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Ralph Wang, MD, MAS

Interim Vice Chair for Clinical Research

Location: UCSF San Francisco & Oakland
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Professor of Emergency Medicine

Biography

Board Certification: Emergency Medicine

Research and Academic Interests: 
Dr. Wang's research interests include ultrasound visualization of DVT, ultrasoud guidance for venous access, and ultrasound guidance for neural blockade.

Education and Training

  • MAS, 06/2014 - Clinical Research, UCSF
  • 06/2005 - Point of care ultrasound, Alameda County Medical Center
  • 06/2004 - Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center
  • M.D., 05/2000 - Medicine, Tufts University

Research Activities and Funding

  • September 30, 2013 - March 31, 2019 - Advancing the Quality of Emergency Department Renal Stone Management , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K08HS021281

Publications

Ultrasound-guided deep brachial and basilic vein cannulation in the emergency department.
Wang R, Snoey E, Frazee B
Differences in Long COVID severity by duration of illness, symptom evolution, and vaccination: a longitudinal cohort study from the INSPIRE group.
Gottlieb M, Yu H, Chen J, Spatz ES, Gentile NL, Geyer RE, Santangelo M, Malicki C, Gatling K, Saydah S, O'Laughlin KN, Stephens KA, Elmore JG, Wisk LE, L'Hommedieu M, Rodriguez RM, Montoy JCC, Wang RC, Rising KL, Kean E, Dyal JW, Hill MJ, Venkatesh AK, Weinstein RA
N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reuse, Extended Use, and Filtration Efficiency.
Wang RC, Addo N, Degesys NF, Fahimi J, Ford JS, Rosenthal E, Harris AR, Yaffee AQ, Peterson S, Rothmann RE, DeAngelis J, Tolia V, Shah MN, Stephenson TB, Nogueira-Prewitt SJ, Yoon KN, Fisher EM, Raven MC, Reuse N95 Group
Break Wave Lithotripsy for Urolithiasis: Results of the First-in-Human International Multi-Institutional Clinical Trial.
Chew BH, Harper JD, Sur RL, Chi T, De S, Buckley AR, Paterson RF, Wong VKF, Forbes CM, Hall MK, Kessler R, Bechis SK, Woo JR, Wang RC, Bayne DB, Bochinski D, Schuler TD, Wollin TA, Samji R, Sorensen MD
Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California.
Dillon DG, Montoy JCC, Nishijima DK, Niederberger S, Menegazzi JJ, Lacocque J, Rodriguez RM, Wang RC
Trends in presumed drug overdose out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in San Francisco, 2015-2023.
Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Rodriguez RM, Menegazzi JJ, Lacocque J, Dillon DG
Ethnic and racial differences in self-reported symptoms, health status, activity level, and missed work at 3 and 6 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
O'Laughlin KN, Klabbers RE, Ebna Mannan I, Gentile NL, Geyer RE, Zheng Z, Yu H, Li SX, Chan KCG, Spatz ES, Wang RC, L'Hommedieu M, Weinstein RA, Plumb ID, Gottlieb M, Huebinger RM, Hagen M, Elmore JG, Hill MJ, Kelly M, McDonald S, Rising KL, Rodriguez RM, Venkatesh A, Idris AH, Santangelo M, Koo K, Saydah S, Nichol G, Stephens KA, INSPIRE Group
Missed Opportunities to Diagnose and Treat Asymptomatic Hypertension in Emergency Departments in the United States, 2016-2019.
Akhetuamhen A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Fahimi J, Fontil V, Rodriguez R, Wang RC
Incidence of Fit Test Failure During N95 Respirator Reuse and Extended Use.
Wang RC, Degesys NF, Fahimi J, Jin C, Rosenthal E, Lazar AA, Yaffee AQ, Peterson S, Rothmann RE, Jones CMC, Tolia V, Shah MN, Raven MC, Reuse N95 Group
National community disparities in prehospital penetrating trauma adjusted for income, 2020-2021.
Huebinger R, Ketterer AR, Hill MJ, Mann NC, Wang RC, Montoy JCC, Osborn L, Ugalde IT
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