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NYU Langone Provider

Jing Wang, MD, PhD

NYU Langone Provider
  • Specialty: Pain Management
  • Treats: Adults
  • Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese
  • Phone: 212-201-1004
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As an anesthesiologist specializing in pain medicine at NYU Langone, I am dedicated to providing comprehensive and compassionate care to my patients. My approach is rooted in the belief that effective pain management requires a combination of vigilance, decisiveness, and empathy. By integrating clinical practice with research, I strive to offer innovative treatments that address both acute and chronic pain, ensuring that my patients receive the highest standard of care.

I focus on treating patients with a wide range of pain conditions, from pain after surgery to chronic pain syndromes. My expertise includes using multimodal analgesic regimens that incorporate pharmacology, interventional procedures, and psycho-behavioral treatments. This holistic approach allows me to treat the whole person, rather than just targeting specific disease sites, which is crucial for improving overall health and recovery.

With extensive experience in both clinical and research settings, I bring a unique perspective to pain management. My team and I are well-versed in the latest advances in analgesic medications and pain treatment methodologies. We employ an interdisciplinary approach, combining our collective knowledge to develop personalized treatment plans that meet the diverse needs of our patients.

My journey into medicine was driven by a desire to help patients with both chronic illnesses and acute needs. My dual training as an MD and PhD has allowed me to merge clinical practice with neuroscience research, particularly in the field of pain medicine. I am currently leading several clinical trials, including a significant phase 3 trial examining the use of ketamine in preventing pain after mastectomy in women. My research also explores brain mechanisms of pain and innovative treatments, such as closed-loop brain-machine interfaces and psychedelics.


Conditions and Treatments

Positions
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Anesthesiology (Pain Medicine), 2009
  • American Board of Anesthesiology - Anesthesiology, 2009
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pain Management, 2009
  • Residency, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Anesthesiology, 2008
  • MD from Columbia University, 2004
  • PhD from Columbia College, 2003

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Locations and Appointments

Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain

240 East 38th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016

Phone

212-201-1004

Fax

212-263-7254

Interests

molecular, cellular, & translational neuroscience, computational neuroscience, neural engineering

Research Summary

My research interest is centered on the role of brain circuits in the regulation of acute and chronic pain. One of our research areas is the cortical mechanisms of pain processing and regulation. We have recently found that glutamatergic projections from the prefrontal cortex to the nucleus accumbens can modulate acute and persistent postoperative pain in rodent models. We are currently performing pre-clinical and clinical investigations of pharmacological agents that alter glutamate signaling such as ketamine in postoperative pain management. We are also investigating gain control mechanisms for pain regulation in the cortex. A second area of focus in our laboratory lies in the use of computational methods to decode pain in the brain and to implement a brain-machine interface (BMI) to treat pain in real-time. We have successful decoded both the onset and intensity of acute pain in rodents using supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, and we have constructed prototype BMIs to demonstrate its analgesic activities in rodents. We are currently working on identifying neural biomarkers for spontaneous pain and chronic pain. 

Academic Contact

Academic office

435 E 30th Street

Tenth Floor

New York, NY 10016

Phone

646-501-4515

These focus areas and their associated publications are derived from PubMed and the MeSH term library. *
represents one publication
Skip timelineChronic PainGyrus CinguliBreast NeoplasmsKetamineDementia
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  • Chronic Pain and Postoperative Cognitive Function in the Elderly: a Prospective Observational Study

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  • A Single-Center Observational Study to Develop EEG Biomarkers of Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain

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  • Predictive Biomarker for Endoscopic Therapy in Chronic Pancreatitis

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