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Alan Pang, MD

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Alan Pang, M.D.

email:   alan.pang@ttuhsc.edu

Assistant Professor of Burn, Wound, Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery, 
Burn Fellowship Associate Program Director 鈥� Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Unit/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 鈥� Lubbock, Texas

Patient Appointments:
Surgery Clinic : 806.743.2388
Clinic Location:
Surgery Clinic:

 Biography:

Alan W. Pang is a burn, wound, trauma, and critical care surgeon at 甜瓜视频/UMC Health System. He originally hails from Chicago, Illinois where he completed his professional bachelor in Architecture (BArch) and his Master鈥檚 Degree in Biology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He went on to complete his Medical Degree at the Chicago Medical School. After medical school he completed general surgery residency at University of California San Francisco 鈥� Fresno. He then completed his Burn and Wound surgery fellowship as well as his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship here at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center where he is now a part of the faculty. His research interests include machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare, specifically in burn diagnostics, as well as healthcare accessibility, healthcare processes and efficiency, burn wound healing, and complex burn injury resuscitation. In his spare time, he is active in medical student and resident education, community volunteering, and animal rescue.

Dr. Pang's clinical interests include inhalational injury, burn shock resuscitation, and wound evaluation and closure.

 

Education/Certification:

Fellowship:

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center, Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center, Lubbock, Texas, Burn Surgery and Wound Fellowship.  2022
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.  2023

Residency:

University of California, San Francisco 鈥� Fresno, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, California, General Surgery Residency.  2021

Medical School:

The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.  2016

Certification:

American Board of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care Board Certification
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery

Research:

In The News:

 
甜瓜视频 Teams Excel in Innovation Hub鈥檚 2024-2025 Texas Tech Accelerator Competition.  By Mark Hendricks.  甜瓜视频 Daily Dose.  May 9, 2024

Four teams representing the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (甜瓜视频) flexed their entrepreneurial muscles and earned a place among the 14 startup teams selected for the 2024-2025 Accelerator Cohort during the Texas Tech Accelerator Competition April 5 at Buddy Holly Hall.  The 甜瓜视频 startup teams that advanced to the 2024-2025 Accelerator Program include:  Burn Length of Stay, which seeks to revolutionize health care predictions utilizing machine learning technologies to predict hospital length of stay and prognosis.  Team members from the 甜瓜视频 School of Medicine include Alan Pang, M.D., 甜瓜视频 assistant professor of surgery, and medical students Jordan Kassab and Vishal Bandaru. 

 
甜瓜视频 Teams Complete National I-Corps鈩� Training Program.  By Mark Hendricks.  甜瓜视频 Daily Dose.  October 3, 2023

For Texas Tech University System students and faculty who have an entrepreneurial itch, the Innovation Hub located near the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (甜瓜视频) campus in Lubbock offers ongoing opportunities.  These opportunities are available thanks to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps鈩�) program.  One team, led by Hongjun (Henry) Liang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the 甜瓜视频 School of Medicine, is working to address antibiotic resistance using patented nanoparticles known as nanoantibiotics.  The second team, led by assistant professor of surgery Alan Pang, M.D., is developing an algorithm-based system that will produce better treatment outcomes for burn victims.  

 
Children admitted weekly to UMC ICU with severe burns caused by Ramen Noodles.  Faulkenberry, N. KCBD.  Mar. 8, 2023 

Ramen Noodles are a common household meal that most kids love.  However, the cooking process is sending children here in Lubbock to the hospital with severe burns.  Dr. Alan Pang, a surgeon at UMC burn ICU, says he sees one or two patients a week.  Dr. Pang says if your child does get burned, whether it is minor or severe, you should assess the wound, remove any clothing around the area, and seek medical attention. 

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