Liyang Tang, MD

Liyang Tang, MD, is an otolaryngologist at Keck Medicine of USC, who specializes in head and neck cancer surgery, including microvascular reconstruction, thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

Dr. Tang is fellowship trained in head and neck oncologic and endocrine surgery. She earned her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. During her residency at Los Angeles General, formerly known as Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, she served as chief resident and received honors for her teaching.

Her research interests primarily focus on managing thyroid cancers that have spread to the lymph nodes in the neck and improving outcomes after thyroid and complex reconstructive surgeries.

Away from work, Dr. Tang enjoys reading, drawing and rock climbing.

• The effects of psychosocial determinants on post-operative complications of head and neck free flap patients Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 Mar-Apr; 44(2):103721. . View in PubMed
• Open Bedside Tracheostomy: Safe and Cost Saving but Underutilized Nationally Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 02; 168(2):188-195. . View in PubMed
• Jehovah’s witness head and neck free flap reconstruction patient outcomes Am J Otolaryngol. 2023 Jan-Feb; 44(1):103681. . View in PubMed
• Tracheostomy Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients in a Low Resource Setting Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2022 Nov; 131(11):1217-1223. . View in PubMed
• Risk Factors for Plate Extrusion After Mandibular Reconstruction With Vascularized Free Flap J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 08; 79(8):1760-1768. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infections by race in the United States: An association with sexual behavior Oral Dis. 2020 Jul; 26(5):930-940. . View in PubMed
• Nasal Polyps, Multifocal Laryngeal Masses, and Subglottic Stenosis in a Middle-aged Man JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 03 01; 146(3):302-303. . View in PubMed
• Submental flap practice patterns and perceived outcomes: A survey of 212 AHNS surgeons Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Jan – Feb; 41(1):102291. . View in PubMed
• A Practical Mathematic Method to Predict and Manage Hypocalcemia After Parathyroidectomy and Thyroidectomy Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2020 Jan; 129(1):70-77. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and predictors of postoperative thiamine deficiency after vertical sleeve gastrectomy Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 07; 14(7):943-950. . View in PubMed

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