Division Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Weizheng William Wang, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine

Education and Training:

Hengyang Medical College, Nanhua University, degree � MD
Internal Medicine Residency:  Albert Einstein College of
   Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center and Einstein Hospital,
   Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Gastroenterology Fellowship Training:  Division of Digestive Diseases, College of
    Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Clinical Interests:

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Viral Hepatitis and Cholestatic Liver Disease
Clinical Nutrition

Selected Research Publications:

1)   Wang W, Zucker SD.   Bilirubin and Jaundice. In: Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology. L.R. Johnson ed, Academic Press, New York, 2003.

2)   Wang W, Chen HJ, Schwartz A, Cannon PJ, Rabbani LE.  Effect of interleukin-4 and gamma interferon on smooth muscle cell fibrinolysis induced by basic fibroblast growth factor.  Am J Physiol.  272: C392-C398, 1997

3)   Wang W , Chen HJ, Schwartz A, Cannon PJ, Stein CA, Rabbani LE.  Sequence-independent inhibition of in vitro vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration, and in vivo neointimal formation by phosphorothioate   oligodeoxynucleotides.  J Clin Invest. 98: 443-450, 1996

4)   Wang W, Chen HJ, Giedd KN, Schwartz A, Cannon PJ, Rabbani LE.  T cell lymphokines, interleukin-4 and gamma interferon, modulate the induction of vascular smooth muscle cell tissue plasminogen activator and migration by serum and platelet-derived growth factor.  Circ Res. 77: 1095-1106, 1995

5)    Wang W, Suzuki Y, Tanigaki T, Rank DR, Raffin TA.  Effect of the NADPH oxidase inhibitor, apocynin, on septic lung injury in guinea pigs.   Am J Respir Crit Care Med.  150: 1449-1452, 1994