Kenneth Wang

Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, United States of America

Kenneth Wang

Academic positions:
- Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Group and Esophageal Neoplasia Clinic
- Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Professor of Medicine
- Chair of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for the University of Washington's Barrett's Esophagus Program

Any industry positions (last five years):
Dr Wang has had grants and contracts from multiple industry sponsors including TAP, Astra-Zeneca, Axcan Pharma, Ethicon Endosurgery, InScope, and BarRx.

Research interests:
Dr. Wang has built his research career on aspects of Barrett's esophagus and early esophageal carcinomas.

Any other information:
- Member of the Progress Review Group in upper GI carcinomas, National Cancer Institute
- Served with the Early Detection Research Network of the National Cancer Institute
- Appointed to the National Commission on Digestive Diseases in the Gastrointestinal Neoplasia section.
- He serves on the Governing Boards of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, International Photodynamic Therapy Association, and The International Society for the Diseases of the Esophagus.

Dr Wang has served on numerous NIH panels that summarize the state-of-the art in Barrett's esophagus and novel imaging techniques of the gastrointestinal tract. A distinct honor for a medical physician has been his participation for the last eight years on the National Science Foundation Biophotonics Review Panel and also his inclusion on the National Science Foundation career awards in bioengineering.

He is Editor in Chief of the journal Diseases of the Esophagus and Associate Editor for the journal 'Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology'.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Esophagus (since 16 November 2005)

Kenneth Wang is a Section Head for Esophagus, part of the GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://ndc.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/wang_kk.cfm