Susan Wang

Biography

Susan Wang, M.D., is a faculty member in the Family Medicine Interest Group at the University of California, Irvine. She completed her Doctor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and her residency training at the University of California, Irvine, where she served as academic chief resident from July 2023 to July 2024. During her residency, Wang developed and implemented a formal advocacy curriculum for family medicine residents, which resulted in publications and presentations at national conferences.

Wang has held multiple leadership positions within the California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), including serving as Co-Chair of the Student-Resident Council from July 2020 to July 2021 and leading the Advocacy Subcommittee from July 2022 to June 2023. She has represented CAFP as a delegate at the AAFP National Conference and the National Conference of Constituency Leaders. Her advocacy work has included writing resolutions, organizing legislative affairs activities, and mentoring medical students interested in family medicine.

Wang's research has focused on mental health, suicide prevention, and medical education. She has published work on emotional support and suicidal ideation in older adults, non-pharmacological interventions for depression among survivors of adverse childhood experiences, and advocacy curriculum development in family medicine. Her community engagement includes providing wound care to unhoused individuals in Orange County and volunteering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, where she led registration teams and raised awareness for suicide prevention at community events.

Education

• B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology with Honors, University of California Berkeley, 2017
• M.D., University of California San Francisco, 2021

Distinctions

• Winner of Resident Poster competition at CAFP POP, 2024
• Best Poster Award, MCB Honors Poster Symposium, 2017
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Letters and Sciences, 2016