Thomas Wang, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator)

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Overview

Dr. Thomas Wang is a board certified gastroenterologist and advanced endoscopist who specializes in complex diseases of the liver, pancreas and bile duct. In addition, he treats patients with pre-malignant conditions within the gastrointestinal tract. He performs advanced endoscopy procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic management of severe pancreatitis (e.g. necrosis) and strictures, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for removal of large gastrointestinal polyps, and advanced ablation and resection therapies for Barrett’s esophagus.

Dr. Wang received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and his fellowship in advanced endoscopy at Rush University in Chicago.

Dr. Wang appreciates the daily challenge of solving complex medical issues and values the privilege of being able to help patients in their time of need. He believes the foundation of excellent care lies in building trust and maintaining open communication with patients – ensuring all patients are fully informed and empowered in their treatment decisions.

His research interests include developing novel tools for early-stage diagnosis of pancreatic cancer as well as innovative endoscopic ultrasound strategies for diagnosing and treating advanced liver disease (i.e. endohepatology). He has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals on a wide variety of topics in advanced endoscopy, including Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Surgical Endoscopy, and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Awards

  • Rush University Medical Center: Fellow Mentorship Award, 2025
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Research Award, 2023
     – 2025
  • American College of Gastroenterology: Outstanding Presenter Award (2), 2018
     – 2022
  • American College of Gastroenterology: Presidential Poster Award (4), 2018
     – 2022
  • Digestive Disease Weekly: Poster with Distinction (2), 2018
     – 2020
  • American College of Gastroenterology: Most Innovative and Impactful Abstracts, 2018
  • Washington University in St. Louis: Summa Cum Laude, 2014

Education and Training

  • Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO — BA — Biology
  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA — MD — Medicine
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA — Internal Medicine
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA — Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy
  • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL — Advanced Endoscopy

Research Keywords

  • Endoscopic ultrasound
  • EUS
  • ERCP
  • EMR
  • Barrett's esophagus
  • Endohepatology
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Advanced endoscopy
  • Interventional Endoscopy

Publications

  • Transcriptional Dysregulation Underlies Both Monogenic Arrhythmia Syndrome and Common Modifiers of Cardiac Repolarization. Circulation. 2023 03 07; 147(10):824-840.. View in PubMed
  • Flexible fiber cholangioscope for detection of near-infrared fluorescence. VideoGIE. 2023 Mar; 8(3):110-112.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of Vitamin D3 Versus Placebo on Cardiac Structure and Function: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 11; 11(21):e025008.. View in PubMed
  • Plasma metabolomic signatures of obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 11; 30(11):2294-2306.. View in PubMed
  • Deep-Learning-Based Real-Time and Automatic Target-to-Background Ratio Calculation in Fluorescence Endoscopy for Cancer Detection and Localization. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Aug 23; 12(9).. View in PubMed
  • Whole Genome Association Study of the Plasma Metabolome Identifies Metabolites Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease in Black Individuals. Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 22; 13(1):4923.. View in PubMed
  • Genetic Architecture of Plasma Alpha-Aminoadipic Acid Reveals a Relationship With High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 06 07; 11(11):e024388.. View in PubMed
  • Detection of Barrett’s neoplasia with a near-infrared fluorescent heterodimeric peptide. Endoscopy. 2022 12; 54(12):1198-1204.. View in PubMed
  • Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure Risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study. JACC Heart Fail. 2022 04; 10(4):254-262.. View in PubMed
  • Association of polypill therapy with cardiovascular outcomes, mortality, and adherence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 Jul-Aug; 73:48-55.. View in PubMed