Professor
UCLA
Dr. Marilene B. Wang is a Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where she is co-director of the Endoscopic Skull Base program. She received her BA in mathematics from La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, and her MD from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA and was recruited afterward to serve on the faculty. Her practice is focused on head and neck cancer and endoscopic skull base surgery. She has an active cancer research laboratory, studying cell cycle regulation and curcumin suppression of head and neck cancer, which has received NIH and other extramural funding. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 12 book chapters, 1 book, and presented over 250 abstracts or lectures at meetings all over the world. She is on the Board of Directors for the American Rhinologic Society. She is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Neurological Surger Reports. She is on the Editorial Review Boards for The Laryngoscope and International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. She has been named to the Best Doctors of America database, Best Doctors in Southern California, and Best Doctors in Los Angeles. She served as VIce-President for the Western Section of the Triological Society from 2020-2022. She has served as Chair of the Complementary/Integrative Medicine Committee for the AAO-HNS, Chair of the Awards Committee for the American Rhinologic Society (ARS), Chair of the Awards Committee and Constitution and Bylaws Committee for the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) and is an active member of multiple other committees for the AAO-HNS, ARS, AHNS, and American Thyroid Association. She received a Distinguished Service Award from the AAO-HNS in 2013 and was named a Cochrane Scholar in 2014.