Dr. David Wang

Dr. Wang earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University and a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he completed a residency in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he also received advanced training through a research fellowship in cancer biology and a clinical fellowship in medical oncology. He also spent a year at the National Cancer Institute as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health Research Scholar.Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Wang joined the University of Michigan faculty in 2024. He previously was a faculty member at UT Southwestern Medical Center.The author of numerous research articles, book chapters, and invited lectures, Dr. Wang’s clinical and research interests focus on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and gastroesophageal junction cancer. His research lab is focused on understanding the role of aberrant developmental pathway signaling in esophageal cancer and precursor lesions. He serves on the National GI Clinical Trials Steering Committee for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

His clinical expertise encompasses Esophageal Cancer and Fibrosarcoma.

He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 42 peer reviewed articles.