Dr Laura Wang

MBBS, BSc(Med), MS (Thyroid), FRACS, PhD (Thyroid)

Endocrine and Head & Neck Surgeon
and Reconstructive Microvascular Surgeon

Dr Laura Wang is a highly experienced, fellowship-trained Endocrine and Head and Neck Surgeon, and Reconstructive Microvascular Surgeon with more than 10+ years of experience treating disorders of the head and neck region.

She has a sub-specialised interest in thyroid disease and thyroid cancer surgery.

Dr Wang completed her medical education at the University of New South Wales and then went on to complete General Surgery training (endocrine, and head and neck specialisation) across NSW, working in busy, high-volume, tertiary training public hospitals. During her specialist training, Dr Wang completed a Master of Surgery Degree at the University of Sydney, focused on thyroid cancer.

Dr Wang achieved Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2018, graduating as a consultant specialist surgeon. She was then successfully selected to undertake further sub-specialised training on the highly competitive, internationally acclaimed fellowship training program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, which is the oldest cancer hospital in the world (founded in 1884) and is continuously ranked in the top 2 cancer hospital in the USA.

At the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr Wang undertook dual fellowship training programs, each taking 1-year to complete, covering both head and neck oncology, as well as microvascular reconstruction surgery. Dr Wang was the first surgeon to be dual-trained in both head and neck cancer surgery, as well as microvascular reconstructive surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and is one of a handful of dual-trained head and neck surgeons in Australia. The ability to train at high-volume international centres of excellence exposes a surgeon to a wide range of common and complex presentations, and allowed Dr Wang to further hone her operative and clinical expertise in treating tumours of the head and neck region.

Dr Wang has a keen interest in medical research and is a leader in her field with over 30+ peer reviewed publications in the area of head and neck oncology. She completed a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) on thyroid cancer prognosis and management and regularly speaks at national and international conferences.

Dr Wang is now based permanently in Sydney and welcomes both public and private patients.

My Special Interests

  • Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
  • Parotid and submandibular gland surgery
  • Neck lymph node surgery
  • Head and neck cancers, tumours and cysts
  • Reconstructive microvascular surgery after cancer surgery
  • Skin cancer surgery of the head and neck
  • Appointed by University of Sydney as an Academic Surgeon
  • John Buckingham Scholarship, American College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • American Thyroid Association, Trainee’s Grant
  • 1,000+ thyroidectomies
  • 100+ parathyroidectomies
  • 100+ microvascular head and neck reconstructions

Qualifications

  • Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), University of Amsterdam
    • Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic implications of regional lymph node metastases in differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), 2018
  • Master of Surgery (MS), University of Sydney
    • Level 7 nodal disease in papillary thyroid cancer.
  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS, University of NSW
  • Bachelor of Science (Medicine), BSc(Med), University of NSW

Sub-Specialised Fellowship Training

  • Microvascular Fellow, Plastics Reconstructive Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (2019 – 2020)
  • Head & Neck Fellow, Head & Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (2018 – 2019)
  • Research Fellow, Head & Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York (2013 – 2014)

Registrar Training

  • NSW RACS Training Program: Liverpool Hospital, Campbelltown Hospital, Prince Alfred Hospital, Auburn Hospital, Shoalhaven Hospital, Taree Base Hospital, Belmont Hospital

Professional Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
  • Convener, Endocrine section of the annual Australian Scientific Congress 2025

Memberships

  • Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons (ANZES)
  • American Thyroid Association (ATA)
  • Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNS)
  • International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES)
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
  • Australian Medical Association (AMA)

Research Profile

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

AHPRA Registration Number

  • MED0001193532

Hospital Accreditation

  • St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Darlinghurst
  • Strathfield Private Hospital
  • Sydney Southwest Private Hospital, Liverpool
  • Liverpool Public Hospital

Consulting Locations

  • Darlinghurst
  • Strathfield
  • Liverpool

Dr Laura Wang is a highly-experienced, fellowship-trained Endocrine and Head & Neck surgeon consulting and operating across Sydney.

Dr Wang holds both a Master of Surgery (MS) Degree and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in thyroid cancer surgery and performs a high-volume of thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. She was the first surgeon to be dual-trained in both head and neck cancer surgery (for benign and cancerous conditions), as well as microvascular reconstructive surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, which is the oldest cancer hospital in the world (founded in 1884).

Get in touch to book an appointment. Urgent appointments available for cancer patients.

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Endocrine and Head & Neck Surgeon
& Reconstructive Microvascular Surgeon
Phone

(02) 8076 4961

Fax

(02) 8080 8146

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