Biography
Zhen Jane Wang, MD received her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, and her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at UCSF in 2007, serving as a Chief Resident from 2006-2007. Dr. Wang subsequently completed a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at UCSF. She joined the UCSF faculty in 2008.
Dr Wang is currently the Associate Director for the T32 Clinician Scientist Training Program, and the Associate Chair for Strategic Planning in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Wang’s research interests primarily focus on identification of novel imaging techniques and their development into practical and clinically useful diagnostic tools. Her research program includes hyperpolarized 13C MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to assess renal tumor aggressiveness and diffuse renal disease (nephropathy), as well as quantitative imaging in pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Wang has been invited to lecture on various topics in Abdominal Imaging at various radiology societies, including the Society of Abdominal Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, as well as internationally at the Asian-Oceanian Congress of Radiology, International Education Conference Program in Mexico, and the Brazilian Congress of Radiology.
Clinical Expertise:
Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Abdominal Imaging, Oncological Imaging, Adult
Research Interests:
-Hyperpolarized C13 for characterization of renal tumors and nephropathy
-Imaging of pancreatic cancer
Education and Training:
• Medical School: Northwestern University Medical Center
• Internship: University of California, San Francisco
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Medical Imaging
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Medical Imaging, Abdominal Imaging
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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Distinguished Investigator Award | Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research | 2019 |
Roscoe E. Miller Best Paper Award | Society of Abdominal Radiology | 2018 |
Fellow of Society of Abdominal Radiology | Society of Abdominal Radiology | 2014 |
Morton Bosniak Research Award | Society of Abdominal Radiology | 2013 |
Second Place, Basic Science Category, Young Professionals Committee | Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | 2013 |
RSNA Scholar Award | Radiological Society of North America | 2010/2012 |
Berdon Award. Awarded for the best basic science paper published in Pediatric Radiology | 2009 | |
Co-recipient: Cum Laude Award | Society of Computed Body Tomography / Magnetic Resonance | 2008 |
Member-in-Training Award. Awarded for outstanding scientific abstract at RSNA annual meeting | American Association for Women Radiologists | 2007 |
Excellence in Design Award. Poster Presentation. 2007 RSNA annual meeting | Radiological Society of North America | 2007 |
RSNA Fellow Research Award | Radiological Society of North America | 2007 |
RSNA Trainee Research Prize. Awarded for the best trainee genitourinary scientific paper | Radiological Society of North America | 2007 |
Margulis Society Resident Research Award | UCSF Department of Radiology | 2007 |
Chief Resident | Department of Radiology, UCSF Medical Center | 2006/2007 |
Member-in-Training Award for outstanding scientific abstract at annual meeting | American Association for Women Radiologists | 2006 |
Resident in Radiology President’s Award. Awarded for the best scientific paper | American Roentgen Ray Society | 2006 |
RSNA Roentgen Resident / Fellow Research Award | Radiological Society of North America | 2005 |
RSNA Trainee Research Prize. Awarded for the best trainee genitourinary scientific paper | Radiological Society of North America | 2005 |
RSNA Introduction to Research Program Stipend | Radiological Society of North America | 2004 |
Certificate of Merit. Poster Presentation. RSNA annual meeting | Radiological Society of North America | 2002 |
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society | 2001 | |
Research Award and HHMI continued fellowship. | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 2000/2002 |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Student Scholar, HHMI Research Fellow | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 1999/2000 |
The Endocrine Society Student Fellowship Award | 1999 | |
Northwestern Medical Student Research Fellowship Award | Northwestern University Medical School | 1998 |
Sigma Xi National Science Honor Society | 1996 | |
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society | 1996 | |
Sloan Fellowship for science education | Brown University | 1995 |
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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Northwestern University | M.D. | School of Medicine | 2002 |
Clinical Trials
- Related Conditions: Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:
- Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI Scan in Predicting Tumor Aggressiveness in Patients With Renal Tumors (NCT04258462)Related Conditions: Kidney Cancer, Kidney Neoplasm, Neoplasms, Renal Cell Carcinoma| Start Date: | End Date:
- Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI for Treatment Response Assessment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (NCT04565327)Related Conditions: Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma| Start Date: | End Date:
Grants and Funding
- Optimizing Pancreatic Cancer Management with Next Generation Imaging and Liquid Biopsy | NIH | 2021-04-01 - 2026-03-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Translating Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic MRI to Predict Renal Tumor Aggressiveness | NIH | 2021-01-01 - 2025-12-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic MRI for Noninvasive Monitoring of Kidney Injury | NIH | 2021-07-12 - 2023-04-30 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Hyperpolarized 13C Markers of Diabetic Nephropathy and Treatment Response | NIH | 2013-09-20 - 2019-07-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Hyperpolarized 13C MR markers of renal tumor aggressiveness | Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research | 2011-07-01 - 2012-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Publications
- Hyperpolarized 1-[13C]-Pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects an Early Metabolic Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Prostate Cancer.| | PubMed
- Bowel Peristalsis Artifact on Dual-Energy CT: In Vitro Study on the Influence of Different Dual-Energy CT Platforms and Enteric Contrast Agents.| | PubMed
- Specialized computational methods for denoising, B1 correction, and kinetic modeling in hyperpolarized 13 C MR EPSI studies of liver tumors.| | PubMed
- Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized 13 C pyruvate magnetic resonance imaging in patients with renal tumors-Initial experience.| | PubMed
- Application of the ACR Pancreatic Cyst Recommendations in Clinical Practice: Point-A Happy Medium to Balance Cancer Prevention With Resource Utilization and Risks of Overtreatment.| | PubMed
- Modeling hyperpolarized lactate signal dynamics in cells, patient-derived tissue slice cultures and murine models.| | PubMed
- Therapeutic response assessment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: society of abdominal radiology review paper on the role of morphological and functional imaging techniques.| | PubMed
- Lexicon for renal mass terms at CT and MRI: a consensus of the society of abdominal radiology disease-focused panel on renal cell carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Estimation of Fractional Extracellular Space at CT for Predicting Chemotherapy Response and Survival in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma| | UCSF Research Profile
- Estimation of Fractional Extracellular Space at CT for Predicting Chemotherapy Response and Survival in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed
- Blockchain-Authenticated Sharing of Genomic and Clinical Outcomes Data of Patients With Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study.| | PubMed
- White paper on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from society of abdominal radiology's disease-focused panel for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Part I, AJCC staging system, NCCN guidelines, and borderline resectable disease.| | PubMed
- White paper on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from society of abdominal radiology's disease-focused panel for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Part II, update on imaging techniques and screening of pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals.| | PubMed
- Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal BOLD MRI.| | PubMed
- Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal diffusion-weighted MRI.| | PubMed
- Bosniak Classification of Cystic Renal Masses, Version 2019: An Update Proposal and Needs Assessment.| | PubMed
- Multiparametric Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluating Renal Allograft Injury.| | PubMed
- Computed Tomography Radiation Exposure Among Referred Kidney Stone Patients: Results from the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter.| | PubMed
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Overview, Imaging Technique, and Diagnostic Considerations.| | PubMed
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Preoperative Planning and Postoperative Complications.| | PubMed
- Uncommon malignant renal tumors and atypical presentation of common ones: a guide for radiologists.| | PubMed
- Abbreviated MRI Protocols for the Abdomen.| | PubMed
- Comparison of Positive Oral Contrast Agents for Abdominopelvic CT.| | PubMed
- Hyperpolarized 13C MRI: State of the Art and Future Directions.| | PubMed
- Comparison of Tumor Regression Grading of Residual Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Without Radiation: Would Fewer Tier-Stratification Be Favorable Toward Standardization?| | PubMed
- Multi-institutional analysis of CT and MRI reports evaluating indeterminate renal masses: comparison to a national survey investigating desired report elements.| | PubMed
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Lactate Production and Compartmentalization in Renal Cell Carcinomas Using Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI.| | PubMed
- Dual Energy Computed Tomography Scans of the Bowel: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Future Directions.| | PubMed
- Effect of gantry rotation speed and scan mode on peristalsis motion artifact frequency and severity at abdominal CT.| | PubMed
- Society of Abdominal Radiology disease-focused panel on renal cell carcinoma: update on past, current, and future goals.| | PubMed
- Does Extended PET Acquisition in PET/MRI Rectal Cancer Staging Improve Results?| | PubMed
- Early Response Assessment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Through Integrated PET/MRI.| | PubMed
- Diffusion-weighted imaging in hemorrhagic abdominal and pelvic lesions: restricted diffusion can mimic malignancy.| | PubMed
- The Role of MR Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer.| | PubMed
- Imaging glutathione depletion in the rat brain using ascorbate-derived hyperpolarized MR and PET probes.| | PubMed
- CT and MRI of small renal masses.| | PubMed
- Non-invasive detection of divergent metabolic signals in insulin deficiency vs. insulin resistance in vivo.| | PubMed
- The Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed
- Stromal Content Is Correlated With Tissue Site, Contrast Retention, and Survival in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.| | PubMed
- Direct assessment of renal mitochondrial redox state using hyperpolarized 13 C-acetoacetate.| | PubMed
- Variation in Radiologic and Urologic Computed Tomography Interpretation of Urinary Tract Stone Burden: Results From the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter.| | PubMed
- Impact of the integration of proton magnetic resonance imaging spectroscopy to PI-RADS 2 for prediction of high grade and high stage prostate cancer.| | PubMed
- Hyperpolarized 13 C magnetic resonance evaluation of renal ischemia reperfusion injury in a murine model.| | PubMed
- Hyperpolarized 13C Spectroscopic Evaluation of Oxidative Stress in a Rodent Model of Steatohepatitis.| | PubMed
- An intracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 isoform induces tubular regulated necrosis: implications for acute kidney injury.| | PubMed
- 3D T2-weighted and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced 3D T1-weighted MR cholangiography for evaluation of biliary anatomy in living liver donors.| | PubMed
- Benefit of iodine density images to reduce out-of-field image artifacts at rapid kVp switching dual-energy CT.| | PubMed
- Pelvic Beam-Hardening Artifacts in Dual-Energy CT Image Reconstructions: Occurrence and Impact on Image Quality.| | PubMed
- Comparison of hepatocellular carcinoma conspicuity on hepatobiliary phase images with gadoxetate disodium vs. delayed phase images with extracellular cellular contrast agent.| | PubMed
- Reduction of peristalsis-related gastrointestinal streak artifacts with dual-energy CT: a patient and phantom study.| | PubMed
- Preoperative FOLFIRINOX for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Is radiation necessary in the modern era of chemotherapy?| | PubMed
- Separation of extra- and intracellular metabolites using hyperpolarized (13)C diffusion weighted MR.| | PubMed
- CT Findings for Detecting the Presence of Gangrenous Ischemia in Cholecystitis.| | PubMed
- Imaging Renal Urea Handling in Rats at Millimeter Resolution using Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry.| | PubMed
- Adult living donor liver imaging.| | PubMed
- ACR Appropriateness Criteria Renal Cell Carcinoma Staging.| | PubMed
- Non-invasive differentiation of benign renal tumors from clear cell renal cell carcinomas using clinically translatable hyperpolarized 13C pyruvate magnetic resonance.| | PubMed
- Appearance and Frequency of Gas Interface Artifacts Involving Small Bowel on Rapid-Voltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT Iodine-Density Images.| | PubMed
- Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy for patients receiving intravenous vs. intra-arterial iodixanol administration.| | PubMed
- Radiological Evaluation of Bowel Ischemia.| | PubMed
- High-Resolution 3-T Endorectal Prostate MRI: A Multireader Study of Radiologist Preference and Perceived Interpretive Quality of 2D and 3D T2-Weighted Fast Spin-Echo MR Images.| | PubMed
- Application of Good's buffers to pH imaging using hyperpolarized (13)C MRI.| | PubMed
- Real-time measurement of hyperpolarized lactate production and efflux as a biomarker of tumor aggressiveness in an MR compatible 3D cell culture bioreactor.| | PubMed
- Metabolic response of prostate cancer to nicotinamide phophoribosyltransferase inhibition in a hyperpolarized MR/PET compatible bioreactor.| | PubMed
- Clinical Sequencing Contributes to a BRCA-Associated Cancer Rediagnosis That Guides an Effective Therapeutic Course.| | PubMed
- Cell-Free DNA Next-Generation Sequencing in Pancreatobiliary Carcinomas.| | PubMed
- Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Gd-EOB-DTPA for the Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride in Rats.| | PubMed
- Dynamic UltraFast 2D EXchange SpectroscopY (UF-EXSY) of hyperpolarized substrates.| | PubMed
- Prevalence of abdominal aortic calcifications in older living renal donors and its effect on graft function and histology.| | PubMed
- Transient respiratory motion artifact during arterial phase MRI with gadoxetate disodium: risk factor analyses.| | PubMed
- Low yield of chemical shift MRI for characterization of adrenal lesions with high attenuation density on unenhanced CT.| | PubMed
- Investigating the CT localizer radiograph: acquisition parameters, patient centring and their combined influence on radiation dose.| | PubMed
- Abnormal findings on multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging predict subsequent biopsy upgrade in patients with low risk prostate cancer managed with active surveillance.| | PubMed
- Noninvasive in vivo imaging of diabetes-induced renal oxidative stress and response to therapy using hyperpolarized 13C dehydroascorbate magnetic resonance.| | PubMed
- Assessment of renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease using diffusion-weighted MRI.| | PubMed
- Computed tomography of iatrogenic complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, stenting, and intubation.| | PubMed
- Patient-tailored scan delay for multiphase liver CT: improved scan quality and lesion conspicuity with a novel timing bolus method.| | PubMed
- Contrast-enhanced CT quantification of the hepatic fractional extracellular space: correlation with diffuse liver disease severity.| | PubMed
- Clinical utility of endorectal MRI-guided prostate biopsy: preliminary experience.| | PubMed
- Omental infarction preceded by anatomically upturned omentum.| | PubMed
- Demographics and frequency of the intermittently upturned omentum at CT.| | PubMed
- Hyperpolarized [1-13C]dehydroascorbate MR spectroscopy in a murine model of prostate cancer: comparison with 18F-FDG PET.| | PubMed
- Metabolic reprogramming and validation of hyperpolarized 13C lactate as a prostate cancer biomarker using a human prostate tissue slice culture bioreactor.| | PubMed
- Can CT features differentiate between inferior vena cava leiomyosarcomas and primary retroperitoneal masses?| | PubMed
- Takayasu arteritis: imaging spectrum at multidetector CT angiography.| | PubMed
- Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate magnetic resonance reveals rapid lactate export in metastatic renal cell carcinomas.| | PubMed
- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of adult renal cell carcinoma associated with Xp11.2 translocation.| | PubMed
- Renal cyst pseudoenhancement at 16- and 64-dector row MDCT.| | PubMed
- Frequency and etiology of unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis in patients with breast cancer: results of a longitudinal CT study.| | PubMed
- Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome with dual energy CT pulmonary angiography.| | PubMed
- Endorectal MRI of prostate cancer: incremental prognostic importance of gross locally advanced disease.| | PubMed
- The negative appendectomy rate: who benefits from preoperative CT?| | PubMed
- Focal fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lesions without computed tomography correlate at whole-body positron emission tomography-computed tomography in oncology patients: how often are they malignant?| | PubMed
- Endorectal MRI after radiation therapy: questioning the sextant analysis.| | PubMed
- Positive enteric contrast material for abdominal and pelvic CT with automatic exposure control: what is the effect on patient radiation exposure?| | PubMed
- Persistent renal enhancement after intra-arterial versus intravenous iodixanol administration.| | PubMed
- Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI of diabetic nephropathy: preliminary experience.| | PubMed
- F-18 FDG PET/CT findings in postradiation pelvic insufficiency fracture.| | PubMed
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Odynophagia after atrial fibrillation ablation.| | PubMed
- Dual energy CT monitoring of the renal corticomedullary sodium gradient in swine.| | PubMed
- Feasibility of gadolinium-enhanced dual energy CT pulmonary angiography: a pilot study in rabbits.| | PubMed
- Dual energy CT ventilation imaging after aerosol inhalation of iodinated contrast medium in rabbits.| | PubMed
- Magnetic resonance imaging of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy.| | PubMed
- Imaging malignant and apparent malignant transformation of benign gynaecological disease.| | PubMed
- Liver virtual non-enhanced CT with dual-source, dual-energy CT: a preliminary study.| | PubMed
- Fetal tracheolaryngeal airway obstruction: prenatal evaluation by sonography and MRI.| | PubMed
- Multi-detector row computed tomographic appearance of celiac ganglia.| | PubMed
- Visualization of renal medullary hyperattenuation at unenhanced CT: what is the effect of furosemide administration?| | PubMed
- Radiologic mimics of cirrhosis.| | PubMed
- Chyluria associated with radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Ectopic ureter associated with uterine didelphys and obstructed hemivagina: preoperative diagnosis by MRI.| | PubMed
- 18F-FDG PET/CT of transitional cell carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Delayed enhancement of ascites after i.v. contrast material administration at CT: time course and clinical correlation.| | PubMed
- Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate: MRI and MR spectroscopy features.| | PubMed
- Multidetector row CT urography: does supine or prone positioning produce better pelvecalyceal and ureteral opacification?| | PubMed
- The equivocal appendix at CT: prevalence in a control population.| | PubMed
- Dual-energy and low-kVp CT in the abdomen.| | PubMed
- The characterization of small hypoattenuating renal masses on contrast-enhanced CT.| | PubMed
- MRI findings of intracranial cystic meningiomas.| | PubMed
- Timing bolus dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI assessment of hepatic perfusion: Initial experience.| | PubMed
- Case report: Imaging of Mullerian adenosarcoma arising in adenomyosis.| | PubMed
- Ureteral fibroepithelial polyp.| | PubMed
- Urinary oxygen tension measurement in humans using magnetic resonance imaging.| | PubMed
- Renal cyst pseudoenhancement at multidetector CT: what are the effects of number of detectors and peak tube voltage?| | PubMed
- Is assessing renal oxygenation by using blood oxygen level-dependent MR imaging a clinical reality?| | PubMed
- MR imaging of ovarian tumors using folate-receptor-targeted contrast agents.| | PubMed
- Physiology of renal medullary tip hyperattenuation at unenhanced CT: urinary specific gravity and the NaCl concentration gradient.| | PubMed
- Brain metabolite levels assessed by lactate-edited MR spectroscopy in premature neonates with and without pentobarbital sedation.| | PubMed
- Living donor candidates for right hepatic lobe transplantation: evaluation at CT cholangiography--initial experience.| | PubMed
- Concordance of second-order portal venous and biliary tract anatomies on MDCT angiography and MDCT cholangiography.| | PubMed
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma: evaluation with CT, MR imaging, and PET.| | PubMed
- CT and MR imaging of pericardial disease.| | PubMed
- Cardiovascular shunts: MR imaging evaluation.| | PubMed
- CT and MRI of hepatic pseudotumor in long-standing biliary atresia.| | PubMed
- Aromatase (Cyp19) expression is up-regulated by targeted disruption of Dax1.| | PubMed
- Sertoli cell-specific rescue of fertility, but not testicular pathology, in Dax1 (Ahch)-deficient male mice.| | PubMed