Dr. Grace J. Wang is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her general surgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She then completed a Vascular and Endovascular fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, whereupon she stayed on as faculty.
Her clinical interests include carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting, endovascular and open interventions for limb salvage, endovascular repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, and dialysis access. Dr. Wang is also Clinical Director of the Vascular Lab at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
She completed a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology through the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at University of Pennsylvania. The degree has given her the ability to analyze large datasets and create predictive models to understand poor outcomes in vascular surgical patients. Her research interests lie in using large scale databases to study trends in practice, predictors of outcomes, and gender disparities in access to care in vascular surgery. She has utilized the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), National Surgical Quality Improvement (NSQIP) as well as the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registries to conduct these studies. She has a focused research interest on the application of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) to thoracic aortic pathologies. She has published extensively on TEVAR: 3 book chapters and 18 manuscripts including peer reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications.
As the VQI is a large data respository of most vascular surgical procedures, she continues to publish manuscripts which span the interventions and surgical procedures that are performed by vascular surgeons including carotid endarterectomy, carotid stenting, IVC filter placement, lower extremity bypass, and others.
Notable Publications:
- Wang GJ, Jackson BM, Foley PJ, Damrauer SM, Goodney PP, Kelz RR, Wirtalla C, Fairman RM: National trends in admissions, repair and mortality for thoracic aortic aneurysm and type B dissection in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2018 Notes: accepted for publication.
- Wang GJ, Cambria RP, Lombardi JV, Azizzadeh A, White RA, Abel DB,Cronenwett JL, Beck AW. Thirty-Day Outcomes from The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) TEVAR for Type B Dissection Project. Journal of Vascular Surgery. Accepted for publication.
- Wang GJ, Jackson BM, Foley PJ, Damrauer SM, Kalapatapu V, Golden MA, Fairman RM: Treating peripheral artery disease in the wake of rising costs and protracted length of stay. Annals of Vascular Surgery 44: 253-260, Oct. 2017 Notes: Epub May 4, 2017.