Raymond Wang

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ABOUT RAYMOND WANG

Board certified in Clinical Genetics, and Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Raymond Wang, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UC Irvine Medical School and in the Division of Metabolic Disorders at the Children\'s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, California, where he is the director of the Lysosomal Storage Disorder Program and oversees both a vibrant clinical and productive research program. The Multi-Disciplinary Lysosomal Clinic is the only such clinic in the nation where multiple subspecialties (Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Orthopedics) evaluate the patient in conjunction with the Lysosomal specialist. He is investigating the role of inflammation and the innate immune system, triggered by arterial lysosomal storage, in promoting MPS cardiovascular disease, and identifying novel therapeutic methods to address treatment-refractory cardiovascular disease in MPS. He also actively works on other research projects related to Niemann-Pick C Disease, Pompe, Hunter, and Sanfillipo Syndrome.He attended medical school at the University of California-Los Angeles, then completed his residency in pediatrics and medical genetics at the University of California-Los Angeles / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He went on to complete a fellowship in Clinical Biochemical Genetics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he performed research on the symptomatology of female Fabry disease heterozygotes and was a co-investigator in a phase II trial of an oral agent for Fabry disease. Simultaneously, he completed the K30 Graduate Training Program in Translational Investigation.Specialties: Mucopolysaccharidosis,Lysosomal Storage Disorders,Sanfilippo Syndrome,CLN2 / Batten\'s Disease,Fabry Disease,Pompe Disease,Niemann Pick C DiseaseInborn Errors of Metabolism,General Clinical Genetics,Newborn Screening