Tisha Wang

Dr. Tisha Wang is a pulmonologist and critical care physician who practices in Westwood. She treats adult patients with pulmonary complications of liver disease, rare lung disease, sleep disordered breathing, and other pulmonary conditions, including asthma, COPD and pulmonary embolism. She is board certified in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine.

Dr. Wang received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, graduating with highest honors. She then completed her internal medicine residency and her pulmonary and critical care fellowship at UCLA.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Wang conducts research on pulmonary complications of liver disease and a rare lung disease called pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, or PAP. She is Clinical Director and VP of the patient-based PAP Foundation, and is Chair of the Education Committee for the American Thoracic Society. She is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is the Clinical Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine in the UCLA Department of Medicine.

As part of her work, Dr. Wang advocates for the advancement of women in medicine, for medical educators training the next generation of physicians, and for patients with rare lung disease.

Education

Medical Board Certifications

• Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008
• Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007

Fellowship

• Pulmonary Disease, UCLA School of Medicine, 2008

Residency

• Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 2005

Degree

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, MD, 2002