
Chenyang Wang, MD, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2014 | Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, MD, Medicine |
2010 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, PHD, Bioengineering |
2005 | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, BS, Bioengineering |
Postgraduate Training
2015-2019 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA |
2014-2015 | Clinical Internship, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA |
Board Certifications
2019 | American Board of Radiology - Clinical |
2018 | American Board of Radiology – Physics |
2018 | American Board of Radiology – Radiation Biology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Teaching Assistant, Department of Department of Bioengineering, Division of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2006 - 2014
Teaching Assistant, Department of Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2003 - 2006
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Wang C, Raince J, Swamy U, Park SJ, Zaide L, Mesko S, Demanes DJ, Kamrava M. Clinical outcomes using image-guided interstitial brachytherapy for definitive cervical cancer patients with high-risk clinical target volumes greater than 30 cc. Brachytherapy 17(2):392-398, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29128230.
- Wang C, Wainberg ZA, Raldow A, Lee P. Differences in Cancer-Specific Mortality of Right- Versus Left-Sided Colon Adenocarcinoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Analysis. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 1:1-9, 2017. PMID: 30657397.
- Gao Y, Han F, Zhou Z, Cao M, Kaprealian T, Kamrava M, Wang C, Neylon J, Low DA, Yang Y, Hu P. Distortion-free diffusion MRI using an MRI-guided Tri-Cobalt 60 radiotherapy system: Sequence verification and preliminary clinical experience. Med Phys 44(10):5357-5366, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28692129.
- Wang C, Kaprealian TB, Suh JH, Kubicky CD, Ciporen JN, Chen Y, Jaboin JJ. Overall survival benefit associated with adjuvant radiotherapy in WHO grade II meningioma. Neuro Oncol 19(9):1263-1270, 2017. PMID: 28371851.
- Wang C, Kishan AU, Kamrava M, Steinberg ML, King CR. External Beam Radiation Therapy With a Brachytherapy Boost Versus Radical Prostatectomy in Gleason Pattern 5 Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 98(5):1045-1052, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28721887.
- Wang C, King CR, Kamrava M, Iwamoto KS, Chen AM, Low D, Kupelian PA, Steinberg ML. Pattern of solid and hematopoietic second malignancy after local therapy for prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 123(1):133-138, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28187996.
- Wang C, Kamrava M, King C, Steinberg ML. Racial Disparity in Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality for High-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study. Cureus 9(1):e961, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28168138.
- Wang C, Roberts KB, Bindra RS, Chiang VL, Yu JB. Delayed cerebral vasculopathy following cranial radiation therapy for pediatric tumors. Pediatr Neurol 50(6):549-56, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24739378.
- Borthakur A, Maurer PM, Fenty M, Wang C, Berger R, Yoder J, Balderston RA, Elliott DM. T1ρ magnetic resonance imaging and discography pressure as novel biomarkers for disc degeneration and low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36(25):2190-6, 2011. PMID: 21358489.
- Wang C, Witschey W, Elliott MA, Borthakur A, Reddy R. Measurement of intervertebral disc pressure with T 1ρ MRI. Magn Reson Med 64(6):1721-7, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20677234.
- Wang C, Witschey W, Goldberg A, Elliott M, Borthakur A, Reddy R. Magnetization transfer ratio mapping of intervertebral disc degeneration. Magn Reson Med 64(5):1520-8, 2010. PMID: 20677229.
- Wang C, McArdle E, Fenty M, Witschey W, Elliott M, Sochor M, Reddy R, Borthakur A. Validation of sodium magnetic resonance imaging of intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 35(5):505-10, 2010. PMID: 20147881.
- Wang C, Nagornyak E, Das R, Pollack GH. Automatic step-detection algorithm for analysis of sarcomere dynamics. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 11(6):609-14, 2008. PMID: 18649193.
- Witschey WR, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Fenty M, Sochor MA, Wang C, Reddy R. T1rho-prepared balanced gradient echo for rapid 3D T1rho MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 28(3):744-54, 2008. PMID: 18777535.
- Wang C, Auerbach JD, Witschey WR, Balderston RA, Reddy R, Borthakur A. Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the assessment of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine. Semin Spine Surg 19(2):65-71, 2007. PMID: 18037984.
- Witschey WR, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Mellon E, Niyogi S, Wallman DJ, Wang C, Reddy R. Artifacts in T1 rho-weighted imaging: compensation for B(1) and B(0) field imperfections. J Magn Reson 186(1):75-85, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17291799.
- Witschey WR, Borthakur A, Elliott MA, Mellon E, Niyogi S, Wang C, Reddy R. Compensation for spin-lock artifacts using an off-resonance rotary echo in T1rhooff-weighted imaging. Magn Reson Med 57(1):2-7, 2007. PMID: 17191245.