CURRICULUM VITAE
Tracy S. Wang MPH, MD
Tracy S. Wang MPH, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Surgery Oncology
Department of Surgery
Division of Surgery Oncology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
8701 Watertown Plank Road |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
Phone: +1 (414) 9551459 |
Fax: 414-955-0197 |
Email: tswang@mcw.edu |
EDUCATION: |
09/1992 - 05/1996 Sc.B. (Magna Cum Laude), Brown University, Providence, RI |
08/1996 - 06/2000 M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY |
07/2005 - 06/2006 Masters in Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, NY |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2000 - 06/2005 Resident, General Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY |
07/2006 - 06/2007 Fellowship, Endocrine Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale – New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT |
07/2010 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Washington D.C. |
11/2010 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Outcomes Research Course, Chicago, IL |
10/2012 - 03/2013 Faculty Leadership Development Program, Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. One of 30 selected MCW faculty members to participate in a 6-day course. |
12/2015 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Austin, TX |
09/2017 Society of University Surgeons Leadership Agility Program, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
2023 - 2024 MCW CAPTAINS (Career Advancement and Professional Training IN Surgery): Department of Surgery professional development program, in conjunction with FOCUS Training, Inc. |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
09/2007 - 06/2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2013 - 06/2018 Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
01/2018 - Present Vice-Chair of Strategic and Professional Development, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2018 - 06/2022 Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2022 - Present Professor (with Tenure), Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2010 - 2021 Program Director, Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2023 - 2025 Service Chief, Endocrine Surgery Service for the General Surgery Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2013 - 2022 Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancer Program |
2013 - 2024 Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
09/2007 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
05/2008 - Present Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI |
06/2008 - Present Children’s Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
11/2010 - Present Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Menomenee Falls, WI |
05/2011 - Present Ascension - St. Francis, Milwaukee, WI |
02/2021 - Present Ascension - Franklin Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
03/2025 - Present Ascension - Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Focused Practice in Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery | 05/2025 | None |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Surgery | 01/29/2008 | 07/01/2028 | |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
New York State License | 08/09/2001 | 12/31/2026 | |
Wisconsin State License | 07/23/2007 | 10/31/2027 | |
Connecticut State License Inactive | None | ||
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1992 - 1996 Thomas J. Watson Scholar |
05/1996 Magna Cum Laude, Brown University, Providence, RI |
11/2006 First place – Case Report Discussions, Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Scientific and Annual Meeting |
04/2007 Clinical Research Award for the Best Presentation of Clinical Research by a Resident/Fellow, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Meeting Tucson, AZ |
2009 - 2013 Top 20 Inpatient Provider, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Based on Patient Satisfaction Surveys (2009 – 2010, 2010 – 2011, 2011 – 2012, 2012 – 2013)
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04/2013 Six Women Who Dare: 6 Daring Women Reveal Where They Find Their Confidence. O, The Oprah Magazine. https://www.oprah.com/spirit/women-with-confidence-daring-role-models/2 |
2013 - Present Best Doctors, M Magazine, Milwaukee, WI (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
2013 - Present Best Doctors in America (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
04/2014 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) MCW – Beta Chapter, Class of 2014
Chosen by the MCW Class of 2014 AOA inductees |
09/2014 Medical College Physicians’ Excellence in Professionalism Award
Awarded to 5 faculty annually that celebrates a commitment to professionalism, compassion, collegialty, mentoring, and community. |
2019 - 2020 American Surgical Association Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant Chosen as the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons recipient for two one-week visits to academic institutions., The grant opportunity is to provide fellows with a shadowing experience of being a surgical leader and the competencies and responsibilities unique to these positions. |
04/2025 Medical College of Wisconsin Excellence in Mentorship Award
One of four inaugural recipients of this award, which recognized faculty mentors who display dedication to supporting and , advancing the career development of other faculty members, staff, and learners. Award reviewed by Faculty Career Development Committee and selected by the Provost. |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2005 - Present Association of Women Surgeons |
2007 - Present Wisconsin Surgical Society |
2008 - Present Association for Academic Surgery |
2009 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons |
2009 - Present Milwaukee Academy of Surgery |
2009 - Present Central Surgical Association |
2010 - Present American Association of Endocrine Surgeons |
2010 - Present Society of Surgical Oncology |
2010 - Present The Endocrine Society |
2011 - Present American Thyroid Association |
2012 - Present Milwaukee Surgical Society |
2012 - Present Society of Asian Academic Surgeons |
2013 - Present Society of University Surgeons |
2016 - Present International Association of Endocrine Surgeons |
2016 - Present Surgical Biology Club II |
2019 - Present Halsted Society |
2019 - Present Society of Clinical Surgery |
2019 - 2023 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists |
2020 - Present American Head and Neck Society |
2021 - Present Society of Black Academic Surgeons |
2021 - Present American Surgical Association |
2022 - Present Latino Surgical Society |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorship |
2018 - 2021 Associate Editor, Clinical Thyroidology |
2020 - Present Associate Editor, American Journal of Surgery |
Editorial Board |
2013 - 2019 Annals of Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Tumor Section |
2015 - Present World Journal of Surgery |
2018 - 2024 Journal of Surgical Research |
2018 - 2021 Gland Surgery |
2019 - 2022 The Oncologist |
07/2022 - 12/2024 JCEM Case Reports |
2022 - 2025 VideoEndocrinology |
2022 - Present Surgery |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
JAMA Surgery |
Journal of Clinical Oncology |
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons |
Journal of Surgical Oncology |
Journal of Surgical Research |
Journal of Thyroid Research |
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology |
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery |
Surgery |
Surgical Endoscopy |
The Oncologist |
The Laryngoscope |
Thyroid |
World Journal of Surgery |
Head and Neck |
Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Annals of Surgical Oncology |
Endocrine-Related Cancer |
Endocrine Practice |
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers, and Prevention (American Association for Cancer Research) |
Cancer |
British Journal of Surgery |
Annals of Surgery |
American Journal of Surgery |
American Journal of Clinical Oncology |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2012 - 2014 Council Member, Wisconsin Surgical Society, Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Surgeons |
2013 - 2016 Member, Membership Advisory Council, Central Surgical Association |
2015 - 2016 Chair, Membership Advisory Council, Central Surgical Association |
2017 - 2019 President, Milwaukee Academy of Surgery |
2018 - 2021 Board of Directors, Milwaukee Surgical Society |
2018 - 2021 Member, CSA Foundation Board of Directors, Central Surgical Association |
2020 Local Arrangements Chair, 77th Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI (meeting canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic), Central Surgical Association |
2020 - 2021 Member, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force, Central Surgical Association |
2021 - 2024 Councilor and Member, Executive Council, Central Surgical Association |
2021 Diversity, Equity and Task Force Liaison to the Program Committee for 2021 Annual Meeting, Central Surgical Association |
2022 Local Arrangements Chair, Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Central Surgical Association |
2023 - Present CSA Governor for the ACS Board of Governors (3-year term), Quality Pillar, Surgical Care Delivery Workgroup, Central Surgical Association |
2025 - 2026 President, Milwaukee Surgical Society |
2025 - Present Treasurer (3-year term), Central Surgical Association |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2011 - 2012 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Representative to the Endocrine Section Council of the American Medical Association |
2011 - 2012 Member, Outcomes Research Committee 2013 - 2016 Member, Leadership Committee |
2012 - 2018 Chair, Fellowship Committee |
2012 - 2018 Member, Fellowship Accreditation Committee |
2013 - Present Ad hoc Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, Endocrinology and Reproduction: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Awards (STTR) |
2013 - 2021 Representative, Medical College of Wisconsin to the Group of Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) |
2014 - 2017 Member, Clinical Affairs Committee 2018 - 2021 Member, Surgical Affairs Committee |
2014 - 2017 Councilor and Member, AAES Executive Council 2015 - 2018 |
2014 - 2016 Member of the multidisciplinary writing group for the AAES Guidelines for Conduct of Parathyroidectomy |
2014 - 2016 co-Chair, Leadership Committee, Executive Council 2015 - 2016 Member, Nominating Committee |
2014 - 2016 Member, Endocrine Expert Panel, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging System, 8th edition |
2014 - 2016 Member, The Cancer Genome Atlas Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma (PCC/PGL) Analysis Working Group |
2014 - 2023 Endocrine Head & Neck Content Expert, Society of Surgical Oncology SCORE committee for SCORE curricula for the Complex General Surgical Oncology and Breast Fellowships. |
2015 - 2021 Representative, Medical College of Wisconsin to the Council of Faculty and Academic Sciences (CFAS) |
2015 - 2017 Member (ad hoc), American College of Surgeons Scientific Forum Committee, Endocrine section |
2015 - 2016 Member, GWIMS Project Development Subcommittee |
2015 - 2018 Secretary-Treasurer (Inaugural) |
2015 - 2017 ACS Surgical Standards Thyroid Working Group 2017 - 2018 Author, SESAP® 17 |
2015 - 2020 Member, American College of Surgeons Clinical Research Program Cancer Care Standards Development Committee |
2017 - 2022 Consultant to the Complex General Surgical Oncology Qualifying Examination Committee |
2017 - 2020 Member, Social and Legislative Issues Committee 2020 - 2023 Chair, Social and Legislative Issues Committee |
2018 - 2022 Member, Focused Practice Designation for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery |
2018 - 2021 Member, Endocrine/Head and Neck Disease Site Workgroup |
2018 - 2020 ACS Surgical Standards Adrenal Working Group |
2018 - 2019 President-Elect |
2018 - 2019 co-Chair, ad hoc Career and Leadership Development Task Force 2018 - 2019 Member, AAES 40th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign Committee |
2018 - 2021 Councilor-at-Large and member of Executive Council |
2019 - 2021 President (term extended one year due to COVID-19) 2019 - present Member, SAAS Foundation |
2019 - 2023 Treasurer (3-term term; extended one year due to COVID-19) 2023 - 2025 Member, AAES Education Readiness Task Force |
2019 - 2021 Executive Council Liaison to EDSW |
2020 - 2021 Speaker and Panelist, Endocrine Surgery University (ESU) |
2020 - Present Member, Cancer Surgery Standards Program (CSSP) Surgical Information Transformation Committee (previously, Content Development Committee) |
2020 - Present Member, Board of Directors (5-year term) |
2020 - Present Institutional Representative for the MCW Department of Surgery |
2020 - 2021 Member, Governance Structure Task Force |
2021 - 2022 Interim co-Secretary-Treasurer, Surgical Biology Club II 2024 - 2025 President |
2021 - 2024 Member, Practice Guidelines and Position Statements Service (renamed the Guidelines Advisory Board), American Head and Neck Society (3-year term) |
2021 - 2024 Member and Society of Asian Academic Surgeons representative to the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force |
2021 - 2024 Member of Executive Council, ex officio |
2022 - Present Member, ATA Guidelines and Statements Committee (3-year term) |
2022 - Present Member, ABS Adult Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation Steering Committee |
2022 - 2025 Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board / SPHERE (Surgical Oncology Pathways to Health Engagement, Representation, & Education Committee) |
2022 - Present Examiner, Complex General Surgery Oncology Certifying Examination (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 annual examinations) |
2022 - Present Member, Audit Committee, The Halsted Society (3-year term, including final year as Chair of the Committee) |
2023 - Present Chair, Endocrine section for SESAP® 19 |
2023 - Present Board of Governors - Specialty Society Governor (for the Central Surgical Assocation) |
2023 - Present Chair, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) committee (3-year term) 2025 - present Member, Presidential Membership Committee Task Force |
2024 - Present Member, Inclusion Excellence and Diversity Committee |
Other organizations |
• Developed and instituted centralized, online application for Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Match |
• Developed guidelines for AAES Accreditation of Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Programs |
• Coordinated accreditation and reaccreditation process for Endocrine Surgery fellowships |
• Collaborated with members of the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery to design a focused practice designation for thyroid and parathyroid surgery |
• Lead for section on Practicing Surgeons 2025 - present Secretary, AAES Foundation (3-year term) |
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) |
• Junior Faculty Representative, appointed by the Dean 2017 - 2018 Member, GWIMS Salary Equity Committee |
American Board of Surgery (ABS) |
American College of Surgeons (ACS) |
• Lead for the Thyroid Synoptic Operative Report Working Group 2021 - 2023 Co-Chair, Endocrine section of SESAP® 18 Advanced edition |
• Quality Pillar, Surgical Care Delivery Workgroup |
American Surgical Association |
American Thyroid Association (ATA) |
Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) |
Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) |
• Elected by the membership of the SSO 2020 - 2021 Member, Nominating Committee |
Society of University Surgeons |
Surgical Biology Club II |
Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) |
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) 2010 - 2022 Member, Fellowship Committee |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2019 - Present Member and Team Captain, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons Program Committee for the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) 48th World Congress of Surgery, Krakow, Poland, August 2019. |
2022 - Present Chair, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons Program Committee for the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) 49th World Congress of Surgery, Vienna, Austria, August 2022 (delayed from 2021 due to COVID-19). |
2022 - Present Councilor, Executive Council of the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (4- year term) |
2024 - Present IAES Member of the Hypoparathyroidism Task Force (in conjunction with European Society of Endocrine Surgery and AAES) |
International Association of Endorine Surgeons (IAES) |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
1. Wang TS, Kline G, Yen TW, Rilling W, Do B, Findling JW, Evans DB, Pasieka JL. A Multi- institutional Comparison of Adrenal Venous Sampling in Patients with Primary Hyperaldosteronism: Caution Advised if Successful Bilateral Adrenal Vein Sampling is Not Achieved. Ora, Basel, Switzerland, August 2017. |
2. Geurts JL, Dawson C, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Wang TS. Application of next generation sequencing in the evaluation of hereditary endocrine syndromes. Poster presentation at the 16th International Workshop on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Houston, TX, March 2019. |
3. Dream S, Kim GY, Doffek K, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Persistent Elevation of Parathyroid Hormone After Curative Parathyroidectomy: An Early Sign of Recurrent Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the International Society of Surgery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2024. |
4. Hangge PT*, Lui MS, DeLozier O, Patel KN, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. More than just stuck in the middle: Papillary thyroid cancer of the isthmus presents with more aggressive features. Poster presentation at the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) 50th, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2024. |
1. Panelist. Thyroid cancer, case conference, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China, April 2017. |
2. Invited speaker. A career in academic surgery and what you can do as a medical student, Australasian |
Students' Surgical Conference, Adelaide, Australia, May 2017. |
3. Invited Speaker. Writing and submitting a manuscript. 9th Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' |
Developing a Career and Skills in Academic Surgery Course, Adelaide, Australia, May 2017. |
4. Invited Speaker. Medullary thyroid cancer: Surgical management and follow-up, 86th Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Academic Surgical Congress, Adelaide, Australia, May 2017. |
5. Invited Speaker and Moderator. 86th Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Surgical Congress, Adelaide, Australia, May 2017. |
a. Invited Speaker. Debate: Rare cancers should be managed in high-volume centers - Against |
b. Invited Speaker. How I manage Adrenal-based Cushing's |
c. Moderator. Management of the Adrenal Gland |
6. Invited Speaker. Does prophylactic lymphadenectomy improve recurrence rate and survival in adrenocortical carcinoma? 6th International Adrenal Cancer Symposium, Sao Paolo, Brazil, October 2017. |
7. Invited Speaker. 17th Biennial Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons meeting, New Delhi, India, March 2018. |
a. The management of adrenal-based Cushing's Syndrome. |
b. The role of prophylactic lymphadenectomy in adrenocortical carcinoma. |
c. Meet the Professor session: Molecular testing for indeterminate thyroid nodules. |
d. Panel session: Building Endocrine Surgery of Tomorrow. |
8. Invited Speaker. 33rd Brazilian Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 2018. |
a. How does NIFTP change the current management of thyroid disease? |
b. Perioperative management of adrenal disease. |
9. Invited Speaker. 4th Bi-Annual International Surgical Society-World Journal of Surgery-Association for Academic Surgery (ISS-WJS-AAS) Career Advancement Course, at the 48th World Congress of Surgery, Krakow, Poland, August 2019. |
a. Survey Methodology |
b. Strategies for submitting abstracts to national and international meetings. |
10. Session Leader. International Surgical Society and World Journal of Surgery Writer's Workshop, at the |
48th World Congress of Surgery, Krakow, Poland, August 2019. |
11. Moderator. Free Paper Session. International of Endocrine Surgeons Bi-Annual meeting, at the 48th World Congress of Surgery, Krakow, Poland, August 2019. |
12. Invited Speaker. 18h Biennial Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons meeting, Melbourne, Australia, March 2020. |
a. Panelist, Interesting case presentations |
b. The value of parathyroid imaging studies: A review of the evidence. |
13. Panelist. Panel Session on Management of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer. World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 4, Multidisciplinary Congress on Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer. Virtual Meeting, June 5, 2021. |
14. Speaker and Panelist. "Model Minority Myth". Advances in Surgery (AIS) channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Lessons Learned from Asian Academic Surgeons. https://aischannel.com/live- surgery/lessons-learned-from-asian-academic-surgeons/. Initial broadcast September 9, 2021 (>27, 000 viewers). |
15. Speaker and Panelist. Statement of the Problem and AAMC Data. Advances in Surgery (AIS) channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Compensation Inequities. https://aischannel.com/live- surgery/addressing-compensation-inequities/. Initial broadcast October 19, 2021. |
16. Panelist. Panel Session on Autofluorescence, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Management, Radiofrequency Ablation. World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2022 Virtual Program, April 10, 2022. |
17. Invited Speaker and Guest Judge. General Surgery Resident Research Day and the Dr. Roy Preshaw Academic Lecture. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice and the Changing Faces of Academic Surgery in North America. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, May 12-13, 2022. |
18. Moderator, Tumor Board. International Association of Endocrine Surgeons for the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) 49th World Congress of Surgery, Vienna, Austria, August 2022. |
19. Panelist in Session: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Thyroid Cancer. World Congress on Thyroid Cancer. London, United Kingdom, June 2023. |
20. Meet the Professor: Thyroid Cancer. World Congress on Thyroid Cancer. London, United Kingdom, June 2023. |
21. Invited Speaker. International Society of Innovative Technologies for Endocrine Surgery (iSITES) 6th Symposium on Parathyroid Autofluorescence. Nashville, TN. March 14-15, 2024. |
a. Consequences in Cases of Failed parathyroidectomy. |
b. How does probe NIRAF benefit thyroidectomies? |
22. Invited Speaker, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' 92nd Annual Scientific Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, May 7-8, 2024. |
a. Keynote Address: Building an Adrenal Unit |
b. Robotic Adrenalectomy |
c. Thyroid Nodule Biomarkers and the Impact on Decision Making |
d. Reoperative Parathyroidectomy |
23. Moderator, Interesting Cases. International Association of Endocrine Surgeons for the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) 50th World Congress of Surgery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2024. |
24. Moderator, joint session of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) at the 2024 NANETS Multidisciplinary Medical Symposium, Chicago, IL, November 21, 2024. |
25. Panelist. Genetic Conditions and the International Differences in Workup and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer - An International Tumour Board Discussion. International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES) Panel Discussion at the World Congress of Thyroid Cancer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 9, 2025. |
National |
40. American College of Surgeons Bulletin Brief: Notes from the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons, April 27, 2021 - Present |
59. Visiting Professor at University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Oliver H. Payne Lectureship and Department of Surgery Research Day. "Challenging Surgical Dogma: One (Research) Questio, OH. May 17, 2023. |
60. Moderator. Tumor Board at the American Thyroid Association's Centennial Annual Meeting. |
Washington, D.C. October 1, 2023. |
61. Invited Speaker. Primary hyperparathyroidism and the PAS Score. Festschrift in honor of Janice L. Pasieka, MD, FACS. Chicago, IL. October 14, 2023. |
62. Panelist. FOCUS Training Talent Summit, panel discussion on Equity and Inclusion in Talent Development. Hosted in partnership with Manpower Group. Milwaukee, WI (hybrid format). November 14, 2023. |
63. Visiting Professor: University of South Florida Department of Surgery Daane Visiting Professor. Innovations in Adrenal Surgery: Perioperative Management and Surgical Approaches. Tampa, FL. January 8, 2024. |
64. Invited Speaker. "Surgical Leadership - DiSC Assessments". Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and University of Alabama at Birmingham Surgical Leadership Boot Camp. Birmingham, AL, January 11 - 13, 2024. |
65. Panelist. Society of Asian Academic Surgeons panel on Mentorship. South Asian Medical Student Association 1st Annual Conference, February 10, 2024 (virtual). |
66. Invited Speaker and Moderator. Society of Surgical Oncology 2024 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 21-23, 2024. |
a. Invited Speaker: Society of Asian Academic Surgeons. SSO and DEI Surgical Specialty Societies. |
67. Invited Speaker. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons' 44th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 20-22, 2024. |
a. Invited Speaker and Panelist. Presidential Session: State of Affairs and Future of Endocrine Surgery Education. |
b. Invited Speaker. Robotic Adrenalectomy, in Endocrine Surgical Innovations; Tips, Triks, and Videos from the Experts. |
68. Co-Moderator. American College of Surgeons' Cancer Surgery Standards Program Webinar on the |
Operative Standards (Thyroid). May 20, 2024. |
69. Invited Panelist. Endocrine Society and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Joint Presidential Master Clinician Session: Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion (MACS): To Treat or Not to Treat? The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 3, 2024. |
70. Invited Panelist. Thyroid Cancer Tumor Board Panel Discussion. 76th Annual Clinical Endocrinology Update of the Endocrine Society. September 21, 2024 (virtual meeting). |
71. Invited Panelist. Editorial Board Membership and Academic Surgery. Society of Black Academic |
Surgeons' 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, Sacramento, CA, September 21, 2024. |
72. Visiting Professor: Leslie A. Rudolf Lectureship, University of Virginia Department of Surgery. "Challenging Surgical Dogma: One (Research) Question at a Time". Charlottesville, VA, October 16, 2024. |
73. Co-moderator. Plenary Session: ACS Operative Standards in Cancer Surgery: Recommendations for Resection of Primary Adrenal, Neuroendocrine, and Thyroid Malignancies. 2024 American College o Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA. October 22, 2024. |
74. Invited Speaker and Panelist. "The Case For and Against Abandoning the Term "DEI". Hot Topic Session: Confronting the DEI Backlash: Finding a Path Forward. 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV. February 12, 2025. |
75. Distinguished Moderator. Measuring What Matters: The Role of Synoptic Operative Reports in Patient Outcomes. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, May 2025. |
15. Cayo AK*, Yen TW, Misustin SM, Evans DB, Wang TS. Who needs calcium supplementation after total thyroidectomy? Preliminary results of a prospective study. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Sixth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, February 2011. |
16. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Yen TW. Normal PTH levels in primary hyperparathyroidism: Still the same disease? Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2011. |
17. Wang TS, Cheung K, Farrokhyar F, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Would scan, but which scan? A cost-utility analysis to optimize preoperative imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 32nd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 2011. |
18. Wade TJ*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Lithium-associated hyperparathyroidism: A tale of two surgical approaches. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 32nd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, April 2011. |
19. Leiker AJ*, Yen TW, Eastwood DC, Doffek K, Szabo A, Evans DB, Wang TS. Factors that influence parathyroid hormone half-life: Are new intraoperative criteria needed? Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Seventh Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2012. |
20. Amin AL*, Wu S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Wang TS. Radioactive iodine: An unlikely cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Seventh Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2012. |
21. Holschbach L, Simmelink C, Hermann D, Hoang K, Wang TS, Findling JW, Peppard W. Etomidate infusion for adrenal suppression prior to bilateral adrenalectomy for an ectopic ACTH-producing tumor. Poster presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Houston, TX, February 2012. |
22. Wang TS, Evans DB, Yen TW. Effects of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on serum thyroglobulin and recommendations for radioactive iodine adjuvant therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. O, Orlando, FL, March 2012. |
23. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Mazeh H, Froyshteter AB, Wade TJ, Sippel RS, Chen H, Evans DB, Yen TW. Correlation of preoperative imaging with operative approach in adrenocortical carcinoma. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 65th Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2012. |
24. Cayo AK*, Yen TW, Misustin SM, Wall K, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Predicting the need for calcium and calcitriol supplementation after total thyroidectomy: Results of a prospective, randomized |
study. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 33rd Annual Meeting, Iowa City, IA, - 2012 |
25. Amin AL*, Mazeh H*, Froyshteter AB, Wang TS, Evans DB, Sippel RS, Chen H, Yen TW. Is prior same quadrant surgery a contraindication to laparoscopic adrenalectomy? Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Iowa City, IA, April 2012. |
26. Wang TS, Cheung K, Roman SA, Sosa JA. A cost-effective analysis of adrenalectomy for non- functional, adrenal incidentalomas: Is there a size threshold for resection? Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 33rd Annual Meeting, Iowa City, IA, April 2012. |
27. Carsello CB*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy in patients with discordant or negative imaging: Can a 5-minute IOPTH predict long-term normocalcemia? Poster presentation at the Association of Endocrine, Iowa City, IA, April 2012. |
28. Wang TS, Pasieka JL, Carty SE. Techniques Of Parathyroid Exploration At North American Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Programs: What The Next Generation Is Being Taught. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, October 2012. |
29. Yong HM*, Yen TW, Hunt B, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Thyroid follicular neoplasms in the elderly: Does the risk of malignancy justify thyroidectomy? Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Eighth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, February 2013. |
30. Broome JT, Yen TW, Wang TS, Fan K, Chen X, Nookola R, Mendez W, Solórzano CC. Open adrenalectomy in the era of minimally invasive surgery: Selection patterns and outcomes. Oral (quick- shot) presentation at the Eighth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, February 2013. |
31. Carr AA*, Yen TW, Cayo AK, Misustin SM, Wall K, Evans DB, Wang TS. A single parathyroid hormone level obtained 4 hours after total thyroidectomy predicts the need for postoperative calcium supplementation. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncol, Washington D.C., March 2013. |
32. Leiker AJ*, Yen TW, Cheung K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Cost-analysis of thyroid lobectomy and intraoperative frozen section vs. total thyroidectomy in patients with a cytological diagnosis of 'suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer'. Oral presen, Chicago, IL, April 2013. |
33. Wang TS, Cheung K, Farrokhyar F, Roman SA, Sosa JA. A meta-analysis of the effect of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on locoregional recurrence rates in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Poster presentation at the Americ, Chicago, IL, April 2013. |
1. Wang TS, Dubner S, Sznyter LA, Heller KS. Incidence of metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer in cervical lymph nodes. Oral presentation at the American Head and Neck Society, Nashville TN, May 2003. |
2. Wang TS, Ostrower S, Heller KS. Persistently elevated PTH levels after parathyroid surgery. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 26th Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, April 2005. |
3. Wang TS, Sosa JA, Yeo HL, Mehta P, Boudourakis L, Udelsman R, Roman SA. The maturation of a specialty: workforce projections for endocrine surgery. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 28th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, April 2007. Awarded "Best Presentation of |
4. Roman SA, Cheung K, Wang TS, Sosa JA. Calcitonin screening in the United States: What are the costs and benefits? Poster presentation at the American Thyroid Association, New York, NY, October 2007. |
5. Yeo HL*, Mehta PJ, Boudourakis LD, Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. The high price of endocrine surgery in octogenarians. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA, October 2007. |
10. Wilson SD, Doffek K, Wang TS, Pappas SG, Krzywda EA, Burgardt L, Scheel JL, Yen TW. Primary hyperparathyroidism with a history of head and neck irradiation: A mandate for thyroid ultrasound before parathyroidectomy? Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine, Madison, WI, May 2009. |
11. Cayo AK*, Wang TS, Scheel JL, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Yen TW. Routine vitamin D supplementation following total thyroidectomy: An algorithm based on "morning after" parathyroid hormone levels. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 63rd, St. Louis, MO, March 2010. |
12. Chen H, Wang TS, Yen TW, Doffek K, Krzywda E, Schaefer S, Sippel RS, Wilson SD. Operative failures after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: The influence of surgical volume. Oral presentation at the American Surgical Association 131st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2010. |
13. Wang TS, Evans DB. Cortical-sparing adrenalectomy performed by the retroperitoneoscopic approach in a patient with a horseshoe kidney. Oral presentation, Interesting Case Session, at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 31st Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2010. |
14. Wade TJ*, Yen TW, Wang TS. Predicting single-gland disease in patients with normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism: The role of ionized calcium and preoperative imaging. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Sixth A, Huntington Beach, CA, February 2011. |
6. Wang TS, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Yen TW. The management of thyroid nodules discovered during preoperative localization for parathyroidectomy. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 29th Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, April 2008 |
7. Tuggle CT*, Roman SA, Wang TS, Boudourakis L, Thomas DC, Udelsman R, Sosa JA. Pediatric endocrine surgery: Who is operating on our children? Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 29th Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, April 2008. |
8. McGuire CA*, Yen TW, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Recurrent thyroid carcinoma: Vicissitudes in diagnosis. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Third Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Sanibel Island, FL, February 2009. |
9. Tallar MT*, Yen TW, Wang TS, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Pappas SG. Incidental thyroid nodules: What is the likelihood of malignancy? Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Third Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Sanibel Island, FL, February 2009. |
34. Carr AA*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. The utility of measuring ionized calcium levels in identifying recurrent disease in patients following curative parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons 98th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Washington, D.C., October 2013. |
35. Zhao DW*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Changes in bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in elderly patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the Ninth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, February 2014. |
36. O'Connell K*, Yen TW, Shaker JL, Wilson SW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Low 24-hour urine calcium levels in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Is further evaluation warranted prior to parathyroidectomy? Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Ninth, San Diego, CA, February 2014. |
37. Berg RW*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Utility of routine intraoperative frozen section and expedited final pathology for patients undergoing thyroid lobectomy. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Ninth Annual Academic Surgical, San Diego, CA, February 2014. |
29. Invited Speaker and panelist. Management of Hereditary Endocrine Syndromes: Hyperparathyroidism. 2019 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 2019. |
30. Invited Speaker and panelist. Reoperations for thyroid cancer and triggers for reoperation. E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association, Chicago, IL, November 2019. |
31. Invited Speaker and panelist. Active Surveillance vs. Surgery for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. 5th NY Masters Course in Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery, New York, NY, December 2019. |
32. Invited Speaker. Normocalcemic and normohormonal primary hyperparathyroidism. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' (AACE) 29th Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress, May 2020. (online Master Class series recorded, meeting canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic). |
33. Invited Panelist. Society of Surgical Oncology Virtual Tumor Board: Endocrine/Head & Neck Disease and COVID-19. June 1, 2020. |
34. Invited Panelist. American Thyroid Association 2020 Webinar Summer Series. Controversies in Thyroidology Webinar. The Role of Molecular Testing in Thyroid Nodules: A Case-Based Discussion. August 10, 2020. Available on-demand (www.thyroid.org) |
35. Invited Panelist. Association for Academic Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar Series; Town Hall Webinar on Allyship. Topic: The Role of Societies and Organizations in Allyship. August 26, 2020. |
36. Invited Speaker and Panelist. Association of Women Surgeons Annual Conference (Virtual), October 10, 2020. |
i. Panel Session: Wrestling with Implicit Bias & Microaggression |
ii. Title of talk: Asian Americans, COVID-19, and the Model Minority Myth |
37. Invited Speaker and Panelist. Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital (Virtual) Course: Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. November 6-8, 2020. |
i. Talk: Thyroid lobectomy vs. total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer - What are the key elements to decide? |
ii. Panel Session: Thyroid and Parathyroid Challenging Cases |
38. Invited Speaker. 2020 SSO Fellow Institute Virtual Meeting. Adrenalectomy Techniques. December 9, 2020. |
39. Invited Speaker and Panelist. #WeRise - The Solidarity Campaign amongst Surgical Organizations Committed to Building a Better World. Association for Academic Surgery Presidential Session at the 16th Academic Surgical Congress Virtual Conference, February 2, 2021. |
41. Visiting Professor at the Northwell Health Department of Surgery 10th Annual Surgical Research Forum. |
Grand Rounds topic: "Challenging Surgical Dogma: One (Research) Question at a Time". May 18, 2021. |
42. Presidential Address, Society of Asian Academic Surgeons. A is for...American. Asian. Ally. Society of Asian Academic Surgeons' 6th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. September 25, 2021. |
43. Moderator. Operative Standards and Intraoperative Decision Making: Thyroid Cancer. 2021 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Virtual Meeting. October 24, 2021. |
44. Visiting Professor at Boston Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. A is for...American. Asian. Ally. B is for...Boston. Virtual Grand Rounds, October 29, 2021. |
45. Panelist. Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodule Tumor Board. American Thyroid Association Annual E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference (virtual). November 6, 2021. |
46. Panelist. High Yield Endocrine Surgical Oncology Cases. 2021 Society of Surgical Oncology Fellows Institute (virtual). November 10, 2021. |
47. Visiting Professor: Champ Lyons Medical History Lectureship at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Endocrine Surgery: The Evolution of a Specialty. Birmingham, AL. December 13-14, 2021. |
48. Visiting Professor at Temple Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. A is |
for...American.Asian. Ally. Virtual Grand Rounds, February 9, 2022. |
49. Invited Speaker. Is Observation an Acceptable Management Option for Well-differentiated thyroid cancer? (PRO). Virtual Endocrine Great Debate: Is observation an acceptable management for well differentiated thyroid cancer? Society of Surgical Oncology 2022 International Conference of Surgical Cancer Care. March 3, 2022. |
50. Panelist. "Career Connections: Thyroid Cancer Case Discussion." American Thyroid Association Annual |
E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Conference (virtual). April 21, 2022. |
51. Visiting Professor at Mount Sinai Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. Endocrine Surgery: The Evolution of a Specialty. Virtual Grand Rounds, May 11, 2022. |
52. Invited Speaker and panelist. 2022 University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Surgical Oncology Annual Cancer Symposium: Updates in the Multidisciplinary Management of Endocrine Tumors. Memphis, TN, October 1, 2022. |
a. Speaker: Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer |
b. Panelist: Multidisciplinary Panel on Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors |
c. Panelist: Multidisciplinary Panel on Multidisciplinary Management of Adrenal Tumors |
53. Invited Speaker and Panelist. "The Burden of Hypoparathyroidism: Why Do We Care?" Panel Session on The Utility of Fluorescence Techniques in Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy Operations. 2022 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, October 2022. |
54. Invited Speaker. "Surgical Leadership - DiSC Assessments". Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and University of Alabama at Birmingham Surgical Leadership Boot Camp. Birmingham, AL, January 26 - 28, 2023. |
55. Moderator. Clinical/Outcomes: Cross Disciplinary Quickshot Session 1. 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. Houston, TX, February 7, 2023. |
56. Invited Speaker and Panelist. "Advancement (or Lack Thereof) in Academic Surgery: Personal and Systemic Approaches for Change" in "Stronger Together: A Conversation with SAAS and SBAS on Diversity in Surgery". Hot Topic Session at the 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. Houston, TX, February 7, 2023. |
57. Visiting Professor at the University of New Mexico - Albuquerque Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. Innovations in Adrenal Surgery: Preoperative Evaluation, Perioperative Management and Surgical Approaches. Albuquerque, NM. April 6-7, 2023. |
58. Invited Speaker. Leadership Opportunities in Surgery: Departmental Roles at American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Competitive Strategies and Leadership Tactics for Endocrine Surgeons leadership course. Birmingham, AL. April 27-28, 2023. |
1. Moderator. Clinical Trials and Outcomes I: Health Service Research, 7th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2012. |
2. Moderator. Clinical Trials and Outcomes I: Administrative Databases, 8th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, February 2013. |
3. Invited speaker. Thyroid Association Guidelines for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Medullary Thyroid Cancer, 2013 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Postgraduate Endocrine Surgery Course, Washington D.C., October 2013. |
4. Panelist. Endocrine Surgery Video Session, 2013 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Washington, D.C., October 2013. |
5. Moderator. Balancing Academic, Clinical, and Personal Responsibilities. Association for Academic Surgery 9th Annual Career Development Course, Washington D.C., October 2013. |
6. Invited speaker. What is the best approach to resect isolated adrenal lesions: Retroperitoneal or transabdominal? Pro: retroperitoneal approach. Controversies in Endocrine Surgery session at the Society of Surgical Oncology 67th Annual Cancer Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, March 2014. |
7. Moderator. Scientific Session IV. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 35th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 2014. |
8. Invited Speaker. Masters Course in Endocrine Surgery, Durham, NC, September 2014. |
a. The Adrenal Incidentaloma |
b. Risk Stratification and Surveillance of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer |
9. Invited speaker. Thyroid Surgery and Lymph Node Dissection. Thyroid Cancer Symposium, Denver, CO, October 2014. |
10. Invited speaker (with Evans DB). Meet the Expert Luncheon: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 2014 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 2014. |
11. Invited speaker. Surgical Management of Graves' Disease: Preoperative Evaluation and Postoperative Considerations. 2014 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 2014. |
12. Invited speaker (with Evans DB). Meet the Expert Luncheon: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 2015 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, October 2015. |
13. Moderator. Scientific Forum, Endocrine Surgery session. 2015 American College of Surgeons' Clinical |
Congress, Chicago, IL, October 2015. |
14. Moderator. Quick shot sessions: Endocrine Surgery, 11th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, February 2016. |
15. Invited speaker. Quantitative Methods. 2016 Association of Academic Surgery Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course. Washington D.C., October 2016. |
16. Invited speaker. Use of Institutional Databases to Develop Multidisciplinary Protocols for the Management of Surgical Endocrine Patients. Surgical Biology Club II, Washington D.C., October 2016. |
17. Invited speaker (with Evans DB). Meet the Expert Luncheon: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 2016 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Washington D.C., October 2016. |
18. Invited speaker and panelist. Work-up and Management of a Functional Adrenal Mass: Management of Adrenal-Based Cushing's Syndrome. 2016 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Washington D.C., October 2016. |
19. Moderator. Quick shot sessions: Clinical/Outcomes: Oncology - Patient Centered Outcomes, 12th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2017. |
20. Invited speaker and panelist. Managing thyroid nodules: Fine Needle Aspiration Molecular Analysis. 2017 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, October 2017. |
21. Invited speaker (with Evans DB). Meet the Expert Luncheon: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 2017 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, October 2017. |
22. Invited speaker and panelist. Highlights of the 2016 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) Parathyroidectomy Guidelines: An Expert Panel Discussion: Preoperative Evaluation. 2017 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, October 2017. |
23. McEwen Visiting Professor. Innovations in the Management and Surgical Approach to Adrenalectomy. University of Kansas at Wichita. Wichita, KS. November 14-15, 2017. |
24. Moderator. Clinical/Outcomes: Breast, Endocrine, Cross-Disciplinary Oral Session. 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, January 2018. |
25. Invited Speaker. The Use of Molecular Testing for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Session: Contemporary Management of Thyroid Cancer. Society of Surgical Oncology 71st Annual Cancer Symposium, Chicago, IL, March 2018. |
26. Invited speaker (with Evans DB). Meet the Expert Luncheon: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 2018 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Boston, MA, October 2018 |
27. Invited speaker and panelist. Adrenal Incidentaloma: Costs and Public Health Implications. 2018 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Boston, MA, October 2018. |
28. Invited Speaker. Active Surveillance of Small Papillary Thyroid Cancers: When, Where and How. Society of Surgical Oncology 72nd Annual Cancer Symposium, San Diego, CA, March 2019. |
38. Lai V*, Yen TW, Misustin SM, Evans, DB, Wang TS. The effect of thyroiditis on the yield of central compartment lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 67th Annual Cancer, Phoenix, AZ, March 2014. |
39. Asare EA*, Wang TS, Winchester P, Mallin K, Kebebew E, Sturgeon C. A novel staging system for adrenocortical carcinoma better predicts survival in patients with stage I/II disease. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 35th A, Boston, MA, April 2014. |
40. Carr AA, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Intraoperative parathyroid hormone level spikes: Do they predict single gland disease? Integrated oral presentation at the Tenth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2015. |
41. Yong HM*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Accuracy of surgeons in predicting the dose of levothyroxine after total thyroidectomy. Integrated oral presentation at the Tenth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2015. |
42. Glenn JA*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Body mass index and vitamin D levels in multigland primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Tenth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2015. |
43. Lai V, Yen TW, Doffek K, Carr AA, Carroll TB, Fareau GG, Evans DB, Wang TS. Implications of delayed normalization of serum calcium levels after presumed curative parathyroidectomy. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 68th Annual Cancer Symposium, Houston, TX, March 2015. |
44. Glenn JA*, Kiernan CM, Solórzano CC, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Metastases to the adrenal gland: Who benefits from adrenalectomy? Oral presentation at the Society of Black Academic Surgeons 25th Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2015. |
45. Ortiz DI*, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Javorsky BR, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW, Wang TS. Cosyntropin stimulation testing on postoperative day 1 allows for selective glucocorticoid replacement therapy in patients undergoing adrenalectomy for hypercortisolism: Results of a novel, multidisciplinary-derived institutional protocol. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 36th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 2015. Awarded "Best Presentation of Clinical Research by a |
46. Amini N, Phay JE, Yopp C, Weber SM, Kiernan CM, Hatzaras I, Wang TS, Postlewait LM, Tran TB, Pawlik TM. Impact of complications on long-term survival after resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: |
U.S. Adrenocortical carcinoma group. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons 100th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2015. |
47. Ortiz DI*, Fareau GG, Hunt B, Massey B, Campbell B, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW, Wang TS. Oncocytic variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An institutional review of outcomes. Poster presentation at the 15th International Thyroid Congress, Lake Buena Vista, FL, October 2015. |
48. Jin S*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Lalande B, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Frailty markers and thyroid/parathyroid surgical outcomes in the elderly. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the 11th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, February 2016. |
49. Morris R*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Institutional experience with concurrent endocrine and other surgical procedures. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the 11th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, February 2016. |
50. Kim J*, Wang TS, Doffek K, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW. Racial disparities in presentation and management in hyperthyroidism patients prior to surgery. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the 11th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, February 2016. |
51. Somnay YR*, Crave M, McCoy KL, Carty SE, Wang TS, Greenberg CC, Schneider DF. Improving recognition of mild primary hyperparathyroidism with machine learning. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 37th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 2016. |
52. La J*, Wang TS, Hammad AY, Burgardt L, Doffek K, Carr AA, Shaker JL, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Yen TW. Curative parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism improves sleep quality: A prospective study. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 37th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 2016. |
53. Coan KE*, Kiernan CM, Solórzano CC, Yen TW, Findling JW, Kidambi S, Car AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Extent of elevation of serum aldosterone in patients with primary aldosteronism: Can we forgo adrenal venous sampling? Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 37th, Baltimore, MD, April 2016. |
54. Lim JY*, Beninato T, Sullivan M, Chen S, Pasapulethi L, Chabot J, Shen W, Ruan D, Lee J, Wang TS, Kuo J. Nodular Graves' Disease is associated with a higher incidence of cancer: a multi-institutional retrospective review. Poster presentation at American Thyroid Association 86th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September 2016. |
55. Hammad A*, Yen TW, Wang TS. Disparities in Access to Care and Outcomes in Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, September 2016. |
56. Coan KE*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Techniques for intraoperative identification and confirmation of parathyroid tissue: Results from a survey of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Oral presentation at the American, Scientific Forum, Washington D.C., October 2016. |
57. Affi M*, Javorsky BR, Yen TW, Doffek K, Hunt B, Tolat PP, Carroll TB, Giorgadze T, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Gene-expression classifier testing in the management of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules after fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the 11th Annual Acad, Las Vegas, NV, February 2017. |
58. Park J*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Wang TS. Use of the Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) Cohort Discovery Tool to identify patients with potentially unrecognized primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral (quick-shot) p, Las Vegas, NV, February 2017. |
59. Murphy EE*, Affi M, Javorsky BR, Yen TW, Doffek K, Fareau GG, Hunt B, Tolat PP, Carroll TB, Giorgadze T, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Malignancy rate of thyroid nodules and role of gene expression classifier testing at an academic institution. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 70th Annual Cancer Sympos, Seattle, WA, March 2017. |
60. Murphy EE*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Carr AA, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Intrathyroidal and subcapsular parathyroid glands: an elusive etiology of primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons 2nd Annual meet, Birmingham, AL, September 2017. |
61. Kiernan CM*, Solórzano CC, Miller BS, Perrier ND, Lee JE, Gauger PG, Grubbs EG, Wang TS. Practice trends and outcomes of adrenal surgeons: A comparison of data from CESQIP and NSQIP. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 39th Annual Meeting, Durham, NC, May 2018. |
62. Kiernan CM*, Solórzano CC, Miller BS, Perrier ND, Lee JE, Gauger PG, Grubbs EG, Wang TS. Adrenalectomy volume-related outcomes of CESQIP-participating surgeons. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 39th Annual Meeting, Durham, NC, May 2018. |
63. Mazotas IM*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaker JL, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Time to recurrence in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: does the number of glands resected at first surgery matter? Oral quick-shot presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surg, Milwaukee, WI, September 2018. |
64. O'Sullivan KL*, Yen TW, Mazotas IG, Wagner S, Doffek KM, Wang TS. An institutional experience with primary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly over two decades. Integrated oral presentation at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Houston, TX, February 2019. |
65. Park S, Yen TW, Rilling W, Doffek K, Findling JW, Magill S, Kidambi S, Patel D, Evans DB, Wang TS. Utility of epinephrine levels in determining adrenal vein cannulation during adrenal venous sampling for primary aldosteronism. Quick-shot presentation at the 4th Annual Society of Asian Acad, Boston, MA, September 2019. |
66. Redlich PN, Evans DB, Treat R, Zarka M, deRoon-Cassini T, Spellecy R, Zimmerman M, Webb T, Lewis B, Gourlay D, Lomberk G, Brown K, Otterson M, Wang TS. Faculty mentoring: Early experience with a formal department mentoring committee. Poster presentation at the Association for Surgical Education Annual Meeting, - 2020 |
67. Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Variation in Parathyroid Adenoma Size in Patients with Sporadic, Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Small Gland Size Does Not Preclude Single Gland Disease. Accepted as poster presentation at the A |
68. Wrenn SM*, Wang TS, Toumi A, Kiernan CM, Solórzano CC, Stephen AE. Practice patterns for surgical management of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer from 2014-2019: A CESQIP analysis. Accepted as poster presentation at the American Association |
69. Wang TS. Assessment of Implicit Bias at an Academic Department of Surgery. Oral presentation at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Halsted Society, held virtually on September 11, 2020. |
70. Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Adrenal tumor size alone remains an indication for adrenalectomy. Poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2020 (Virtual Conference), October 2020. |
71. Ortega CA*, Baechle JJ, Wang TS, Peters MF, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Comparison of laparoscopic and robotic adrenalectomy using propensity-score matching. Quick-shot presentation at the 16th Academic Surgical Congress, Virtual Conference, February 2021. |
72. Kang M*, Wang TS, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Dream S. The clinical utility of preoperative thyroglobulin for surgical decision making in thyroid disease. Quick-shot presentation at the 16th Academic Surgical Congress, Virtual Conference, February 2021. |
73. DeLozier OM*, Dream SY, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Wang TS. Confirmation of feasibility of selective glucocorticoid replacement following unilateral adrenalectomy for hypercortisolism and primary aldosteronism. Poster presentation at the 202 |
74. Geary A*, Wang TS, Lindeman B, Kuo JH Lyden ML, Shen WT, Morris-Wiseman LF, Carty SE, Drake FT. Perspectives on virtual interviews - A follow-up study of the comprehensive Endocrine Surgery fellowship interview process. Oral presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeon, April 25-27, 2021 (virtual meeting). |
75. Baechle JJ*, Marincola Smith P, Ortega C, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM Clinical predictors of pseudohypoxia type pheochromocytomas. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons' 41st Annual Meeting, April 25-27, 2021 (virtual meeting). |
76. Beninato T, Laird AM, Graves CE, Drake FT, Alhefdhi A, Lee JA, Kuo JH, Grubbs EG, Wang TS, Pasieka JL, Lubitz CC. Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the practice of Endocrine Surgery? Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons' 41st Annual Meeting, April 25-27, 2021 (virtual meeting). |
77. Nelson JA, Kuo JH, Dedhia PH, Wang TS, Shen W, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Miller BS. Factors affecting surgeon selection of operative approach to adrenalectomy. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons' 41st Annual Meeting, April 25-27, 2021 (virtual meeting). |
78. DeLozier OM*, Dream SY, Findling JW, Rilling W, Kidambi S, Magill S, Evans DB, Wang TS. Attempting to define "normal": Variability in catecholamine levels from adrenal venous sampling in patients with primary aldosteronism. Poster presentation at the American Association of Clin, May 26-29, 2021 (virtual meeting). |
79. Park SY*, Scotting O, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream SY. Underdiagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Osteoarthritis Undergoing Arthroplasty. Oral presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons 6th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2021. |
80. Collins RA*, DiGennaro C, Beninato T, Gartland RM, Chaves N, Broekhuis JM, Redda L, lee J, Dremiller A, Alterio MM, Campbell MJ, Lee YJ, Khilnani TK, Stewart LA, O'Brien MA, Valdivia y Alvarado M, Zheng F, McAneny D, Liou R, McManus C, Dream SY, Wang TS, Yen TW, Alhefdhi A, Finnerty BM, Fahey TJ, Graves CE, Laird AM, Nehs MA, Drake FT, Lee JA, McHenry CR, James BC, Paseika JL, Kuo JK, Lubitz CC. Limited disease progression in endocrine surgery patients with treatment delays due to COVID-19. Oral (podium) presentation at the 2022 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Mee, Cleveland, OH, May 2022. |
81. Bartz-Kurycki MA*, Dream SY, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaker J, Evans DB, Wang TS. Patients 50 years and older with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism: Should we expand criteria for surgery? Poster presentation at the 2022 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons An, Cleveland, OH, May 2022. |
82. Livschitz J*, Elmir E, Liu J, Scotting O, Shaker J, Yen TW, Wang TS, Evans DB, Edelstein A, Dream S. Does untreated hypercalcemia affect postoperative joint pain following hip and knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis? A retrospective case cohort study. "Poster plus" presentation at the 2022, Atlanta, GA, June 2022. |
83. Livschitz J*, Elmir E, Liu J, Scotting O, Shaker J, Yen TW, Wang TS, Evans DB, Edelstein A, Dream S. Does untreated hypercalcemia affect postoperative joint pain following hip and knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis? A retrospective case cohort study. Oral Quick-short presentation at the 20, Honolulu, HI, September 2022. |
84. Collins RA*, Wang TS, Dream S, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Adoption of robotic adrenalectomy: A two-institution study of surgeon learning curve. Oral poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 2023 International Conference on Surgical, Boston, MA, March 2023. Awarded Best Poster for the Endocrine section. |
85. Park SY*, SenthilKumar G, Sheriff SA, Shreenivas A, Clarke CN, Maduekwe UN, Yoon C, Tsai S, Wang TS, Kothari AN. Heterogeneity in Stage IV Gastric Cancer Treatment and Outcomes Amongst Asian Subgroups. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 2023 International Conference on Surgical C, Boston, MA, March 2023. |
86. Hangge PT*, Dream SY, Tina WF, Doffek K, Stachowiak SM, Shaker J, Evans, DB, Wang TS. The role of demographic and clinical factors in germline mutation testing for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Birmingham, AL, April-May 2023. |
87. SenthilKumar G*, Verhagen NB, Yang X, Dream S, Clarke CN, Maduekwe U, Yoon C, Tsai S, Wang TS, Kothari AN. Importance of addressing heterogeneity among Asian subgroups during development of machine learning models for postoperative risk reduction. Oral plenary presentation at the Society of Asi, Baltimore, MD, September 2023. |
88. Park S*, SenthilKumar G, Sheriff S, Shreenivas A, Clarke CN, Maduekwe U, Yoon C, Tsai S, Wang TS, Kothari AN. Heterogeneity in Stage IV gastric cancer treatment and outcomes among Asian |
subgroups. Oral quick-shot presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 2023. |
89. Yip L, Wang TS, McCoy K, Dream SY, Ramonell K, French EK, Morariu E, Ohori P, Nikiforova MN, Nikoforov Y, Carty SE. A Prospective, Multicenter Study of Molecular-Based Initial Thyroidectomy for Bethesda V/VI Cytology. Oral Presentation at the American Thyroid Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration, Washington DC, September 27 - October 1, 2023. |
90. Melin S*, Park SY, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Primary Hyperparathyroidism Following Radioactive Iodine Treatment in Patients with Graves' Disease. e-Poster presentation in the Scientific Forum at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2023, Boston, MA, October 22-25, 2023. |
91. Janczewski LM*, Cotler J, Palis B, Hoskin TL, Day C, Merkow RP, Nelson H, Wang TS, Boughey JC. Development of the American College of Surgeons Cancer Survival Calculator Prototype using Machine Learning. Oral Presentation in the Scientific Forum at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2023, Boston, MA, October 22-25, 2023. |
92. Matoska T*, Carroll TB, Wang TS, Dream S, Zwagerman N, Findling JW. The incidence of Cushing Syndrome in Wisconsin is more common than population-based studies from Europe. Oral presentation at the The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 3, 2024. |
93. Hangge PT*, Lui MS, DeLozier O, Patel KN, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. More than just stuck in the middle: Papillary thyroid cancer of the isthmus presents with more aggressive features. Quick-shot oral presentation at the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons 2024, New Orleans, LA, September 2024. |
94. Lisevick AB*, Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaik T, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Wang TS. Preoperative evaluation of celiac disease in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Quick-shot oral presentation at the 20th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, February 2025. |
95. Lisevick AB*, Dream S, Shaik T, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Metabolic outcomes in patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) after unilateral adrenalectomy. Poster presentation at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Meet, Milwaukee, WI, May 2025. Awarded Geoff Thompson Best Poster Award. |
96. Taylor GA*, Allen M, Lisevick AB, Doffek K, Shaik T, Carroll TB, Findling JW, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Adrenalectomy patients with mixed primary aldosteronism and hypercortisolism (PA/HC): An analysis of outcomes following surgery at a single institution. Poster presentation at the American As, Milwaukee, WI, May 2025. |
97. Hamidi O, Salama B, Wang TS, Findling JW, Zhang C, Carroll T, Dream S, Sada A, Balderrama- Brondani V, Dogra D, Dackiw A, Mirfakhraee S, Mehta A, Oltmann S, McKenzie T, Foster T, Bancos I. Cortisol testing to diagnose adrenal insufficiency following adrenalectomy for mild autonomous cortisol secretion: A multicenter Adrenal Alliance Study. Accepted as a Rapid-Fire and Poster p, San Francisco, CA, July 2025. |
98. Lisevick AB*, Sanchez A, Doffek K, Yen TW, Wang TS. Evaluating Body Mass Index and Posterior Adiposity Index in Predicting Robotic Adrenalectomy Outcomes. Accepted as an e-poster presentation at the Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum, American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress 2025, Chicago, IL, October 2025. |
99. Lisevick AB*, Dream S, Yen TW, Wang TS. "The Big Discovery" by Dr. Jerome W. Conn. Accepted as a e-poster for the History of Surgery session at the American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress 2025, Chicago, IL, October 2025. |
100. Taylor GA*, Dream S, Shaik T, Doffek KM, Yen TW, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Wang TS. Utility of 24- hour urine calcium and calcium:creatinine clearance ratios in identifying germline mutations in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Accepted as an oral presentation at the Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum, American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress 2025, Chicago, IL, October 2025. |
Regional |
2. Invited speaker. Management of Thyroid Nodules. Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants 2009 Spring Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI, April 1, 2009. |
3. Invited speaker. Evaluation and Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Theda Clark Tumor Board, Neenah, WI, October 8, 2009. |
4. Invited speaker. Surgical Approaches to Adrenalectomy. Endocrine Grand Rounds, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, May 6, 2010. |
5. Invited speaker. Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. Illinois Surgical Society Fall meeting, Lake Geneva, WI, September 2012. |
6. Moderator. Quick Shot Session II. Central Surgical Association 72nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2015. |
7. Invited speaker. Management of Thyroid Nodules. Medical College of Wisconsin 46th Annual Winter Refresher Course for Family Medicine. Waukesha, WI, February 5, 2016. |
8. Invited speaker. What's new in endocrine surgery? Wisconsin Surgical Club Meeting, Milwaukee, WI |
September 2016. |
9. Invited speaker. Surgery for large, benign goiters. 2018 Montana-Wyoming and Idaho Chapter Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Big Sky, MT, January 27, 2018. |
10. Invited speaker. What do I need to know about Endocrine Surgery to pass my recertification exam. 2018 Montana-Wyoming and Idaho Chapter Meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Big Sky, MT, January 27, 2018. |
1. Invited speaker. Present Treatment of Thyroid Cancer. Appleton Medical Center Grand Rounds, Appleton, WI, April 2008. |
1. Yen TW, Wang TS, Doffek KM, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD. Reoperative parathyroidectomy: Improved imaging and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring results in a successful focused approach. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Associa, Cincinnati, OH, March 2008. |
2. Wilson SD, Krzywda EA, Zhu Y, Yen TW, Wang TS, Sugg SL, Pappas SG: The influence of surgery in MEN-1 syndrome: Observations over 150 years. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 65th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, March 2008. |
3. Wang TS, Cheung K, Roman SA, Sosa JA. To supplement or not to supplement: A cost-utility analysis of calcium and vitamin D repletion in post-thyroidectomy patients. Brief oral presentation at the New England Surgical Society 91st, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 2010. |
4. Wilson SD, Doffek K, Wang TS, Krzywda E, Evans DB, Yen TW. Primary hyperparathyroidism with a history of head and neck irradiation: The consequences of associated thyroid tumors. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 68th Annual Meetin, Detroit, MI, March 2011. |
5. Carsello C*, Yen TW, Wang TS. Elevation of parathyroid hormone in normocalcemic patients following parathyroidectomy: Does it matter? Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 69th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, March 2012. |
6. O'Connell K*, Yen TW, Quiroz F, Evans DB, Wang TS. The utility of routine preoperative cervical ultrasonography in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 70th, Amelia Island, FL, March 2013. |
7. Berg RW*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Analysis of an Institutional Protocol For Thyroid Lobectomy: Utility of Routine Intraoperative Frozen Section And Expedited (Overnight) Pathology. Oral (quick-shot) presentation at the Centra, Indianapolis, IN, March 2014. |
8. Glenn JA*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Outcomes of lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer at a high-volume academic medical center. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 72nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2015. |
9. Postlewait L, Staley CA, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Wang TS, Phay JE, Fields RC, Weber SM, Sicklick JK, Yopp AC, Duh QY, Solórzano CC, Hatzaras I, Votanopoulos KI, Pawlik TM, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK. Outcomes of adjuvant mitotane after resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: A 13-institution study of the US Adrenocortical Carcinoma Group. Oral presentation at the Southern Surgical Assoc, Hot Springs, VA, December 2015. |
10. Tran T, Norton JA, Postelwait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Prescott JD, Pawlik TM, Poultsides GA. Clinical score predicting long-term survival after repeat resection for recurrent adrenocortical carcinoma. Oral presentation at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association 87th Annual Meeti, Waimea, HI, February 2016. |
11. Coan KE*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Bullock M, Colon-Franco JM, Evans DB, Wang TS. Intraoperative ex- vivo parathyroid aspiration, a point-of-care test to confirm parathyroid tissue. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 73rd Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, March 2016. |
12. Mazotas IG*, Yen TW, Park J, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. A postoperative parathyroid hormone algorithm to reduce symptomatic hypocalcemia following completion/total thyroidectomy: a retrospective analysis of 591 patients. Oral presentation at the C, Columbus, OH, March 2018. |
13. Kiernan CM*, Wang TS, Solórzano CC. Bilateral neck exploration for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Utilization patterns in 7347 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Im, Palm Beach, FL, December 2018. |
14. Drake FT, Lyden ML, Kuo JH, Shen WT, Morris-Wiseman LF, Carty SE, Wang TS. Optimizing the Fellowship Interview Process: Perspectives from Applicants and Program Directors of the Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program. Accepted as oral presentat |
15. Park SY*, Scotting O, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream SY. Underdiagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Osteoarthritis Undergoing Arthroplasty. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 78th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2021. |
16. Leonard SP*, Redlich PN, Wang TS, Lewis BD, Spellecy R, Lomberk G, deRoon-CassiniTA, Treat R, Evans DB. Development and implementation of an innovative mentoring committee for early career faculty members. Oral presentation at the Central Surgical Association 82nd Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 2025. |
Local |
17. Invited speaker. What's new in endocrine surgery? Milwaukee Academy of Surgery, Milwaukee, WI |
February 2017. |
18. Invited Speaker. Surgical approaches to adrenalectomy. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, February 23, 2018. |
19. Invited Speaker. Molecular testing for indeterminate thyroid nodules. Medical College of Wisconsin and |
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, July 25, 2019. |
20. Invited Speaker, with Christina Georgeades, MD and Andrew Kastenmeier, MD. Cultural Complications. MCW Professionalism Week: Adapt and Evolve: Reimagining our Work Together." October 18, 2021. |
21. Invited Speaker. Innovations in Adrenal Surgery. Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Urology Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, November 4, 2022. |
22. Invited Speaker. Surgical Approaches to Adrenalectomy. Medical College of Wisconsin Endocrine Surgery and Neuroendocrinte Tumor Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, March 31 - April 1, 2023. |
3. Invited speaker. Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring and Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. 1st Annual Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Update: Current Concepts in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Endocrine Tumors, Milwaukee WI, May 2, 2009. |
4. Invited speaker. The Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines: Management of differentiated thyroid cancer. 2nd Annual Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Update: Current Concepts in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Endocrine Tumors, Milwaukee, WI, June 5, 2010. |
5. Invited speaker. Surgical Approaches to Adrenalectomy. Milwaukee Academy of Surgery, Milwaukee, WI, November 22, 2010. |
6. Invited speaker. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. 3rd Annual Medical College of Wisconsin and |
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Update: Current Concepts in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Endocrine Tumors, Milwaukee, WI, May 13, 2011. |
7. Invited speaker. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Milwaukee Academy of Surgery, Milwaukee, WI, September 24, 2012. |
8. Invited speaker. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Wheaton-Franciscan Healthcare, St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, December 11, 2012. |
9. Invited speaker. Strategies in the Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, May 11, 2013. |
10. Invited speaker. Approaches to Parathyroid Surgery. Endocrine Research Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, Milwaukee, WI, September 19, 2013. |
11. Invited speaker. Adrenal disease: Recent developments and future challenges. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, May 31, 2014. |
12. Panelist. Is Professionalism Caught or Taught? Medical College of Wisconsin, October 2, 2014. A look at how professionalism can be modeled by faculty in various settings, part of "A Quest for Professionalism: A Week of Conversations About the Journey". |
13. Invited speaker. Use of Decision Modeling in Determining the Extent of Surgery for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR) Research Seminar, February 13, 2015. |
14. Invited speaker. Adrenalectomy: Preoperative preparation, surgery, and postoperative considerations. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, June 19, 2015. |
15. Invited speaker. Surgical approach to the thyroid goiter. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Green Bay, WI, May 6, 2016. |
16. Invited speaker. Primary hyperparathyroidism: Updates from the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines. Medical College of Wisconsin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Endocrine Surgery Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, February 25, 2017. |
1. Invited speaker. Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Columbia-St. Mary's Medical |
Center Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, February 21, 2009. |
2. Invited speaker. Pheochromocytoma. Columbia-St. Mary's Medical Center Grand Rounds, Milwaukee |
WI, April 22, 2009 |
23. Invited Speaker. Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion. Medical College of Wisconsin Pituitary - Adrenal Symposium. Milwaukee, WI, February 22, 2025. |
PEER REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS: |
1. Wang TS, Salem RR, Elefteriades J, Ocal IT, Sosa JA. Case report of a leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal vein extending into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Oral presentation at the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fa, Meriden, CT, November 2006. |
2. Racu C*, Doffek K, Krzywda E, Burgardt L, Wang TS, Wilson S, Yen T. Reoperative parathyroidectomy: Strategies for success in the era of improved imaging and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring. Oral presentation at The Wisconsin Surgical Society - Cha, Kohler, WI, October 2007. |
3. McGuire CA*, Yen TW, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Recurrent thyroid carcinoma: Vicissitudes in diagnosis. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2008. |
4. Tallar MT*, Yen TW, Wang TS, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Pappas SG. Incidental thyroid nodules: What is the likelihood of malignancy? Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2008. |
5. Vincent-Sheldon S*, Wang TS, Wu S, Yen TW. Evaluation of compliance with ATA guidelines in the management of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer: A 3-year review. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapt, Kohler, WI, November 2009. |
6. Wu S*, Yen TW, Vincent-Sheldon S, Wang TS. The role of serum thyroglobulin in detecting and managing persistent thyroid carcinoma. Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fal, Kohler, WI, November 2009. |
7. Cayo AK*, Wang TS, Scheel JL, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Yen TW. "Morning after" parathyroid hormone and calcium levels: Do they predict the need for vitamin D supplementation after total thyroidectomy? Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society -, Kohler, WI, November 2009. |
8. Cayo AK*, Yen TW, Misustin SM, Evans DB, Wang TS. Who needs calcium supplementation after total thyroidectomy? Preliminary results of a prospective study. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapter of the American College, Kohler, WI, November 2010. |
9. Wang TS, Yen TW, Evans DB. Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy. Video presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2010. |
10. Leiker AJ*, Yen TW, Eastwood DC, Doffed KM, Szabo A, Evans DB, Wang TS. Factors that influence parathyroid hormone half-life: Are new intraoperative criteria needed? Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2011. Winner, Best Poster Presentation |
11. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Mazeh H, Froyshteter AB, Wade TJ, Sippel RS, Chen H, Evans DB, Yen TW. Correlation of preoperative imaging with operative approach in adrenocortical carcinoma. Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons F, Kohler, WI, November 2011. |
12. Wu S*, Amin AL, Yen TW, Doffek K, Wang TS. Radioactive iodine: an unlikely cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2011. |
13. O'Connell K*, Yen TW, Quiroz F, Evans DB, Wang TS. The utility of routine preoperative ultrasonography in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - Chapter of th, Kohler, WI, November 2012. |
14. Yong HM*, Yen TW, Hunt B, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Thyroid follicular neoplasms in the elderly: Does the risk of malignancy justify thyroidectomy? Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Su, Kohler, WI, November 2012. |
15. Zhao DW*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Changes in bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in elderly patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American C, Kohler, WI, November 2013. |
16. Berg RW*, Yen TW, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Utility of routine intraoperative frozen section and expedited final pathology for patients undergoing thyroid lobectomy. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of th, Kohler, WI, November 2013. |
17. La J*, Wang TS, Burgardt L, Doffek K, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW. Curative parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism improves sleep quality and overall health status: A prospective study. Poster presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chap, Kohler, WI, November 2015 |
18. Morris R*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Institutional experience with concurrent endocrine and other surgical procedures. Oral presentation at the |
a. Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2015. |
19. Morris R*, Jin S*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Lalande B, Doffek K, Evans DB |
a. Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2015. |
20. Glenn JA*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Outcomes of lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer at a high-volume academic medical center. Oral presentation at the |
a. Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fall Meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2015. Winner of the Cancer Competition |
21. Affi M*, Javorsky BR, Yen TW, Doffek K, Hunt B, Tolat PP, Carroll TB, Giorgadze T, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Gene-expression classifier testing in the management of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules after fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society -, Kohler, WI, November 2016. |
22. Park J*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Wang TS. Use of the Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) Cohort Discovery Tool to identify patients with potentially unrecognized primary hyperparathyroidism. Quick-shot oral pre, Kohler, WI, November 2016. |
23. Kang M*, Wang TS, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Dream S. Determining the Clinical Utility of Preoperative Thyroglobulin for Surgical Decision Making in Thyroid Disease. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American |
24. Park SY*, Scotting O, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream SY. Underdiagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Osteoarthritis Undergoing Arthroplasty. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College |
25. Lisevick A*, Dream S, Yen TW, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Doffek K, Shaik T, Wang TS. Preoperative evaluation of celiac disease in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Surgical Society - a Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Fal |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
1 - Present American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) Luncheon |
2 - Present MCW Student Surgical Society |
2007 - 2013 Junior Medical Student Surgical Curriculum |
Bimonthly Endocrine Surgery lecture (6 hours/year) |
- 2009 January 2009 Faculty Facilitator |
M3 Intersession on Professionalism (5 hours) |
- 2019 May 2019 Panelist on M1 session on Imposter Syndrome |
- 2020 September 2020 Panelist |
- 2021 September 2021 Panelist, MCW chapter of the AWS (Association of Women's Surgeon) |
Graduate Student Education |
2007 - 2013 Faculty mentor, Basic Science Review, PGY1 General Surgery residency core curriculum (6-8 hours/year, as needed) |
2007 - 2013 Faculty mentor, Basic Science Review, PGY2 General Surgery residency core curriculum (6-8 hours/year, as needed) |
06/2008 - 2022 Examiner, Mock oral boards, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (5 hours/year, as needed) |
07/2010 - Present Examiner, Senior Medical Student Surgery sub-internship oral presentation (1 hour/month, as needed) |
- 2008 Fall 2008 Research Methods Workshop |
Faculty Facilitator: Group sessions (2 hours/week) |
Resident Education |
- 2007 October 2007 Presenter, Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2008 October 2008 Co-presenter, Adrenal disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2009 May 2009 Presenter, Evaluation and Management of Parathyroid Disease, PGY1 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2010 April 2010 Presenter, Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Disease, PGY1 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2010 September 2010 Presenter, Parathyroid Disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2011 April 2011 Presenter, Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Disease, PGY1 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2012 April 2012 Presenter, Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Disease, PGY1 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2013 August 2013 Presenter, Parathyroid Disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2016 February 2016 Presenter, Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules, PGY2 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2016 February 2016 Presenter, Evaluation and Treatment of Adrenal masses, PGY2 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2016 August 2016 Presenter, Parathyroid Disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum (2 hours) |
- 2018 October 2018 Presenter, Adrenal Masses, PGY2-3 General Surgery residency core curriculum November 2018 Presenter, Parathyroid Disease, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency core |
curriculum |
- 2018 December 2018 Presenter, Endocrine Surgery Mock Oral Preparation session, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency |
- 2019 December 2019 Presenter, Endocrine Surgery Mock Oral Preparation session, PGY3-5 General Surgery residency |
- 2020 January 2020 Presenter, Department of Obsetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
Fellows Conference. "Surgical Endocrine Disease in Pregnancy" |
- 2020 April 2020 Presenter, Evaluation of Adrenal Nodules. Daily Curriculum for General Surgery Residency, during COVID. |
- 2020 September 2020 Presenter, Management of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer, PGY4-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2021 April 2021 Presenter, Evaluation of Adrenal nodules. PGY 2-3 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2021 October 2021 Presenter, Indications Conference: Thyroid, PGY 2-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2021 December 2021 Presenter, This Week in Score; Parathyroid, PGY 2-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2023 February 2023 Presenter, This Week in Score; Adrenal, PGY 2-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2024 May 2024 Presenter, This Week in Score, Parathyroid, PGY2-4 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
- 2025 June 2025 Presenter, Adrenal disease, PGY2-5 General Surgery residency core curriculum |
Continuing Medical Education |
02/06/2008 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, |
11/10/2010 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, "Surgical Approaches to Adrenalectomy" |
"Parathyroid Disease" |
Community/Lay Public |
1 - Present Resident/Fellow Clinical Research Award at the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 36th Annual Meeting |
2 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin 2015 Condon - Donegan Research Award |
09/19/2008 - Present Community Education, Froedtert Health |
10/08/2008 - Present "Thyroid Disorders" |
\02/21/2013 Community Education, Froedtert Health |
"Is Thyroid Surgery for Me?" |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENT, and CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED |
Medical Students |
Colleen McGuire June - August 2008 Research mentor, summer student |
Susana Wu June 2009 - May 2012 Research co-mentor |
Advisor, Physician-scientist pathway |
Clinical advisor |
Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon June 2009 - May 2011 Research co-mentor |
Andrew J. Leiker June 2011 - July 2013 Research mentor, summer student |
Advisor, Physician-scientist pathway |
Selected as top poster presentation at Wisconsin Surgical Society meeting, |
Kohler, WI, November 2011. |
Holly Yong May 2012 - May 2015 Research mentor, summer student |
Advisor, Master-Clinician pathway |
Clinical Advisor |
Diana Zhao January 2013 - August 2015 Research mentor, summer student |
Advisor, Physician-scientist pathway |
Justin La January 2013 - April 2016 Research co-mentor, summer student |
Sierra Jin January 2014 - February 2016 Research mentor, summer student |
Advisor, Physician-scientist pathway |
Jiyoon Park January 2016 -June 2018 Research mentor, summer student |
Advisor, Translational research pathway |
Marina Affi |
Kayla O'Sullivan January 2016 - March 2017 |
- 2018 January 2018 - 2021 Research mentor Research mentor |
Residents |
Ashley K. Cayo, MD |
- 2010 March 2010 - June 2013 |
Faculty mentor, ABSITE preparation |
Research mentor |
Selected as one of 20 recipients of a 2012 Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) resident/fellow research award. |
Selected as the winner of the Resident/Fellow Clinical Research Award American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 33rd Annual Meeting (April 2012) |
Thomas J. Wade, MD July 2010 - 2013 Research mentor |
Amanda L. Amin, MD July 2010 - 2013 Research co-mentor |
Selected as one of 20 recipients of a 2011 Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) resident/fellow research award. |
Kathleen O'Connell, MD January 2010 - June 2014 Research mentor Ryan W. Berg, MD January 2013 - December 2015 Research mentor |
Selected as one of 20 recipients of a 2014 Medical College of Wisconsin |
Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) resident/fellow research award. |
Jason Glenn, MD February 2014 - June 2017 Advisor and research mentor |
Selected as the winner of the Cancer Competition at Wisconsin Surgical Society meeting, Kohler, WI, November 2015. |
Selected as one of 20 recipients of a 2016 Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (MCWAH) resident/fellow research award. |
Rachel Morris, MD February 2015 - 2017 Advisor and research mentor |
Sandra Park, MD July 2018 - July 2019 Research mentor |
Alexa Lisevick, MD 2022 - present Research mentor |
Selected as the Geoff Thompson Award for Best Poster at the American |
Association of Endocrine Surgeons' Annual Meeting (May 2025) |
Clinical Fellows |
Carrie Carsello, MD Aug 2011 - June 2012 |
Azadeh A. Carr, MD July 2012 - June 2013 |
Victoria Lai, MD July 2013 - June 2014 Adwoa Opoku-Boateng, MD July 2013 - June 2014 Diana I. Ortiz, MD July 2014 - June 2015 |
Selected as the winner: |
Kathryn E. Coan, MD July 2015 - June 2016 Emily E. Murphy, MD August 2016 - July 2017 Ioanna Mazotas, MD August 2017 - July 2018 |
Lily Hsieh, MD August 2018 - July 2019 Olivia DeLozier, MD August 2020 - July 2021 Marisa Bartz-Kurycki, MD August 2021 - July 2022 Patrick Hangge, MD August 2022 - July 2023 |
George Taylor, MD August 2024 - present |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Faculty |
Patient Centered Outcomes Research University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Susan Pitt, MD August 2016 - August 2017 Stakeholder Panel Member |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
1 - Present Contemporary Surgical Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Recurrent Thyroid Cancer, Including Discussing Potential Complications With Voice and Swallowing Issues. |
1 - Present The Word on Medicine: Thyroid Disease |
2 - Present The Word on Medicine: Hypertension (segment on adrenal causes of secondary hypertension) Originally aired on February 3, 2020; podcast available on iHeartRadio |
2 - Present Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A discussion. |
3 - Present The Word on Medicine: Cultural Complications |
4 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin CTSI Discovery Radio: Episode #131: Hyperparathyroidism. Aired March 21, 2025. Podcast available on CTSI website (https://ctsi.mcw.edu/community/expand-your- knowledge/cts |
5 - 620 WTMJ Wisconsin's Afternoon News, Health Brief: Segment on Hyperparathyroidism. March 25, 2025: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7338605/7338605_2025-03-25-220105.128.mp3?rssID=881; https://www.youtube |
(ThyCa) Survivor's Conference, Denver, CO, October 2019. |
INVITED MEDIA APPEARANCES |
Local |
Originally aired on May 19, 2018; podcast available on iHeartRadio |
Originally aired on November 2021; podcast available on iHeartRadio |
Wang TS. Medullary Thyroid Cancer; A Surgeon's Perspective. 22nd International Thyroid Cancer |
WI, February 14, 2015. |
Wang TS. Risk stratification for thyroid cancer. Thyroid Cancer (ThyCa) Survivors' Meeting, Madison, |
- 2014 October 2014. |
Wang TS. Speaker at the 17th International Thyroid Cancer (ThyCa) Survivors' Conference, Denver, CO, |
Meeting, Madison, WI, November 9, 2013. |
Wang TS. Contemporary Surgical Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Recurrent Thyroid Cancer, Including Discussing Potential Complications with Voice and Swallowing Issues, 15th Internationa |
Wang TS. Initial Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid Cancer (ThyCa) Survivors' |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Wang TS, Dubner S, Sznyter LA, Heller KS. Incidence of metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer in cervical lymph nodes. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;130(1):110-3. PMID 14732779 |
2. Wang TS, Ostrower S, Heller KS. Persistently elevated PTH levels after parathyroid surgery. Surgery 2005;138(6):1130-5. PMID 16360400 |
3. Wang TS, Salem RR, Elefteriades J, Ocal IT, Sosa JA. Leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal vein; A novel approach to surgical resection: Case Report. World J Surg Onc 2007;5:109. PMID 17910774 |
4. Sosa JA, Mehta PJ, Wang TS, Yeo HL, Roman SA. Racial Disparities in Clinical and Economic Outcomes from Thyroidectomy. Ann Surg 2007;246(6):1083-91. PMID 18043114 |
5. Sosa JA, Wang TS, Yeo HL, Mehta PJ, Boudourakis L, Udelsman R, Roman SA. The maturation of a specialty: Workforce projections for endocrine surgery. Surgery 2007;142(6):876-83. PMID 18063071 |
6. Wang TS, Ocal IT, Oxley K, Sosa JA. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the thyroid gland. Thyroid 2008;18(4):425-8. PMID 18346004 |
7. Sosa JA, Mehta PJ, Wang TS, Boudourakis L, Roman SA. A population-based study of outcomes from thyroidectomy in aging Americans: At what cost? J Am Coll Surg 2008;206(3):1097-1105. PMID 18501806 |
8. Cheung K*, Roman SA, Wang TS, Walker HD, Sosa JA. Calcitonin Measurement in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules in the United States: A Cost-effectiveness and Decision Analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93(6):2173-80. PMID 18364376 |
9. Wang TS, Ocal IT, Sosa JA, Cox H, Roman SA. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Without Marked Elevation of Calcitonin: A Diagnostic and Surveillance Dilemma. Thyroid 2008;18(8):889-894. PMID 18651827 |
10. Sosa JA, Tuggle CT, Wang TS, Boudourakis L, Thomas DC, Rivkees S, Roman SA. Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery in Children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93(8):3058-3065. PMID 18522977 |
11. Yen TW, Wang TS, Doffek KM, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD. Reoperative parathyroidectomy: Improved imaging and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring results in a successful focused approach. Surgery 2008;144(4):611-621. PMID 18847646 |
12. Wilson SD, Krzywda EA, Zhu Y, Yen TW, Wang TS, Sugg SL, Pappas SG. The Influence of Surgery in MEN-1 Syndrome: Observations Over 150 Years. Surgery 2008;144(4):695-702. PMID 18847656 |
13. Tuggle CT*, Roman SA, Wang TS, Boudourakis L, Thomas DC, Udelsman R, Sosa JA. Pediatric endocrine surgery: Who is operating on our children? Surgery 2008;144(6):869-877. PMID 19040991 |
14. Wang TS, Roman SA, Cox H, Air M, Sosa JA. The management of thyroid nodules in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. J Surg Res 2009;154(2):317-323. PMID 19201427 |
15. Boudourakis LD*, Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Evolution of the Surgeon-Volume - Patient Outcome Relationship. Ann Surg 2009;250(1):159-165. PMID 19561457 |
16. Famakinwa O*, Roman SA, Wang TS, Sosa JA. ATA Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Are They Followed in the United States? Am J Surg 2010;199(2):189- |
17. PMID 20113699 |
18. Wang TS, Cheung K, Mehta P, Roman SA, Walker HD, Sosa JA. To stimulate or withdraw? A cost- utility analysis of recombinant human thyrotropin versus thyroxine withdrawal for radioiodine ablation in patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer in the United States. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010;95(4):1672-1680. PMID 20139234 |
19. Chen H, Wang TS, Yen T, Doffek K, Krzywda E, Schaefer S, Sippel RS, Wilson SD. Operative failures after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: The influence of surgical volume. Ann Surg 2010;252(4):691-695. PMID 20881776 |
20. Wang TS, Cayo AK, Wilson SD, Yen TW. The value of postoperative parathyroid hormone levels in predicting the need for long-term vitamin D supplementation following total thyroidectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2011;18(3):777-781. PMID 20957441 |
21. Wang TS, Cheung K, Roman SA, Sosa JA. To supplement or not to supplement: A cost-utility analysis of calcium and vitamin D repletion in post-thyroidectomy patients. Ann Surg Oncol 2011;18(5):1293- 1299. PMID 21088914 |
22. Wilson SD, Doffek K, Wang TS, Krzywda E, Evans DB, Yen TW. Primary hyperparathyroidism with a history of head and neck irradiation: The consequences of associated thyroid tumors. Surgery 2011;150(4):869-877. PMID 22000202 |
23. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Wade TJ, Yen TW. Normal PTH levels in primary hyperparathyroidism: Still the same disease? Ann Surg Oncol 2011;18(12):3437-3442. PMID 21537864 |
24. Amin AL*, Wang TS. Image of the month - case quiz. Arch Surg 2011;146(11):1328. Selected as Image of the Year, 2011:146(12):1367. PMID 22106327 |
25. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Wade TJ, Quiroz FA, Hellman RS, Evans DB, Yen TW. Non-localizing imaging studies for hyperparathyroidism: Where to explore first? J Am Coll Surg 2011;213(6):793-799. PMID 22014659 |
26. Wang TS, Cheung K, Farrokhyar F, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Would scan, but which scan? A cost-utility analysis to optimize preoperative imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery 2011;150(6):1286- 1294. PMID 22136852 |
27. Cheung K*, Wang TS, Farrokhyar F, Roman SA, Sosa, JA. A Meta-Analysis of Preoperative Localization Techniques for Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol 2012;19(2):577-583. PMID 21710322 |
28. Wade TJ*, Yen TW, Amin AL, Wang TS. Surgical Management of Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism. World J Surg 2012;36(4):761-766. PMID 22286968 |
29. Carsello CB*, Yen TW, Wang TS. Persistent elevation of parathyroid hormone in normocalcemic patients following parathyroidectomy: Does it matter? Surgery 2012;152(4):575-83. PMID 23021134 |
30. Cayo AK*, Yen TW, Misustin SM, Wall K, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Predicting the need for calcium and calcitriol supplementation after total thyroidectomy: Results of a prospective, randomized study. Surgery 2012;152(6):1059-1067. PMID 23068088 |
31. Mazeh H*, Froyshteter AB, Wang TS, Amin A, Evans DB, Sippel RS, Chen H, Yen TW. Is prior same quadrant surgery a contraindication to laparoscopic adrenalectomy? Surgery 2012;152(6):1211-1217. PMID 23068085 |
32. Wang TS, Cheung K, Roman SA, Sosa JA. A cost-effectiveness analysis of adrenalectomy for non- functional adrenal incidentalomas: Is there a size threshold for resection? Surgery 2012;152(6):1126- 1132. PMID 22989893 |
33. Wang TS, Evans DB, Fareau GG, Carroll T, Yen TW. Effect of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on serum thyroglobulin and recommendations for adjuvant radioactive iodine in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2012;19(13):4217-4222. PMID 23010732 |
34. Wade TJ*, Yen TW, Amin AL, Evans DB, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Focused parathyroidectomy with intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in patients with lithium-associated primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery 2013;153(5):718-722. PMID 23352236 |
35. Leiker AJ*, Yen TW, Eastwood DC, Doffek KM, Szabo A, Evans DB, Wang TS. Factors that influence parathyroid hormone half-life: Are new intraoperative criteria needed? JAMA Surg 2013;148(7):602-606. PMID 23677330 |
36. Wang TS, Cheung K, Farrokhyar F, Roman SA, Sosa, JA. A meta-analysis of the effect of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on locoregional recurrence rates in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2013;20(11):3477-3483. PMID 23846784 |
37. O'Connell K*, Yen TW, Quiroz F, Evans DB, Wang TS. The Utility of Routine Preoperative Cervical Ultrasonography in Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Surgery 2013;154(4):697-703. PMID 24011674 |
38. Leiker AJ*, Yen TW, Cheung K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Cost-analysis of thyroid lobectomy and intraoperative frozen section vs. total thyroidectomy in patients with a cytological diagnosis of 'suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer'. Surgery 2013;154(12):1307-1314. PMID 24238049 |
39. Wang TS, Pasieka JL, Carty SE. Techniques of Parathyroid Exploration at North American Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Programs: What the Next Generation is Being Taught. Am J Surg 2014;207(4):527- |
40. PMID 24495320 |
41. Wang TS, Goffredo P, Sosa JA, Roman SA. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: An overtreated malignancy? World J Surg 2014;38(9):2297-2303. PMID 24791670 |
42. Carr AA, Yen TW, Fareau GG, Misustin SM, Cayo AK, Evans DB, Wang TS. A single parathyroid hormone level obtained 4 hours after total thyroidectomy predicts the need for postoperative calcium supplementation. J Am Coll Surg 2014;219(4):757-764. PMID 25053220 |
43. Asare EA*, Wang TS, Winchester P, Mallin K, Kebebew E, Sturgeon C. A novel staging system for adrenocortical carcinoma better predicts survival in patients with stage I/II disease. Surgery 2014;156(6):1378-1386. PMID 25456914 |
44. Wang TS, Opoku-Boateng A, Sosa JA, Roman SA. Prophylactic Thyroidectomy: Who Needs It, When and Why? J Surg Onc 2015;111(1):61-65. PMID 24965542 |
45. O'Connell K*, Yen TW, Shaker J, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Low 24-hour urine calcium levels in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Is further evaluation warranted prior to parathyroidectomy? Am J Surg 2015;210(1):123-128. PMID 25595714 |
46. Glenn JA*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Outcomes of lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer at a high-volume academic medical center. Surgery 2015;158(4):972-980. PMID 26187683 |
47. Asare EA*, Sturgeon C, Winchester DJ, Liu L, Palis B, Perrier ND, Evans DB, Winchester DP, Wang TS. Parathyroid carcinoma: An update on treatment outcomes and prognostic factors from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). Ann Surg Oncol, 2015;22(12):3990-3995. PMID 26077914 |
48. Lai V*, Yen WF, Rose BT, Fareau GG, Misustin SM, Evans DB, Wang TS. The effect of thyroiditis on the yield of central compartment lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2015;22(13):4181-4186. PMID 25851341 |
49. Bagante F, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Hatzaras I, Phay JE, Jin LX, Weber SM, Sicklick JK, Yopp AC, Duh QY, Solórzano CC, Votanopoulos KI, Pawlik TM. Neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet- lymphocyte ratio as predictors of disease-specific survival after resection of adrenocortical carcinoma. J Surg Onc 2015;112(2):164-172. PMID 26234285 |
50. Valero-Elizondo J, Kim Y, Prescott JD, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Incidence and risk factors associated with readmission after surgical treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg, 2015;19(12):2154-2161. PMID 26286367 |
51. Margonis GA, Kim Y, Prescott JD, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Adrenocortical carcinoma: impact of surgical margin status on long-term outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol 2016;23(1):134-141. PMID 26286195 |
52. Amini N, Margonis GA, Kim Y, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Curative resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: rates and patterns of postoperative recurrence. Ann Surg Oncol 2016;23(1):126-133. PMID 26282907 |
53. Ortiz DI*, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Javorsky BR, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW, Wang TS. Cosyntropin stimulation testing on postoperative day 1 allows for selective glucocorticoid replacement therapy in patients undergoing adrenalectomy for hypercortisolism: Results of a novel, multidisciplinary-derived institutional protocol. Surgery 2016;159(1):259-266. PMID 26422766 |
54. Berg RW*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Hunt B, Quiroz FA, Wilson SD, Wang TS. Analysis of an institutional protocol for thyroid lobectomy: Utility of routine intraoperative frozen section and expedited (overnight) pathology. Surgery 2016;159(2):512-517. PMID 26361834 |
55. Chen Y*, Sadow PM, Suh H, Lee KE, Young C, Suh YJ, Wang TS, Lubitz CC. BRAFV600E is correlated with recurrence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Thyroid 2016;26(2):248-255. PMID 26671072 |
56. Margonis GA, Amini N, Kim Y, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Incidence of perioperative complications following resection of adrenocortical carcinoma and its association with long-term survival. World J Surg 2016;40(3):706-714. PMID 26546184 |
57. Glenn JA*, Kiernan CM, Yen TW, Solórzano CC, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Management of suspected adrenal metastases at two academic medical centers. Am J Surg 2016;211(4):664-670. PMID 26822269 |
58. Postlewait LM, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Prescott JD, Pawlik TM, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Staley CA, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK. Outcomes of adjuvant mitotane after resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: A 13- institution study of the US Adrenocortical Carcinoma Group. J Am Coll Surg 2016;222(4):480-492. PMID 26775162 |
59. Kim Y, Margonis GA, Prescott JD, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Nomograms to Predict Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival after Curative Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma. JAMA Surg 2016 Apr 1;151(4):365-73. PMID 26676603 |
60. Glenn JA*, Yen TW, Javorsky BR, Rose BG, Carr AA, Doffek KM, Evans DB, Wang TS. Association between BMI and multigland primary hyperparathyroidism. J Surg Res 2016;202(1):132-8. PMID 27083959 |
61. Margonis GA, Kim Y, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Outcomes following resection in cortisol-secreting tumors. Am J Surg 2016;211(6):1106-1113. PMID 26810939 |
62. Lai V, Yen TW, Doffek K, Carr AA, Carroll TB, Fareau GG, Evans DB, Wang TS. Implications of delayed normalization of serum calcium levels after presumed curative parathyroidectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2016;23(7):2310-2314. PMID 27006125 |
63. Coan KE*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Bullock M, Colon-Franco JM, Evans DB, Wang TS. Intraoperative ex vivo parathyroid aspiration, a point-of-care test to confirm parathyroid tissue. Surgery 2016;160(4):850- 857. PMID 27545996 |
64. Coan KE*, Wang TS. Initial surgical management of medullary thyroid cancer. Int J Endo Oncol 2016;3(3):259-266. |
65. Wilhelm SM, Wang TS, Ruan DT, Lee JA, Asa SL, Duh QY, Doherty GM, Herrera MF, Pasieka JL, Perrier ND, Silverberg SJ, Solórzano CC, Sturgeon C, Tublin ME, Udelsman R, Carty SE. The American |
66. Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Definitive Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. JAMA Surg 2016;151(10):959-968. PMID 27532368 |
67. Tran TB, Maithel SK, Pawlik TM, Wang TS, Hatzaras I, Phay JE, Fields RC, Weber SM, Sicklick JK, Yopp C, Duh QY, Solórzano CC, Votanopoulos KI, Poultsides GA. Clinical score predicting long-term survival after repeat resection for recurrent adrenocortical ccarcinoma. J Am Coll Surg 2016;223(6):794- 803. PMID 27618748 |
68. Tran TB*, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott JD, Wang TS, Glenn J, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp C, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Pawlik TM, Norton J, Poultsides GA. Actual 10-Year Survivors following resection of adrenocortical carcinoma. J Surg Oncol 2016;114(8):971-976. PMID 27633419 |
69. Gerry J*, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott JD, Wang TS, Glenn J, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp C, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Pawlik TM, Norton J, Poultsides GA. Lymphadenectomy for Adrenocorcial carcinoma: Is there a therapeutic benefit? Ann Surg Oncol 2016 Dec;23(Suppl5):708-713. PMID 27590329 |
70. La J*, Wang TS, Hammad AY, Burgardt L, Doffek K, Carr AA, Shaker JL, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Yen TW. Parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism improves sleep quality: A prospective study. Surgery 2017;161(1):25-34. PMID 27865592 |
71. Fishbein L, Leschchiner I, Walter V, et al. (Wang TS, listed as a collaborator for the Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network). Comprehensive molecular characterization of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Cancer Cell 2017;31(2):181-193. PMID 28162975 |
72. Kim Y, Margonis GA, Prescott JD, Tran TB. Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Glenn JA, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Pawlik TM. Curative surgical resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: determining long- term outcome based on conditional disease-free probability. Ann Surg 2017;265(1):197-204. PMID 28009746 |
73. Lee CW*, Salem AI, Schneider DF, Leverson GE, Tran TB, Poultsides GA, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Wang TS, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Shirley L, Fields RC, Jin LX, Pawlik TM, Prescott JD, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp C, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Weber SM. Minimally invasive resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: A multi- institutional study of 201 patients. J Gastrointest Surg, 2017;21(2):352-362. Epub 2016 Oct 21. PMID 27770290 |
74. Carr AA, Yen TW, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Using parathyroid hormone spikes during parathyroidectomy to guide intraoperative decision making. J Surg Res 2017;209:162-167; epub 2016 Oct |
75. PMID 28032553 |
76. Somnay YR*, Craven M, McCoy KL, Carty SE, Wang TS, Greenberg CC, Schneider D. Improving diagnostic recognition of primary hyperparathyroidism with machine learning. Surgery 2017;161(4):1113-1121. PMID 27989606 |
77. Morris R*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Carr AA, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS. Concurrent endocrine and other surgical procedures: An institutional experience. J Surg Res 2017;211:107-11. PMID 28601106 |
78. Hammad AY*, Yen TW, Wang TS. Disparities in access to care and outcomes in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma. J Surg Res 2017;213:138-146. PMID 28601306 |
79. Poorman CE*, Postlewait LM, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Prescott JD, Pawlik TM, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh Q, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Staley CA, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK. Blood Transfusion and Survival for Resected Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Study from the US Adrenocortical Carcinoma Group. Am Surg 2017;83(7):761-768. PMID 28738949 |
80. Wang TS, Kline G, Yen TW, Rilling W, Do B, Findling JW, Evans DB, Pasieka JL. A Multi-institutional Comparison of Adrenal Venous Sampling in Patients With Primary Hyperaldosteronism: Caution Advised if Successful Bilateral Adrenal Vein Sampling is Not Achieved. World J Surg 2018;42(2):466- |
81. PMID 29124355 |
82. Snyder S, Angelos P, Sally SE, Doherty GM, Howe JR, Lee JA, Libutti SK, Miller BS, Parangi S, Patel KN, Sippel RS, Sturgeon C, Wang TS, Yip L, Zeiger MA. Injection of Bulking Agents for Laryngoplasty: American Association of Endocrine Surgeons position statement. Surgery 2018;163(1):6- |
83. PMID 29129367 |
84. Poorman CE*, Postlewait LM, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Prescott JD, Pawlik TM, Wang TS, Glenn |
85. J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Keplinger K, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh Q, Seiser N, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Staley CA, Poultsides GA, Maithel SK. A Novel T-stage classification system for adrenocortical carcinoma: Proposal from the U.S. Adrenocortical Carcinoma Study Group. Ann Surg Oncol 2018;Feb:25(2):520-527. PMID 29164414 |
86. Zhang J, Jiang J, Luo Y, Li X, Lu Z, Liu Y, Huang J, Hou Y, Pang Y, Sun MYF, Wang TS, Evans DB, Pacak K, Zhuang Z, Gao X. Molecular evaluation of a sporadic paraganglioma with concurrent IDH1 and ATRX mutations. Endocrine 2018 Aug;61(2):216-223. PMID 29846902 |
87. Smith PM*, Kiernan CM, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott J, Pawlik T, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay J, Shirley LA, Fields RC, Jin L, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad |
88. S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh Q, Seiser N, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Staley CA, Poultsides GA, Solórzano CC. Role of additional organ resection in adrenocortical carcinoma: Analysis of 167 patients from the U.S. Adrenocortical Carcinoma database. Ann Surg Oncol 2018;25(8):2308-2315. PMID 29868977 |
89. Hughes DT, Rosen JE, Evans DB, Grubbs EG, Wang TS, Solórzano CC. Prophylactic central compartment neck dissection in papillary thyroid cancer and effect on locoregional recurrence. Ann Surg Oncol 2018;25(9):2526-2534. epub May 21. PMID 29786125 |
90. Sarvaideo JL, Clark J, Coan KE, Kravtsov O, Jacquart A, Knudson P, Maas D, Blank RD, Wang TS, Shaker JL. Hypercalcemic crisis in a patient with a huge mediastinal atypical parathyroid adenoma. AACE Clinical Case Rep 2017 4(3):e224-e227. |
91. Mazotas IG*, Yen TW, Park J, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. A postoperative parathyroid hormone algorithm to reduce symptomatic hypocalcemia following completion/total thyroidectomy: a retrospective analysis of 591 patients. Surgery 2018;164(4):746-753. Epub 2018 Jul 30. PMID 30072256 |
92. Wang TS and Sosa JA. Thyroid surgery: recent advances and future directions. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2018;14(11):670-683. Epub 2018 Aug 21. PMID 30131586 |
93. Carr AA, Yen TW, Ortiz DI, Hunt BC, Fareau GG, Massey BL, Campbell BH, Doffek KL, Evans, DB, Wang TS. Oncocytic variant papillary thyroid cancer has similar prognosis to matched classical papillary thyroid cancer controls. Thyroid 2018;28(11):1462-1567. Epub 2018 Sep 14. PMID 30215297 |
94. Rossfeld KK, Maithel SK, Prescott J, Wang TS, Fields RC, Weber SM, Sicklick JK, Yopp AC, Duh QY, Solórzano CC, Votanopoulos KI, Hatzaras I, Poultsides GA, Shirley LA. The prognostic significance of adrenocortical carcinomas identified incidentally. J Surg Onc 2018;118(7):1155-1162. Epub 2018 Oct 17. PMID 30332514 |
95. Carroll T, Peppard WJ, Herrmann DJ, Javorsky BR, Wang TS, Patel H, Zarnecki K, Findling JW. Continuous etomidate infusion for management of severe Cushing Syndrome: Validation of a standard protocol. J Endocr Soc 2018;3(1):1-12. eCollection 2019 Jan1. PMID 30560224 |
96. Kiernan CM*, Wang TS, Perrier ND, Grubbs EG, Solórzano CC. Bilateral neck exploration for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Use patterns in 5,597 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg 2019;228(4):652-659. Epub 2019 Jan 21. PMID 30677525 |
97. Coan KE*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Confirmation of parathyroid tissue, are surgeons aware of new and novel techniques? J Surg Res 2019;246:139-144. PMID 31569035 |
98. Mazotas IG*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaker JL, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Persistent/recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism: Does the number of abnormal glands play a role? J Surg Res 2020;246:335-341. Epub 2019 Oct 18. PMID 31635835 |
99. Prendergast KM, Smith, PM, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott JD, Pawlik, TM, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Shirley LA, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Features of synchronous vs. metachronous metastatectomy in adrenal cortical carcinoma: Analysis from the US adrenocortical carcinoma database. Surgery 2020;167(2):352- |
100. Epub 2019 July 1. PMID 31272813 |
101. |
102. Patel D, Phay JE, Yen TW, Dickson PV, Wang TS, Garcia R, Yang AD, Kim LT, Solórzano CC. Update on pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma from the SSO Endocrine and Head and Neck Disease Site Working Group. Part 1: Advances in Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Ann Surg Oncol 2020;27(5): 1329-1337. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID 32112212 |
103. Patel D, Phay JE, Yen TW, Dickson PV, Wang TS, Garcia R, Yang AD, Kim LT, Solórzano CC. Update on pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma from the SSO Endocrine and Head and Neck Disease Site Working Group. Part 2: Perioperative management and outcomes of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Ann Surg Oncol 2020;27(5): 1338-1347. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID 32112213 |
104. Hsieh L*, Yen TW, Dream S, Patel D, Evans DB, Wang TS. Perioperative management and outcomes of hyperthyroid patients unable to tolerate anti-thyroid drugs. World J Surg 2020;44(11):3770-3777. Epub 2020 June 22. PMID 32572525 |
105. Drake FT, Lyden ML, Kuo JH, Shen WT, Morris-Wiseman LF, Carty SE, Wang TS. Optimizing the Fellowship Interview Process: Perspectives from Applicants and Program Directors of the Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program. Surgery 2021;169(3):488-495. Epub 25 Aug 2020. PMID 32854969 |
106. Wrenn S*, Wang TS, Toumi A, Kiernan CM, Solórzano CC, Stephen AE. Practice patterns for surgical management of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer from 2014-2019: A CESQIP analysis. Am J Surg 2021;2(448-454). Epub 2020 Aug 21. PMID 32933747 |
107. Solórzano CC, Thomas G, Berber E, Wang TS, Randolph GW, Duh QY, Triponez F. The current state of intraoperative use of near infrared fluorescence for parathyroid identification and preservation. Surgery 2021;169(4):868-878. Epub 2020 Oct 30. PMID 33139065 |
108. O'Sullivan K*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Dream S, Mazotas I, Evans DB, Wang TS. An institutional experience with primary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly over two decades. Am J Surg 2021;222(3):549-553. Epub 2021 Jan 30. PMID 33551115 |
109. Wachtel H, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman B, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Carr AA, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC. Adrenalectomy for secondary malignancy: patients, outcomes, and indications. Ann Surg 2021;274(6):1073-1080. Epub 2020.5.18. PMID 32427760 |
110. Kang M*, Wang TS, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Dream S. The clinical utility of preoperative thyroglobulin for surgical decision making in thyroid disease. J Surg Res 2022;270:230-235. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID 34710703 |
111. Baechle JJ, Marincola Smith P, Solórzano CC, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott J, Pawlik T, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Shirley LA, Fields RC, Jin L, Abbott DE, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Sicklick JK, Yopp A, Mansour J, Duh QY, Seiser N, Votanopoulos K, Levine EA, Poultsides G, Kiernan CM. Cumulative GRAS score as a predictor of survival after resection for adrenocortical carcinoma: Analysis from the U.S. adrenocortical carcinoma database. Ann Surg Oncol 2021;28(11):6551-6561. Epub 2021 Feb 14. PMID 33586069 |
112. Beninato T, Laird AM, Graves CE, Drake FT, Alhefdhi A, Lee JA, Kuo JH, Grubbs EG, Wang TS, Pasieka JL, Lubitz CC. Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the practice of Endocrine Surgery? Am J Surg, epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID 34315576 |
113. Kuo LE, Chu DI, Gao T, Brahmbhatt T, Wang TS. Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences and Challenges in Academic Surgery. Am J Surg 2022;223(1):211-213. Epub 2021 Jul 31. PMID 34353621. |
114. Geary A*, Wang TS, Lindeman B, Kuo JH Lyden ML, Shen WT, Morris-Wiseman LF, Carty SE, Drake FT. Perspectives on virtual interviews - A follow-up study of the Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery fellowship interview process. Surgery 2022;171(1):259-264. epub 2021 Jul 12. PMID 34266646 |
115. Dream S, Kuo JH, Wang TS. Virtual Interactive Presence, A Novel Approach to Remote Proctoring for the Adoption of Innovative Technologies and Interventions. Am J Surg 2022;223(3):600-602. Epub 2021 Sept 14. PMID 34535290 |
116. DeLozier OM*, Dream SY, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Wang TS. Confirmation of feasibility of selective glucocorticoid replacement following unilateral adrenalectomy for hypercortisolism and primary aldosteronism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022;107(2):e537-e547. Epub 2021 Sept 24. PMID 34558612 |
117. Dream S, Park S, Yen TW, Rilling W, Rein L, Doffek K, Findling JW, Magill SB, Kidambi S, Evans DB, Wang TS. Utility of Epinephrine Levels in Determining Adrenal Vein Cannulation during Adrenal Venous Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism. Endo Pract 2022;28(3):276-281. Epub 2021 Sep 25. PMID 34582994 |
118. Park SY*, Scotting O, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream SY. Underdiagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Osteoarthritis Undergoing Arthroplasty. Surgery 2022;171(3):731- 735. Epub 2021 Nov 26. PMID 34844753 |
119. Baechle JJ*, Marincola Smith P, Ortega C, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Clinical predictors of pseudohypoxia type pheochromocytomas. Ann Surg Oncol, 2022;29(6):3536-3546. Epub 2022 Mar 1. PMID 35233740 |
120. Krumeich LN*, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC, Wachtel H. Survival after adrenalectomy for metastatic lung cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2022;29(4):2571-2579. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID 34989938 |
121. Wang TS. A is for American. Asian. Ally. J Surg Res 2022;Apr 4 online ahead of print. PMID 35393123 |
122. Wang TS, Kim ES, Duh QY, Gosain A, Kao AS, Kothari AN, Tsai S, Tseng JF, Tsung A, Wang KS, Wexner SD. Proceedings from the AIS Channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Lessons Learned from Asian Academic Surgeons. J Surg Res 2022 May 16; online ahead of print. PMID 35588571 |
123. Silver CM*, Joung RH, Visenio MR, Wang TS, Pawlik TM, Kim ES, Bilimoria KY. COVID-19 positivity following an in-person surgical society meeting: A cross-sectional survey study. J Surg Res 2022;278(10):267-270. Epub 2022 May 1. PMID 35636202 |
124. Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Variation in parathyroid adenoma size in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Small gland size does not preclude single gland disease. Langenbeck's Archives of Surg 2022;407(5):2067-2073. Epub 2022 May 10. PMID 35538172 |
125. DeLozier OM*, Dream SY, Findling JW, Rilling W, Kidambi S, Magill S, Evans DB, Wang TS. Wide variability in catecholamine levels from adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism. J Surg Res 2022;277:1-6. ePub 2022 Apr 19. PMID 35453052 |
126. Bartz-Kurycki, M*, Dream SY, Wang TS. Surgical treatment of adrenal tumors during pregnancy. Rev Endocr Metab Disord: Thematic issue on Adrenal Physiology and Pathology in Pregnancy, eds. Turcu A and Lacroix A. Rev Endocrin Metab Disord 2023;24(1):107-120. Epub 2022 Jul 1. PMID 35887233 |
127. Collins RA*, DiGennaro C, Beninato T, Gartland RM, Chaves N, Broekhuis JM, Redda L, lee J, Dremiller A, Alterio MM, Campbell MJ, Lee YJ, Khilnani TK, Stewart LA, O'Brien MA, Valdivia y Alvarado M, Zheng F, McAneny D, Liou R, McManus C, Dream SY, Wang TS, Yen TW, Alhefdhi A, Finnerty BM, Fahey TJ, Graves CE, Laird AM, Nehs MA, Drake FT, Lee JA, McHenry CR, James BC, Paseika JL, Kuo JK, Lubitz CC. Limited disease progression in endocrine surgery patients with treatment delays due to COVID-19. Surgery 2023;173(1):93-100. Epub 2022 Aug 29. PMID 36210185 |
128. Merrill JR, Flitcroft MA, Miller TR, Bechner B, Clarke CN, Maduekwe UN, Wang TS, Dream S, Christians KK, Gamblin TC, Evans DB, Kothari AN. Patterns of unnecessary insurer prior authorization denials in a complex surgical oncology practice. J Surg Res 2023;288:269-274. Epub 2023 Apr 8. PMID 37037166 |
129. Livschitz J*, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Long term quality of life following parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism: A systematic review. JAMA Surg 2022 Sept 14, online ahead of print. PMID 36103163 |
130. Cimaroli S*, Wang TS. A case report: Antepartum thyroidectomy for retrosternal thyroid goiter. ACS Case Reviews in Surgery 2022;3(6):73-77. |
131. Collins RA*, Wang TS, Dream S, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Adoption of robotic adrenalectomy: A two-institution study of surgeon learning curve. Ann Surg Oncol 2023;30(7):4167-4178. Epub 2023 Apr |
132. PMID 37040047 |
133. SenthilKumar G*, Verhagen NB, Wang TS, Dream SY, Kothari AN. Bridging the Gap: Trainee Reflections About Navigating Otherness in Academic Surgery. J Surg Res 2023;Nov:291:A1-A3. Epub 2023 May 20. PMID 37217382 |
134. Bartz-Kurycki M*, Dream SY, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaker S, Evans DB, Wang TS. Older patients with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism: Should criteria for surgery be expanded? J Endo Soc 2023;7(9). Epub 2023 Aug. PMID 37873505. |
135. Chosen as a Featured Article by the Endocrine Society, September 2023. |
136. Gillis A, Chen H, Wang TS, Dream S. Racial and ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease: A mini-review. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024;109(4):e1336-e1344. Epub 2023 Aug 30. PMID 37647887 |
137. Wang TS. Primary hyperparathyroidism and the PAS score. Am J Surg 2024;229:196-197. Epub 2023 Nov 11. PMID 37977977 |
138. Hangge PT*, Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Stachowiak S, Shaker J, Evans DB, Wang TS. The role of demographic and clinical factors in germline mutation testing for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol 2024;31(6):3964-3971. Epub 2024 Mar 8. PMID 38459417 |
139. Dream S, Hangge PT, Wang TS. ASO Author Reflections: A call for updated recommendations for germline mutation testing in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol 2024;31(6):3972-3973. Epub 2024 Mar 15. PMID 38488894 |
140. Livschitz J*, Elmir E, Liu X, Scotting O, Shaker J, Yen TW, Wang TS, Evans DB, Edelstein A, Dream |
141. S. Does hypercalcemia affect postoperative joint pain following joint replacement for hip and knee osteoarthritis? A retrospective case cohort study. J Surg Res 2024. Epub Jul 20 2024. PMID 39033593 |
142. Johnson S*, Zhang CD, Hangge PT, Yen TW, Shaik T, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll T, Evans DB, Dream Y, Wang TS. Cosyntropin stimulation testing is more selective than postoperative day 1 basal cortisol for diagnosing secondary adrenal insufficiency following unilateral adrenalectomy. Ann Surg Oncol, 2024;31(10):68883-6892. Epub 2024 Jul 28. PMID 39069580 |
143. Johnson S*, Dream S, Wang TS. ASO Author Reflections: Continued refinement of perioperative protocols to predict secondary adrenal insufficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2024;31(12):8146-8147. Epub 2024 Jul 27. PMID 39068314 |
144. Melin SJ*, Park SY, Shaker J, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Evaluation for primary hyperparathyroidism following radioactive iodine treatment in patients with Graves' disease. J Surg Res 2024;176(6):1623-1626. Epub Sep 9. PMID 39256098 |
145. Dream S, Kim GY, Doffek K, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS. Persistent Elevation of Parathyroid Hormone After Curative Parathyroidectomy: An Early Sign of Recurrent Primary Hyperparathyroidism. World J Surg 2025;49(1):148-158. Epub 2024 Nov 17. PMID 39551628 |
146. Fisher SB, Wang TS. The Landmark Series: Multidisciplinary Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol, epub 2025 May 9. PMID 40343589 |
147. Fisher SB, Wang TS. ASO Author Reflections: Multidisciplinary Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol, 2025;32(7):4729-4741. Epub 2025 May 9. PMID 40343589 |
148. Lisevick AB*, Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Shaik T, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Wang TS. Preoperative evaluation of celiac disease in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery, epub 2025 Jun 11;184:109488. PMID 40505194 |
149. Cousart AG*, Kiernan CM, Willmon PA, Thomas G, Wang TS, Gauger PG, Duh QY, Underwood HJ, Jackson A, Patel A, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Solórzano CC. Near Infrared Autofluorescence for parathyroid detection during endocrine neck surgery. JAMA Surg; epub 2025 Jul 16. PMID 40668552. |
150. Leonard SP*, Redlich PN, Wang TS, Lewis BD, Spellecy R, Lomberk G, deRoon-CassiniTA, Treat R, Evans DB. Development and implementation of an innovative mentoring committee for early career faculty members. Surgery, in press 2025. |
151. Price JS, Evans DB, Wang TS. A pilot professional development and team-building initiative in an academic department of surgery. Ann Surg, in press 2025. |
152. Hamidi O, Salama B, Wang TS, Findling JW, Zhang C, Carroll T, Dream S, Sada A, Balderrama- Brondani V, Dogra D, Dackiw A, Mirfakhraee S, Mehta A, Oltmann S, McKenzie T, Foster T, Bancos I. Cortisol testing to diagnose adrenal insufficiency following adrenalectomy for mild autonomous cortisol secretion: A multicenter Adrenal Alliance Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, submitted 2025. |
153. Lisevick AB*, Sanchez A, Doffek KM, Yen TW, Wang TS, Dream SY. Does elevated BMI impact adrenalectomy outcomes when the robotic platform is used? Surg Endosc, submitted 2025. |
154. Lisevick Kumar A*, Taylor GA, Wang TS, Dream SY. My Surgical Practice. Reconsidering the timeline: Delayed cosyntropin stimulation testing in adrenalectomy patients receiving perioperative steroids. Am J Surg, submitted May 2025. |
155. Lisevick Kumar A*, Dream S, Shaik T, Doffek K, Conrardy R, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS. The impact of adrenalectomy on metabolic outcomes of patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion defined by low-dose dexamethasone suppression testing. Surgery, submitted June 2025. |
156. Taylor GA*, Allen M, Lisevick A, Doffek K, Shaik T, Carroll T, Findling JW, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Adrenalectoym patients with 'mixed' primary aldosteronism and hypercortisolism (PA/HC): An analysis of outcomes following surgery at a single institution. Surgery, submitted June 2025. |
157. Lui MS*, Hangge PT, DeLozier O, Patel KN, Zhou F, Yen TW, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. More than just stuck in the middle: Papillary thyroid cancer of the isthmus presents with more aggressive features. Am J Surg, submitted July 2025. |
158. BOOKS (EDITOR) |
159. Wang TS and Evans DB, editors. Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Springer Publishing, 2016. |
160. Wang TS and Grubbs EG. Thyroid. American College of Surgeons Operative Standards for Cancer Therapy, Volume 2 (Thyroid, Gastric, Rectum, Esophagus, Melanoma). Wolters Kluwer, 2018. |
161. Wang TS and Beck AW. Building a Clinical Practice. Springer Publishing, 2020. |
162. BOOKS, CHAPTERS, & INVITED REVIEWS (AUTHOR) |
163. Wang TS, Udelsman R. Remedial Surgery for Hyperparathyroidism, in Cameron J (ed): Adv Surg 2007;41:1-15. PMID 17972554 |
164. Wang TS, Cheng D, Udelsman R. Contemporary imaging for thyroid cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2007;16:431-445. PMID 17560521 |
165. Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Management of Follicular Tumors of the Thyroid. Minerva Chir 2007;62:373-382. PMID 17947948 |
166. Wang TS, Sosa JA, Roman SA. Detection of medullary thyroid cancer - a focus on serum calcitonin levels. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metabol 2008;3:493-501. |
167. Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Predictors of outcomes following pediatric thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Curr Opin Oncol 2009;21(1):23-28. PMID 19125014 |
168. Wang TS, Sosa JA, Roman SA. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Prognosis Based on Stage of Disease, in Hayat MA (ed): Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis. Springer Verlag 2009. |
169. Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Differentiated thyroid cancer: An update. Curr Opin Oncol 2011;23(1):7-12. PMID 20861795 |
170. Yen TW, Wang TS. Subtotal parathyroidectomy in "The Parathyroid Glands: What the Endocrine Surgeon Should Know." Endocr Pract. 2011;Mar-Apr;17 Suppl 1:7-12. PMID 21134873 |
171. Wang TS, Roman SA, Sosa JA. Postoperative calcium supplementation in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Curr Opin Oncol 2012;24(1):22-8. PMID 22280941 |
172. Greenup RA*, Wang TS, Evans DB. Evaluation of "other" neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas, in |
173. Sippel RS, Chen H (eds): Handbook of Endocrine Surgery. World Scientific, 2012. |
174. Wang TS, Yen TW, Evans DB. Parathyroid management in the MEN syndromes, in Randolph G, (ed): Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. Elsevier Saunders, 2012. |
175. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Outcomes analysis in thyroid surgery: A review of patient and provider predictors, in Oertli D, Udelsman R (eds): Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, 2nd edition. Springer-Verlag, 2012. |
176. Cayo AK*, Wang TS. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Retroperitoneal approach. Current Surgery Reports. Curr Surg Rep 2013;1(1):34-39. |
177. Roberts J*, Wang TS. Preoperative Evaluation of the Elderly Surgical Patient. Scientific Foundations. Ashley SW, Ed. Decker Intellectual Properties, Hamilton, ON, 2013. http://www.acssurgery.com, February 2013. |
178. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, in Cameron J, Cameron A (eds): Current Surgical Therapy, 11th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, 2014. |
179. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Physiology of Calcium Regulation, in Terris D, Duke WS, Pasieka J (eds): Parathyroid Surgery: Fundamental and Advanced Concepts. Plural Publishing, 2014. |
180. Lai V*, Evans DB, Wang TS. Central Compartment Lymph Node Dissection for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Review of the Literature. Int J Endo Oncol 2014;1(1):41-48. |
181. Asare EA*, Wang TS. Comparative Effectiveness in Thyroid Cancer: Key Questions and How to Answer Them, in Bilimoria K and Mahvi D (eds): Comparative Effectiveness in Surgical Oncology. Cancer Treat Res 2015;164:67-87. PMID 25677019 |
182. Opoku-Boateng A*, Wang TS, Sosa JA. Thyroidectomy in patients with Graves' Disease, in Bahn R (ed): Graves' disease: a comprehensive guide for clinicians. Springer-Verlag New York, 2015. |
183. Glenn JA*, Wang TS. Update of the treatment guidelines for differentiated thyroid cancer, in Pasieka JL and Lee J (eds): Surgical Endocrinopathies: Clinical Management and the Founding Figures. Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
184. Grubbs EG, Massey B, Evans DB, Wang TS. Medullary thyroid cancer, in Sataloff R (ed): Sataloff's |
185. Textbook of Otolaryngology. Jaypee Medical Publishers, 2015. |
186. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Who should do thyroid surgery? in Hanks JB and Inabnet III WB (eds): Controversies in thyroid surgery. Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
187. Geurts J, Rich TA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Hereditary syndromes involving pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, in Weiss RE and Refetoff S (eds): Genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders, 2nd edition. Elsevier Publishing, 2015. |
188. Wang TS, Goffredo P, Sosa JA. A patient with a large minimally invasive follicular thyroid cancer, in Cooper DS and Durante C (eds): Thyroid Cancer: A Clinical Casebook. Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
189. Carr AA, Wang TS. Minimally invasive adrenalectomy. Surg Clin N Am 2016;25(1):139-152. PMID 26610779 |
190. Carr AA*, Wang TS. Endocrine Emergencies: Hypoglycemic and Hyperglycemic Crises, in Clark O (ed): Textbook of Endocrine Surgery, third edition. Jaypee Medical Publishers, 2016. |
191. Lai V*, Evans DB, Wang TS. Central node dissection for thyroid cancer, in Carty SE (ed): Atlas of Endocrine Surgery. Jaypee Medical Publishers, 2016. |
192. Glenn JA*, Wang TS. Management of recurrent medullary thyroid cancer, in Wang TS, Evans DB (eds): Medullary Thyroid Cancer, Springer International publishing, 2016. |
193. Callender GG, Wang TS. Preoperative evaluation of the patient with medullary thyroid cancer, in Wang TS, Evans DB (eds): Medullary Thyroid Cancer, Springer International publishing, 2016. |
194. Berger N*, Roberts J, Wang TS. Preoperative Evaluation of the Elderly Surgical Patient. Scientific Foundations. Ashley SW, Ed. Decker Intellectual Properties, Hamilton, ON, 2016. |
195. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Choosing, and being, a good mentor, in Kao L and Chen H (eds): Success in Academic Surgery, 2nd edition. Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
196. Coan KE*, Wang TS. Importance of surgeon experience in the surgical management of thyroid cancer, in Solórzano C, Sosa JA, and Roman SA (eds): Management of thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: A practical guide, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
197. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism, in Cameron J, Cameron A (eds): Current Surgical Therapy, 12th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, 2017. |
198. Mazotas I*, Wang TS. The role and timing of PTH determination after total thyroidectomy. Invited review for focused issue of "Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy". Gland Surgery, 2017;6(Suppl 1):S138-S48. PMID 29322021 |
199. Glenn JA*, Wang TS. Initial total thyroidectomy versus lobectomy with intraoperative frozen section for thyroid nodules that are 'suspicious for PTC', in Angelos P and Grogan R (eds): Difficult decisions in endocrine surgery: An evidence-based approach. Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
200. Caron NR, Wang TS, Sturgeon C, Clark OH. The 21st Century Endocrine Surgeon, in Mallick UK, Harmer C, Mazzaferri EL, Kendall-Taylor (eds): Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer. Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
201. Carr A, Wang TS. Comprehensive Parathyroidectomy for the Treatment of PHPT, including Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay-Guided Parathyroidectomy, in Fischer J (ed): Mastery of Surgery, 2018. |
202. Coan KE, Wang TS. Primary hyperaldosteronism, in McIntyre RC and Schulick RD (eds): Surgical Decision Making, 6th Edition, Elsevier Publishing, 2019. |
203. Hsieh LB*, Mackinney E, Wang TS. When to intervene for subclinical Cushing's syndrome. Surg Clin N |
204. Am 2019;99(4):747-758. PMID 31255204 |
205. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Management of hyperthyroidism, in Cameron J, Cameron A (eds): Current Surgical Therapy, 13th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, November 2019. |
206. Coan KE, Wang TS. Primary hyperparathyroidism, in Cameron J, Cameron A (eds): Current Surgical Therapy, 13th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, November 2019. |
207. Geurts JL, Strong EA, Wang TS, Evans DB, Clarke CN. Screening Guidelines and recommendations for patients at high risk of developing endocrine cancers. J Surg Oncol 2020:121(6):975-983. Epub 2020 Feb |
208. PMID 32090344 |
209. Dream S, Wang TS. Imaging of the parathyroid gland, in Iyer, P and Chen H (eds): Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders in Children. Deanta Publishing, 2020. |
210. Murphy EK*, Laparoscopic adrenalectomy, in Scott-Conner C, Kaiser AM, Nguyen NT, Sarpel U, Sugg |
211. SL (eds): Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery: An expositive atlas, June 2022. |
212. Bartz-Kurycki M*, Wang TS. Thyroid physiology, in Shifrin A and Fahey III, T (eds): CURRENT Endocrine Surgery, First Edition (Lange CURRENT series). McGraw Hill, 2025. |
213. Bartz-Kurycki M*, Dream SY, Wang TS. Minimally invasive adrenalectomy - Transabdominal approach, in Frantzides, Carlson, Tieken: Video Atlas of Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery 2e. Elsevier, submitted 2022. |
214. Hangge PT*, Johnson S*, Wang TS. Open and Minimally Invasive Approaches to Adrenal Tumors, in |
215. Pryor and Ahmad (eds): Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 9th edition. Submitted 2023. |
216. Lisevick A*, Wang TS. Four gland exploration versus four dimensional computed tomography in patients with nonlocalized primary hyperparathyroidism, in Angelos P, Grogan R, and James B (eds): Difficult decisions in endocrine surgery: An evidence-based approach. Springer International Publishing, submitted 2024. |
217. Lisevick A*, Wang TS. Adrenal Incidentalomas, in Saclarides T, Myers JA, Millikan KW, Saclarides C (eds): Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving. Springer Nature Publishing, submitted 2025. |
218. Taylor G*, Wang TS. Minimally Invasive Adrenalectomy, in Auyang ED, Kindel T, Soper NJ, Swanstrom L (eds): Mastery of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 5e. Wolters Kluwer publishing, submitted 2025. |
219. ABSTRACTS (presentations with published peer-reviewed abstracts and published Visual Abstracts) |
220. Cayo AK*, Wang TS, Scheel JL, Krzywda EA, Wilson SD, Yen TW. Routine vitamin D supplementation following total thyroidectomy: An algorithm based on "morning after" parathyroid hormone levels. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium, St. Louis, MO, March 2010. Ann Surg Oncol 2010;17(Suppl 1):S63-64. |
221. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Yen TW. Normal PTH levels in primary hyperparathyroidism: Still the same disease? Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, March 2011. Ann Surg Oncol 2011;18(Suppl 1):S70. |
222. Holschbach L, Simmelink C, Hermann D, Hoang K, Wang TS, Findling JW, Peppard W. Etomidate infusion for adrenal suppression prior to bilateral adrenalectomy for an ectopic ACTH-producing tumor. Poster presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Houston, TX, February 2012. Crit Care Med 2012;39(12);250. |
223. Wang TS, Evans DB, Yen TW. Effects of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on serum thyroglobulin and recommendations for radioactive iodine adjuvant therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Oral presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 65th Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2012. Ann Surg Oncol 2012;19(Suppl 1):S37. |
224. Amin AL*, Wang TS, Mazeh H, Froyshteter AB, Wade TJ, Sippel RS, Chen H, Evans DB, Yen TW. Correlation of preoperative imaging with operative approach in adrenocortical carcinoma. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 65th Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL, March 2012. Ann Surg Oncol 2012;19(Suppl 1):S112. |
225. Carr AA*, Yen TW, Cayo AK, Misustin SM, Wall K, Evans DB, Wang TS. A single parathyroid hormone level obtained 4 hours after total thyroidectomy predicts the need for postoperative calcium supplementation. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology 66th Annual Cancer Symposium, Washington D.C., March 2013. Ann Surg Oncol 2013:20(Suppl 1):S585-6. |
226. Carr AA*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. The utility of measuring ionized calcium levels in identifying recurrent disease in patients following curative parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons 98th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Washington, D.C., October 2013. J Am Coll Surg 2013:217(Suppl 3):S129- 130. |
227. Zhao DW*, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Changes in bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in elderly patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Oral presentation at the Oral presentation at the Ninth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, February 2014. J Surg Res 2014;186(2):557. |
228. Amini N, Phay JE, Yopp C, Weber SM, Kiernan CM, Hatzaras I, Wang TS, Postlewait LM, Tran TB, Pawlik TM. Impact of complications on long-term survival after resection of adrenocortical carcinoma: |
229. U.S. Adrenocortical carcinoma group. Oral presentation at the Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2015. J Am Coll Surg 2015;221(4):S2,e11. |
230. Ortiz DI*, Fareau GG, Hunt B, Massey B, Campbell B, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW, Wang TS. Oncocytic variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An institutional review of outcomes. Poster |
231. presentation at the 15th International Thyroid Congress, Lake Buena Vista, FL, October 2015. Thyroid 2015;25(S1):A283. |
232. Murphy EE*, Affi M, Javorsky BR, Yen TW, Doffek K, Fareau GG, Hunt B, Tolat PP, Carroll TB, Giorgadze T, Carr AA, Evans DB, Wang TS. Malignancy rate of thyroid nodules and role of gene expression classifier testing at an academic institution. Ann Surg Oncol 2017;24:S96-97. |
233. Dream S, Yen TW, Doffek K, Evans DB, Wang TS. Adrenal tumor size alone remains an indication for adrenalectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2020;231(4): Supplement 2, E14. |
234. Krumeich LN*, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC, Wachtel H. ASO Visual Abstract: Survival after adrenalectomy for metastatic lung cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2022;29(4):2580-2581. PMID 35094187 |
235. Baechle JJ*, Smith PM, Ortega CA, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. ASO Visual Abstract: Clinical predictors of pseudohypoxia type pheochromocytomas. Ann Surg Oncol 2022;29(6):3549-3550. PMID 35312898 |
236. Collins RA*, Wang TS, Dream S, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. ASO Visual Abstract: Adoption of robotic adrenalectomy: A two-institution study of surgeon learning curve. Ann Surg Oncol 2023;30(7):4179. Epub Apr 11. PMID 37040051 |
237. Melin SJ*, Park S, Yen TW, Shaker JL, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Primary Hyperparathyroidism after Radioactive Iodine Treatment in Patients with Graves' Disease. J Am Coll Surg 2023;Vol. 237, No. 5, pp. S120-S120). |
238. Johnson S*, Zhang CD, Hangge PT, Yen TW, Shaik T, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll T, Evans DB, Dream Y, Wang TS. ASO Visual Abstract: Cosyntropin stimulation testing is more selective than postoperative day 1 basal cortisol for diagnosing secondary adrenal insufficiency following unilateral adrenalectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2024;31(10):6897-6898. Epub Aug 6. PMID 39107609. |
239. Matoska T*, Carroll TB, Wang TS, Dream S, Zwagerman N, Findling JW. The incidence of Cushing Syndrome in Wisconsin is More Common than Population-Based Studies from Europe. J Endo Soc 2024;Volume 8 Supplement_1, October-November 2024,bvae163.301. https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae163.301 |
240. Strunets A*, Zhang C, Segal E, Wang TS, Dream S, Tolat PP, Nencka AS, Findling JW, Carroll TB. Hormonal Evaluation Of Adrenal Nodules After Implementation Of Standardized Radiology Text. J Endo Soc 2024;Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, October-November 2024, bvae163.204, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae163.204 |
241. EDITORIALS/OTHER |
242. Wang TS, Evans DB. Invited Commentary: The importance of a multidisciplinary approach to endocrine tumors. Surgery 2010;148(6):1311-1312. PMID 21134566 |
243. Wang TS, Sosa JA. Invited Commentary: Utility of a nomogram as a predictor of death in patients with thyroid cancer. Nat Review Endocrinol, 2013 Apr;9(4):192-3. PMID 23458783 |
244. Wang TS. Confidence and the glass ceiling in academic surgery. GWIMS Watch, Summer 2013. https://www.aamc.org/download/352004/data/gwimswatchsummer2013.pdf |
245. Wang TS, Sippel RS. Invited Commentary: Expansion of Endocrine Surgery Fellowships: If we increase the supply is there demand? Surgery 2013;154(6):1470-1472. PMID 24238060 |
246. Wang TS, Yen TW. Invited Commentary: Readmission after thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy: What can we learn from NSQIP? Surgery 2014;156(6):1419-1422. PMID 25456924 |
247. Wang TS, Goffredo P, Sosa JA, Roman SA. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: An over-treated malignancy?: Reply to Letter to Editor. World J Surg 2016;40(3):766-767. PMID 26475786 |
248. Ortiz DI*, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Javorsky BR, Carr AA, Evans DB, Yen TW, Wang TS. Cosyntropin stimulation testing on postoperative day 1 allows for selective glucocorticoid replacement therapy in patients undergoing adrenalectomy for hypercortisolism: Results of a novel, multidisciplinary-derived institutional protocol. A reply to Letter to Editor. Surgery 2016;160(1):249-250. PMID 27181385 |
249. Evans DB, Wang TS. Invited Commentary: Occult lymph node metastasis and risk of regional recurrence in papillary thyroid cancer after bilateral prophylactic central neck dissection: a multi- institutional study. Surgery 2017;161(2):472-474. PMID 27836215 |
250. Wang TS, Duh QY. Invited Commentary: Volume-Outcome Relationship in Adrenal Surgery. Surgery 2018;163(1):165-166. PMID 29117899. |
251. Wang TS. Current ATA Thyroid Cancer Guidelines are Poor Predictors of the Extent of Thyroidectomy. Clinical Thyroidol 2018 Feb. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.56-58 |
252. Wang TS. Preoperative ultrasonography guides the extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer. Clin Thyroidol 2018 March. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.119-121. |
253. Wang TS. Extent of initial surgery may impact overall survival, even for low-risk papillary thyroid cancers. Clin Thyroidol 2018 Apr. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.162-164. |
254. Wang TS. More dynamic diagnostic criteria are needed to define noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP). Clin Thyroidol 2018 May. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.200-202. |
255. Wang TS. Risk of malignancy in indeterminate thyroid nodules needs stratification by subclassification of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. Clin Thyroidol 2018 June. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.277-279. |
256. Wang TS. Residual lymph node metastases after initial surgery - what are the implications for the approach to initial surgery and postoperative therapy? Clin Thyroidol 2018 July. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.324-327. |
257. Wang TS. Multimodality therapy is needed for anaplastic thyroid cancer. Clin Thyroidol 2018 Aug. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.368-370 |
258. Wang TS. Is survival the optimal end point for determining appropriate extent of surgery in medullary thyroid cancer? Clin Thyroidol 2018 Sept. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.429-432 |
259. Wang TS. Thyroidectomy increases the risk of osteoporosis. Clin Thyroidol 2018 Dec. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2018;30.563-565 |
260. Wang TS. Thyroid lobectomy versus high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the management of benign thyroid nodules. Clin Thyroidol 2019 Feb. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.61-64 |
261. Wang TS. A single-center experience was gasless transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy. Clin Thyroidol 2019 Apr. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.155-157 |
262. Wang TS. What factors contribute to worse quality of life in thyroid cancer survivors? Clin Thyroidol 2019 May. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.201-203 |
263. Wang TS. Invited Commentary: Is there an optimal time for parathyroidectomy in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism? World J Surg 2019;43(8):1989-1990. PMID 31201495 |
264. Wang TS. Papillary thyroid cancer with focal tall-cell changes have similar disease characteristics and outcomes as tall-cell variants of papillary thyroid cancer. Clin Thyroidol 2019 July. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.276-278 |
265. Wang TS. Data on the relationship between surgeon volume and outcomes after total thyroidectomy are evolving. Clin Thyroidol 2019 Sept. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.380-382 |
266. Dream S, Wang TS. Invited Commentary: The Implementation of Vessel Sealing Devices in Thyroid Surgery. JAMA Surg 2019;154(11):e193159. PMID 31532455 |
267. Wang TS. Graves' disease and thyroid cancer have an enigmatic association. Clin Thyroidol 2019 Nov. |
268. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2019;31.479-481 |
269. Wang TS. The effect of surgery extent for low-risk thyroid cancer on quality of life. Clin Thyroidol 2020 Feb. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2020;32.80-82 |
270. Wang TS. Innovative technology or intraoperative identification of parathyroid glands. Clin Thyroidol 2020 May. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2020;32.236-238 |
271. Wang TS. Analysis of patient and provider attitudes on the management of small, low-risk thyroid cancers. Clin Thyroidol 2020 July. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2020;32.337-340 |
272. Dream S, Wang TS. The best localization is an experienced parathyroid surgeon. Am J Surg 2020:220(3):532. Epub 2020 Jun 5. PMID 32553520 |
273. Chen H, Ferrada P, Kennedy G, Lindeman B, Newman E, Solórzano CC, Telem D, Wang T, Zenilman |
274. M. EDITORIAL: from the editors of AJS. Am J Surg 2020;220(3):507. Epub 2020 Jun 29. PMID 32690210 |
275. Wang TS. A dose-dependent association of radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism with solid cancer mortality. Clin Thyroidol 2020 Sept. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2020;32.422-425 |
276. Wang TS. What factors are related to disease-specific mortality in patients with medullary thyroid cancer? Clin Thyroidol 2020 Dec. https://doi.org/10.1089/ct.2020;32.577-579 |
277. Chen H, Ferrada P, Kennedy G, Lindeman B, Newman E, Solórzano CC, Telem D, Wang T, Zenilman |
278. M. American Journal of Surgery editorial board statement. Am J Surg 2021;221(6):1106. PMID 34024427 |
279. Solórzano CC, Wang TS. Commentary on Vatansever et al. in Surgery. Surgery 2022;171(5):1231-1232. Epub 2022 Feb 23. PMID 35219529 |
280. Wang TS, Solórzano CC. Importance of a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to management of adrenal tumors. JAMA Surg 2022;157(10):877-878. Epub 2022 Aug 17. PMID 35967771 |
281. Hangge PT*, Wang TS. Lost in Translation: Limited English proficiency should not equate to limited surgical access. Am J Surg 2022;225(2):234-235. Epub 2022 Aug 4. PMID 35945066. |
282. Johnson S*, Wang TS. Low Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer Presents a Treatment Dilemma in the Dutch Healthcare System. World J Surg Invited Commentary. World J Surg 2023;47(5):1219-1220. Epub 2022 Dec 24. PMID 36566299 |
283. Wang TS. Invited Commentary. Invited Editorial about article: "Development and Validation of a Synoptic Operative Report as a Quality Indicator for Thyroid Surgery: A Canadian Study. Ann Surg Oncol 2025;32(7):4580-4581. Epub April 24, 2025. PMID 40274706 |
284. Senthilkumar G*, Wang TS. Invited Commentary. Moving Beyond Identities: The Role of Intersectionality within Surgical Society and Journal Leadership. Am J Surg 2025; epub Jul 23. PMID 40744858. |
285. Wang TS. Invited Commentary. Measuring what matters: The role of synoptic operative reports in patient outcomes. Surgery, submitted 2025. |
286. NON-REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS |
287. Wang TS. Endocrine Surgery. Am J Surg 2011; 202(3);369-371. PMID 21871991 |
288. Kumar AL, Dream S, Shaik T, Doffek K, Conrardy R, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS. The impact of adrenalectomy on metabolic outcomes of patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion defined by low-dose dexamethasone suppression testing. Surgery. 2026 Jan;189:109775. |
289. Kumar AL, Taylor GA, Wang TS, Dream SY. Reconsidering the timeline: Delayed cosyntropin stimulation testing in adrenalectomy patients receiving perioperative steroids. Am J Surg. 2026 Feb;252:116596. |
290. Price JS, Evans DB, Wang TS. A Pilot Professional Development and Team-Building Initiative in an Academic Department of Surgery. Ann Surg. 2025 Aug 18. |
291. Cousart AG, Kiernan CM, Willmon PA, Thomas G, Wang TS, Gauger PG, Duh QY, Underwood HJ, Jackson A, Patel A, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Solórzano CC. Near-Infrared Autofluorescence for Parathyroid Detection During Endocrine Neck Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2025 Sep 01;160(9):936-944. PMCID: PMC12268529 |
292. Glenn JA, Wang TS. Update of the Treatment Guidelines for Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Surgical Endocrinopathies Clinical Management and the Founding Figures. 1 January 2015:103-111. |
293. Wang TS. Measuring what matters: The role of synoptic operative reports in patient outcomes. Surgery. 2026 Jan;189:109784. |
294. Taylor GA, Allen M, Lisevick Kumar A, Doffek K, Shaik T, Carroll TB, Findling JW, Zhang CD, Evans DB, Wang TS, Dream S. Adrenalectomy patients with mixed primary aldosteronism and hypercortisolism: An analysis of outcomes following surgery at a single institution. Surgery. 2026 Jan;189:109855. |
295. Kumar AL, Sanchez A, Doffek K, Taylor G, Yen TWF, Wang TS, Dream SY. The impact of body mass and posterior adiposity indices in robotic adrenalectomy. Surg Endosc. 2026 Feb;40(2):1488-1496. PMCID: PMC12881112 |
296. Barczyński M, Van Den Heede K, Lee JC, Lorenz K, Mihai R, Norlen O, Patel KN, Raffaelli M, Sippel RS, Wang TS, Solorzano CC. Standardizing the reporting of postoperative hypoparathyroidism following thyroidectomy: consensus statement from the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons, the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Br J Surg. 2025 Nov 06;112(11). PMCID: PMC12612623 |
297. Matoska T, Findling JW, Wang TS, Evans DB, Dream SY, Javorsky BR, Zwagerman NT, Carroll TB. The Modern Presentation, Etiology, and Rate of Occurrence of Cushing Syndrome Differs when Compared to Prior Population-Based Studies AACE Endocrinology and Diabetes. 2025. |
298. Hamidi O, Salama B, Wang T, Findling JW, Zhang CD, Carroll T, Dream S, Sada A, Balderrama-Brondani V, Dogra P, Dackiw A, Mirfakhraee S, Mehta A, Oltmann S, McKenzie T, Foster T, Bancos I. Cortisol Testing to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency Following Adrenalectomy for Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Feb 20;111(3):665-678. |
299. Leonard SP, Redlich PN, Wang TS, Lewis BD, Spellecy R, Lomberk G, Deroon-Cassini TA, Treat R, Evans DB. Development and implementation of an innovative mentoring committee for early-career faculty members Surgery United States. 2025. |
300. Chen H, Ferrada P, Kennedy G, Lindeman B, Newman E, Solorzano C, Telem D, Wang T, Zenilman M. American Journal of Surgery editorial board statement. Am J Surg. 2021 Jun;221(6):1106. |
301. Chen H, Ferrada P, Kennedy G, Lindeman B, Newman E, Solorzano C, Telem D, Wang T, Zenilman M. American Journal of Surgery editorial board statement. Am J Surg. 2021 Jun;221(6):1106. |
Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Wang TS, Richards M, Sosa JA. Initial and reoperative thyroidectomy. In: UpToDate, Carty SE (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2010 (updated annually). |
2. Richards M, Wang TS, Sosa JA. Thyroid anatomy. In: UpToDate, Carty SE (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2010 (updated annually). |
3. Richards M, Wang TS, Sosa JA. Parathyroid anatomy. In: UpToDate, Carty SE (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2010 (updated annually). |
4. Wang TS. "Modified radical neck dissection", multimedia module for the American Board of Surgery SCORE curriculum, December 2013. |
5. Patel SG*, Yip L, Wang TS, Perrier ND, Carty SE, McCoy KL. Intraoperative PTH Aspiration: Implementation and Technique. VideoEndocrinology 2016;(3)1. (available at: http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/ve/3/1) |
6. Wang TS, Yen TW. Parathyroid surgery for inherited syndromes. In: UpToDate, Carty SE (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2017 (updated annually). |
7. Hsieh L*, Wang TS. "Modified radical neck dissection", multimedia module for the American Board of |
8. Surgery SCORE curriculum, December 2018. |
9. Bartz-Kurycki M, Wang TS. Modified Radical Neck Dissection (including Parotidectomy) (Surgical Oncology/Fellowship Level). The SCORE Portal. https://www.surgicalcore.org/modulecontent.aspx?id=1000589. Published March 2021. |
10. Kuo E, Wang TS. Parathyroidectomy (Surgical Endocrinology/Fellowship Level). The SCORE Portal. https://www.surgicalcore.org. Published August 2024. |
Non-Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Wang TS, Primary hyperparathyroidism and minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery. May 2009. |
2. Wang TS, Magill S, Fareau T, Rilling WS, Evans DB. A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery. September 2009. |
3. Wang TS. Endocrine Surgery. Association of Women Surgeons Career Development Resource, located at http://www.womensurgeons.org/home/Career_Planning.asp |
4. Mackinnon AC, Fareau G, Wang TS. Molecular markers in thyroid nodules. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Summer 2012. |
5. Evans DB, Wang TS, Findling JF. Cortical-sparing adrenalectomy. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Summer 2012. |
6. Carr AA*, Wang TS, Evans DB. Reoperative parathyroid surgery: Utility of intraoperative parathyroid hormone sampling from bilateral internal jugular veins in patients with negative preoperative imaging. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Winter 2013. |
7. Wang TS. Endocrine surgery multidisciplinary disposition conference. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Winter 2014. |
8. Berg RW*, Wang TS. Preoperative localization in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a new MCW protocol. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Summer 2014. |
9. Coan K*, Yen TW, Carr AA, Wang TS. Ex vivo parathyroid aspiration as a valuable but potentially underutilized technique for the intraoperative confirmation of parathyroid tissue. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Summer 2017. |
10. Park J*, Coan K, Yen TW, Wang TS. Use of i2b2 cohort discovery tool to identify potentially unrecognized primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery Update, News from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, Summer 2017. |
11. Wang TS, Kastenmeier AS. Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Healthcare and the Workplace. Leading the Way, Department of Surgery, Summer 2020 (Volume 12, Number 2). |
12. Georgeades C*, Clarke CN, Cortina C, Tsai S, Wang TS. Allyship in Academic Surgery. Leading the Way, Department of Surgery, Winter 2023. |
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions |
1. 2017 Department of Surgery MCW Medical Moments Series. |
2. a. Thyroid Cancer: A Discussion with Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAqyUn-gA0 |
3. b. The Adrenal Gland: A Discussion with Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OOzZ lhfY |
4. c. Moderator (available on Medical College of Wisconsin YouTube channel) |
5. i. GERD: A Discussion with Jon Gould, MD |
6. ii. Varicose Veins: A Discussion with Kellie R. Brown, MD |
7. iii. Acute Care Emergency Surgery: A Discussion with Jeremy S. Juern, MD |
8. iv. Bariatric Surgery: A Discussion with Rana M. Higgins, MD |
9. American College of Surgeons Bulletin Brief: Notes from the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons, April 27, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-tsMXipuus |
10. Speaker and Panelist. "Model Minority Myth" and Panelist. Advances in Surgery (AIS) channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Lessons Learned from Asian Academic Surgeons. https://aischannel.com/live- surgery/lessons-learned-from-asian-academic-surgeons/. Initial broadcast September 9, 2021 (>27,000 live viewers). |
11. Speaker and Panelist. Statement of the Problem and AAMC Data. Advances in Surgery (AIS) channel Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Compensation Inequities. https://aischannel.com/live- surgery/addressing-compensation-inequities/. Initial broadcast October 19, 2021 (>29,000 live viewers) |









