Helen Wang, MD, received her MD degree at Binzhou Medical School. She then practiced as a radiation oncologist for four years in China. She came to the United States in 1989 and worked as a research assistant at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In 1999, she graduated from the medical residency program at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. After completing the residency program, she practiced as a hospitalist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis for two years. After this, she practiced as a hospitalist at Harvard Vanguard for two years.

In 2003, she joined the hospitalist service at Mass General. She is involved in precepting Harvard Medical students and attending on the Bigelow teaching service.