Hanghang Wang, MD

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Hanghang Wang, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, practicing at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Clinically, she practices all aspects of adult cardiac surgery and specializes in mitral valve repair and aortic surgery,  with experience in complex redo operations. She earned a BA in Biology from Grinnell College, an MD from Dartmouth Medical School, and a PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from Duke University. She completed general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Johns Hopkins, followed by focused experience in complex mitral and aortic operations at high-volume centers such as the University of Toronto. Dr. Wang directs the Cardiovascular Precision Medicine Laboratory at Johns Hopkins, which integrates cardiac surgery, computational biology, and bioengineering. She has contributed to biomarker discovery for cardiovascular disease, standardized metabolomic profiling protocols, and established a comprehensive aortic disease registry and tissue biorepository. She has presented at many national and international meetings and has published in high-impact journals such as JAMA Cardiology and Circulation. Current research: Biomarker Discovery: Aiming to identify novel biomarkers for the rapid diagnosis of acute Type A aortic dissection Predictive Recovery Modeling: Combining imaging, medical records, and operative data to anticipate complications and guide personalized recovery paths  AI in Surgery: Working on the development of AI-assisted personalized surgical planning for mitral valve repair and AI-assisted video analysis.