| Thomas L. Jang, MD, MPH
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Assistant Professor, Surgery
195 Little Albany Street, Rm 4558
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
jangtl@umdnj.edu
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Clinical Specialty: Kidney Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Bladder Cancer; Minimally Invasive Surgery for Kidney Cancer Degree - Internship from Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Resident from Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Fellowship from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- MPH from Northwestern University Graduate School and Department of Preventive Medicine
- MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- BA from Northwestern University
Positions - Assistant Professor (05/2009 - Present)
Division of Urology, Section of Urologic Oncology
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Honors - Who's Who in Elite Healthcare
National Registry (2010) - Mortar Board National Honor Society
Northwestern University (1993) - Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society
Northwestern University (1993) - Golden Key National Honor Society
Northwestern University (1993) - Who's Who in Executives and Professionals
National Registry (2003) - Second Place, Northwestern University Department of Urology Resident Research and Essay Contest
Northwestern University (2005) - First Place, Clinical Research, Charles Huggins Resident Essay Contest
Chicago Urological Society (2005) - Third Place, Clinical Research, ACMI-Circon National Research and Essay Contest
American Urological Association (2004) - Second Place, Clinical Research, Charles Huggins Resident Essay Contest
Chicago Urological Society (2004) - First Place, Northwestern University Department of Urology Resident Research and Essay Contest
Northwestern University (2004) - First Place, Northwestern University Department of Urology Resident Research and Essay Contest
Northwestern University (2003) - Research Scholar
American Foundation for Urologic Disease and American Urological Association (AFUD/AUA) (1997) - Honors Program in Medical Education (Accelerated BA/MD Honors Program)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (1993) - Northwestern University Alumni Association and Graduate Medical Education Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award
Northwestern University (2006) - Leander Riba Award (Awarded annually to resident in Northwestern University's Department of Urology that exemplifies skill and compassion in patient care)
Northwestern University (2006) - Young Investigator Forum
Prostate Cancer Foundation (2009)
Publications - Karellas ME, O'Brien MF, Jang TL, Bernstein M, Russo P. Partial nephrectomy for selected renal cortical tumors of 7 cm or greater BJU International. 20105; Cited in PubMed; PMID 20518765
- Jang TL, Bekelman JE, Liu Y, Bach PB, Basch EM, Elkin EB, Zelefsky MJ, Scardino PT, Begg CB, Schrag D. Physician Visits prior to Treatment for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010; 170(5):440-450. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20212180
- Lowrance WT, Eastham JE, Jacks LM, Yee DS, Jang TL, Laudone VP, Guillonneau BD, Scardino PT, Elkin EB. Comparative effectiveness of different surgical treatments for prostate cancer: a population-based analysis of postoperative outcomes. Journal of Urology. 2010; 183(4):1366-1372. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20188381
- Jang TL, Han M, Roehl KA, Hawkins SA, Catalona WJ. More favorable tumor features and progression-free survival rates in a longitudinal prostate cancer screening study: PSA era- and threshold-specific effects. Urology. 2006; 67(2):343-348. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16442594
- Jang TL, Yossepowitch O, Bianco F, Scardino PT. Low risk prostate cancer in men under age 65: the case for definitive treatment. Urologic Oncology. 2007; 25:510-514. Cited in PubMed; PMID 18047962
- Russo P and Jang TL, Huang WC, Eggener SE, O'Brien MF, Karanikolas NT, Pettus JA, Karellas MA, Kagiwada MA. Survival rates after resection for localized kidney cancer: 1989 to 2004. Cancer. 2008; 113(1):84-96. Cited in PubMed; PMID 18470927
- Jang TL, Wang R, Kim SC, Troe T, Pins M and Nadler RB. Histopathology of human renal tumors after laparoscopic renal cryosurgery. Journal of Urology. 2005; 173:720-724. Cited in PubMed; PMID 15711251
- Zhang Q, Helfand BT, Jang TL, Zhu J, Chen L, Park I, Kozlowski J, Kundu SD, Pins M, Smith N, Raji AA, Javonovic B, Lindholm P, Goldman R, Gu Y, Yang XJ, Catalona WJ and Lee C. NF-kB mediated TGF-beta-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition predicts recurrence of prostate cancer after prostatectomy. Clinical Cancer Research. 2009; 15(10):3557-3567. Cited in PubMed; PMID 19447876
- Pettus JA, Jang TL, Thompson RH, Yossepowitch O, Kagiwada M and Russo P. Effect of baseline glomerular filtration rate on survival in patients undergoing partial or radical nephrectomy for renal cortical tumors. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008; 83(10):1101-1106. Cited in PubMed; PMID 18828969
- Jang TL, Matschke HM, Rubenstein JN, Gonzalez CM. Pyeloureterostomy with interposition of the appendix. Journal of Urology. 2002; 168:2106-2107. Cited in PubMed; PMID 12394719
- Jang TL, Erickson B, Medendorp A, Gonzalez CM. Comparison of donor site intra-oral morbidity following buccal mucosal graft harvesting for urethral reconstruction. Urology. 2005; 66:716-720. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16230123
- Huang WC, Elkin EB, Levey AS, Jang TL and Russo P. Partial nephrectomy versus radical nephrectomy in patients with small renal tumors: is there a difference in mortality and cardiovascular outcomes? Journal of Urology. 2009; 181(1):55-61. Cited in PubMed; PMID 19012918
- Karellas MA, Jang TL, Kagiwada MA, Kinnaman M, Jarnagin W and Russo P. Advanced stage renal cell carcinoma treated by radical nephrectomy and adjacent organ or structure resection. BJU International.. 2008; 103:160-164. Cited in PubMed; PMID 18782305
- Bekelman JE, Zelefsky MJ, Jang TL, Basch EM and Schrag D. Variation in adherence to external beam radiotherapy quality measures among elderly men with localized prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology & Biology & Physics. . 2007; 69(5):1456-1466. Cited in PubMed; PMID 17689880
- Jang TL, Blunt LW, Yap RL, Brannigan RE, Gonzalez CM. A large urethral diverticulum presenting as a scrotal mass: repair with ventral onlay buccal mucosa. Journal of Urology. 2004; 171:351-352. Cited in PubMed; PMID 14665923
- Jang TL, Yap RL, Batler RA, Brannigan RE. Intraperitoneal bladder rupture and bowel injury from perirectal impalement. Journal of Urology. 2003; 170:2383-2384. Cited in PubMed; PMID 14634423
- Jang TL and Schaeffer AJ. The role of cytokines in prostatitis. World Journal of Urology. 2003; 21:95-99. Cited in PubMed; PMID 12783173
- Liu VC, Wong LY, Jang TL, Shah AH, Park I, Yang X, Zhang Q, Lonning S, Teicher BA and Lee C. Tumor evasion of the immune system by converting CD4+CD25- T cells intoCD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells: role of tumor-derived TGF-beta. Journal of Immunology. 2007; 178(5):2883-2892. Cited in PubMed; PMID 17312132
- Pontari MA, McNaughton-Collins M, O’Leary MP, Calhoun EA, Jang TL, Knauss J, Kusek JW, Landis JR, Litwin MS and the CPCRN Study Group. A case-control study of risk factors in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome. BJU International. 2005; 96:559-565. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16104910
- Yap RL, Jang TL, Gupta R, Pins M, Gonzalez CM. Xanthogranulomatous orchitis. Urology. 2004; 63:176. Cited in PubMed; PMID 14751385
- Zhang Q, Rubenstein JN, Liu VC, Park I, Jang TL, Lee C. Restoration of expression of transforming growth factor-beta type II receptor in murine renal cell carcinoma (renca) cells by 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Life Sciences. 2005; 76(10):1159-1166. Cited in PubMed; PMID 15620579
- Zhang Q, Jang TL, Yang X, Park I, Meyer RE, Kundu S, Pins M, Javonovic B, Kuzel T, Kim SJ, Van Parijs L, Smith ND, Wong L, Greenberg NM, Guo Y, Lee C. Infiltration of tumor-reactive transforming growth factor-beta insensitive CD8+ T cells into the tumor parenchyma is associated with apoptosis and rejection of tumor cells. Prostate. 2006; 66(3):235-247. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16173028
- Zhang Q, Rubenstein JN, Jang TL, Yang X, Pins MR, Jovanovic B, Kim SJ, Park I, Liu VC and Lee C. Insensitivity to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß) signaling results from promoter methylation of cognate receptors in human prostate cancer cells (LNCaP). Molecular Endocrinology. 2005; 19(9):2390-2399. Cited in PubMed; PMID 15905358
- Gonzalez CM, Jang TL, Raines M, Lys TZ and Schaeffer AJ. Significant clinical practice cost savings through downsizing office supply inventory and just in time ordering. Journal of Urology. 2006; 176(1):267-269. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16753418
- Zhang Q, Zhou W, Kundu SD, Jang TL, Yang X, Pins M, Smith N, Jovanovic B, Xin B, Liang L, Guo Y and Lee C. The leader sequence triggers and enhances several functions of clusterin and is instrumental in the progression of human prostate cancer in vivo and in vitro. BJU International. 2006; 98(2):452-460. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16879694
- Erickson BA, Dumanian GA, Sisco M, Jang TL, Halverson AL, Gonzalez CM. Rectourethral fistula associated with two short segment urethral strictures in the anterior and posterior urethra: single-stage reconstruction using buccal mucosa and a radial forearm fasciocutaneous free flap. Urology. 2006; 67(1):195-198. Cited in PubMed; PMID 16413364
Research - Outcomes research (health disparities, quality of care, comparative effectiveness, and survival outcomes) in urologic cancers and clinical trials for patients with advanced kidney cancer
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