Runsheng Wang, MD, MHS
Overview
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Dr. Wang's clinical and research interests focus on spondyloarthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, particularly in epidemiology, outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research of spondyloarthritis. She treats other types of inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout, as well as systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, scleroderma, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjogren’s syndrome. In addition, Dr. Wang applies musculoskeletal ultrasonography in diagnosis and management of patients with arthritis.
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Languages
- Mandarin
- Chinese
Gender
- Female
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Phone Appointments
Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NY Signature
- NYP Employee Plan
- POS
- PPO
- Signature Administrators
- Student Health
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare
- MagnaCare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Oxford Health Plans
- Freedom
- Liberty
- Medicare Managed Care
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- The Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, Peking Union Medical College (Beijing, China)
- Residency: Maimondes Medical Center
- Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, MD
- Fellowship: National Institutes of Health
Board Certifications
- Rheumatology
- Internal Medicine
Honors & Awards
Lawrence Shulman Scholar for Translational Research, NIAMS
Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award
Research
Grants
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH IN AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (Private)
Jul 19 2019 - Jul 18 2020
EVOLUTION OF INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN (Private)
Jul 1 2016 - Jun 30 2018
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Research Publications in Print or other Media
1, Wang, R., Crowson, C.S., Wright, K. & Ward, M.M. (2107). Clinical Evolution of Patients with New-onset Inflammatory Back Pain: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Arthritis & Rheumatology. In press
2, Wang, R., Dasgupta, A., & Ward, M. M. Comparative Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha Inhibitors in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-analysis. J Rheum. 2018 Jan 15. pii: jrheum.170224. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.170224.
3, Wang, R., Gabriel, S. E., & Ward, M. M. (2016). Progression of Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis to Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Arthritis & Rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.). http://doi.org/10.1002/art.39542
4, Wang, R., Dasgupta, A., & Ward, M. M. (2015). Comparative efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in ankylosing spondylitis: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of clinical trials. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. http://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207677
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov