Dr. John Wang is a vascular and general surgeon at Farrer Park Hospital. His areas of interests are in vascular surgery and endovascular surgery (minimally invasive) and he is up-to-date with the latest cutting-edge vascular therapy available locally and globally. Throughout his career, Dr. Wang has received numerous awards including the Charles Claude Guthrie Award, Alex Chao MD – Young Investigator’s Award, DVVS Best Basic Research, DVVS Best Clinical Research, and multiple Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) for Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Dr. Wang was a former Senior Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Singapore General Hospital, where he practiced the full spectrum of vascular and endovascular surgery for five years. Prior to this, he was Attending Vascular Surgeon at University Hospital Case Medical Center in Cleveland, U.S., for five years before to moving to Singapore. Dr. Wang served as the Associate Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship, and initiated the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland where he served as the site Program Director.
Dr. Wang graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with honors and pursued a Master’s degree in clinical anatomy and anthropology at the National University of Ireland.
He moved trans-Atlantic for General Surgery Residency training and subsequently, a Vascular Surgery Fellowship, at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, U.S. He is double-boarded in general and vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Apart from clinical work, Dr. Wang has also published extensively in local and international journals such as Journal of Vascular Surgery, European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and British Journal of Surgery.
Dr Wang's specialty interests are abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, aortoiliac occlusive disease, endovascular surgery and vascular surgery.
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Face: Smile and see if one side of the face droops
Arms: Raise both arms and see if one arm drops down
Speech: Say a short phrase and check for slurred or strange speech
Time: If any of the above symptoms are present, contact a healthcare provider and note down the time symptoms started
