Dr. Wang joined the Division of Acute Care Surgery at UNM in 2012 and has an active clinical practice inTrauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care. She was the Surgery Clerkship Director at UNM School of Medicine for 7 years and developed innovative curriculum for the undergraduate medical education program. She served on the curriculum committee, led the fourth year medical student bootcamp, and was the director of ATLS for many years. She is currently serves as a volunteer faculty for NBME, New Mexico ACS chapter, and inaugural president of AAMC chapter of Group of
Women in Medicine and Science. She is an active member in the national Association of Women Surgeons, Association of Surgical Education, Association of Academic Surgeons, and Western Surgical Association.
Education:
Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Residency: Staten Island University Hospital
Fellowship: Yale University
Certifications:
Board Certified in General Surgery
Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Selected publications from PubMed
Message Received? Applicant Insights on Preference Signals in General Surgery Residency Recruitment.
Lund S, Santucci NM, Zarate Rodriguez J, Naaseh A, Khan S, Luo X, Hunt ML, Silvestri C, Gan CY, L'Huillier JC, Hight R, Hudson J, Hendershot K, Calata J, Wang ML, Alseidi A, Jindani R, Williams-Perez S, Foster T, Woodward JM
J Surg Educ. 2026 Sep;83(9):104096 doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2026.104096.
Advising Through the Noise: Medical Student Advisor Perspectives on How Preference Signals Have Influenced Surgical Residency Recruitment.
Santucci NM, Wang ML, Woodward JM, Gan CY, Silvestri C, Hudson J, Hight R, Naaseh A, Hunt ML, Hendershot K, Zarate Rodriguez J, Luo X, Khan S, Alseidi A, Jindani R, Calata J, Williams-Perez S, Foster T, Lund S
J Surg Educ. 2026 Sep;83(9):104060 doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2026.104060.
Mixed Signals: General Surgery Residency Applicant Attitudes Toward Preference Signaling.
Santucci NM, Woodward JM, Hunt ML, Gan CY, Hight R, Naaseh A, Rodriguez JZ, Hendershot K, Luo X, Khan S, Silvestri C, Calata J, Jindani R, Hudson J, Wang ML, Alseidi A, Williams-Perez S, Foster T, Lund S
J Surg Educ. 2026 Sep;83(9):104059 doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2026.104059.
Blending Life and the Scalpel: A Financial Literacy Workshop for the Transition Beyond Training.
Godfrey M, Wang ML
J Surg Res. 2026 Feb;318:339-345 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.12.039.
Guideline on application of allogeneic vascular transplantation in abdominal surgery.
Lang R, Lyu SC, Zhang T, Lu D, Yang ZX, Cai JZ, Chen Z, Cheng Y, Dou J, Du GS, Fan H, Fu ZR, Gao J, Gao W, Gong JP, Guo WZ, Huang YX, Kou JT, Li QY, Li XL, Liu J, Liu LX, Lu Q, Lyu L, Qi HZ, Shi J, Si ZZ, Song SH, Sun XD, Tao YF, Wan CD, Wang B, Wang JZ, Wang LM, Wang ML, Wang WT, Wang YF, Wang ZX, Wei L, Wu ZJ, Xue F, Yang Y, Zhang F, Zhang SB, Zhang Y, Zhou JQ, Zhuang L, Zou YZ, Tao KS, Xu X, He Q, Liver Transplantation Branch of China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care, Organ Transplantation Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, General Surgery Professional Committee of the China Research Hospital Association
Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2025 Dec;24(6):591-597 doi: 10.1016/j.hbpd.2025.09.011.
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