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
M.D. (Medicine, Scholarly Concentration in Health Services and Policy Research)
Stanford School of Medicine, 2016.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Wang is a staff gastroenterologist within the VA Connecticut Healthcare system. She will also be an attending physician within the GI Cancer Genetics & Prevention Program at the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New Haven Health.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Digestive Diseases at Yale School of Medicine and Staff Gastroenterologist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare system. Her research program is centered on early detection of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Wang’s overarching goal is to improve on tradition cancer risk prediction by integrating classic epidemiological approaches with human genetics and genomics. Her research focuses on the development and validation of large cohort populations from multiple electronic health record databases linked with biorepositories, identification of high-risk individuals for pancreatic cancer, and discovery of the genetic diversity of pancreatic cancer across multi-ancestry populations.She is currently funded through a 5-year Veterans Affairs Career Development Award -2. Her work has been recognized with the Frank Brooks Research Award (Penn, 2022), Stanley Bradley Award for Clinical Research (Penn, 2018), and the Student Abstract of the Year (American Gastroenterological Association, 2018).
Dr. Wang completed her medical degree at Stanford School of Medicine and her internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship (T32 in clinical epidemiology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Selected Publications
Wang L, Scott FI, Boursi B, Reiss KA, Williams S, Glick H, Yang YX.: Cost-Effectiveness of a Risk-Tailored Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection Strategy Among Patients With New-Onset Diabetes. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 20(9): 1997-2004, September 2022.Wang L, Domcheck S, Kochman M, Katona B. : Reaching beyond family history as inclusion criteria for pancreatic cancer surveillance in high-risk populations. Genes & Cancer August 2022 Notes: This has been published online first.
Khan N, Wang L, Trivedi C, Pernes T, Patel M, Xie D, Yang YX.: Efficacy of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 20(7): 1570-1578, July 2022.
Wang L, Desai H, Verma SS, Le A, Hausler R, Verma A, Judy R, Doucette A, Gabriel PE; Regeneron Genetics Center, Nathanson KL, Damrauer SM, Mowery DL, Ritchie MD, Kember RL, Maxwell KN.: Performance of polygenic risk scores for cancer prediction in a racially diverse academic biobank. Genet Med 24(3): 601-609, March 2022.
Ebrahimzadeh JE, Long JM, Wang L, Nathanson JT, Siddique SM, Rustgi AK, Goldberg DS, Katona BW.: Associations of sociodemographic and clinical factors with gastrointestinal cancer risk assessment appointment completion. J Genet Couns 29(4): 616-624, August 2020.
Wang L, Mannalithara A, Singh G, Ladabaum U.: Low Rates of Gastrointestinal and Non-Gastrointestinal Complications for Screening or Surveillance Colonoscopies in a Population-Based Study. Gastroenterology. (eds.). 154(3): 540-555, February 2018.
Le T, Bhushan V, Chen V, King M, eds. : Gastrointestinal and Pulmonary Chapters. First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK. 9th ed. McGraw- Hill Education, 9, December 2015 Notes: I served as an editor for the gastroenterology and pulmonary chapters.
Wang L, Haberland C, Thurm C, Bhattacharya J, Park KT.: Health outcomes in US children with abdominal pain at major emergency departments associated with race and socioeconomic status. PLoS One 10: e0132758, Aug 2015.
Austin DR, Luan A, Wang LL, Bhattacharya J.: Small increases to employer premiums could shift millions of people to the exchanges and add billions to federal outlays. Health Aff (Millwood) 32(9): 1531-7, September 2013.
Park KT, Tsai R, Wang L, Khavari N, Bachrach L, Bass D.: Cost-effectiveness of universal serologic screening to prevent nontraumatic hip and vertebral fractures in patients with celiac disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 11(6): 645-53, June 2013.