William Hwang, MD, PhD
William Hwang, MD, PhD
About William Hwang, MD, PhD
Dr. Hwang is a radiation oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Instructor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, and Andrew L. Warshaw, MD Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fellow. As a physician-scientist, he specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and his research program is focused on elucidating the interactions between pancreatic cancer cells and their microenvironment at high resolution using single-cell omics and multiplexed imaging techniques. Dr. Hwang is particularly interested in studying the synergy between cancer cells and nerves, an important mechanism of recurrence, metastatic spread, and pain in pancreatic cancer, as well as the pathways by which radiotherapy reprograms the tumor immune microenvironment and how these changes may be harnessed to improve immunotherapeutic strategies. His research has been recognized with the Seidman Prize for Outstanding Senior Medical Student Thesis, MGH Clinical Research Award, William Shipley Research Award, and the Conquer Cancer Foundation/American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award.
Dr. Hwang holds bachelor's degrees in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Physics from Duke University, where he was an Angier B. Duke Scholar. He completed a master's degree at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his MD (summa cum laude) at Harvard Medical School as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University. Dr. Hwang completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital where he received the Resident Teaching Award in Medicine, and residency training in the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program.
Clinical Interests:
- Pancreatic cancer
- Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Liver cancer
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Mandarin Chinese
Locations
Clark Center for Radiation Oncology
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Medical Education
- M.D.; Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
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