Current Employer
Seattle Children's Department of Neurosurgery
Biography
Anthony hails from Kingsport, TN, where he was awarded the TSSAA scholar-athlete of the year, and toured with the North American Elite Youth Orchestra. He was the Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Scholar at Vanderbilt University, and a United States Presidential Scholar. He then attended the Duke University School of Medicine, and completed an Albert Schweitzer Foundation service fellowship as well as an NIH-funded basic science research fellowship. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Michigan, where he was awarded an NRSA F-32 research fellowship, an AANS Neurosurgical Top Gun award, and the AANS Public Service citation. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles and textbook chapters.
Anthony enjoys teaching students and residents, for which he received the Golden Beeper Award from the University of Michigan Medical School students, and a nomination for the Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching from the American College of Surgeons.
Research Interests
Molecular and genetic mechanisms of resistance and recurrence of adult and pediatric brain tumors and simulation in surgical education.
Clinical Interests
Pediatric neurosurgery and skull base oncology.
Representative Publications
- Wang AC, Chinn S, Than KD, Telian SA, Arts HA, Hussam E, Thompson BG. Durability of hearing preservation after microsurgical treatment of vestibular schwannoma using the middle cranial fossa approach. J Neurosurg. 2013 Feb. PMID: 23413947
- Wang AC, Niknafs YS, Than KD, Etame AB, Thompson BG, Sullivan SE. Hemorrhagic Vestibular Schwannoma: Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg. 2013 Feb 27. PMID: 23454397
- Wang AC, Charters ME, Thawani JP, Than KD, Sullivan SE, Graziano GP. Evaluating the use and utility of digital angiography in diagnosing blunt cerebrovascular injury: a cost-effectiveness analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1601-10. PMID: 22695428
- Thawani JP, Wang AC, Than KD, Lin CY, LaMarca F, Park P. Bone morphogenetic proteins and cancer: review of the literature. Neurosurgery 66:233-246, 2010. PMID: 20042986
- Wang AC, Than KD, Etame AB, LaMarca F, Park P. Impact of anesthesia on trans-cranial electric motor evoked potential monitoring during spine surgery: a review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2009 Oct;27(4):E7. PMID: 19795956
