Assistant Professor
Musculoskeletal Oncology
Director, UC Irvine Multidisciplinary Sarcoma
Center
Email: bhhoang@uci.edu
Musculoskeletal Oncology
Dr. Hoang is a tenure-track faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC Irvine. He is currently the Director of the UC Irvine Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Center and his interests include surgical management of bone and soft tissue tumors and general orthopedics. In this capacity, he may serve as a consultant to other physicians in the care of pediatric and adult musculoskeletal oncology patients. He is a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Hoang is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Association for Cancer Research, Orthopedic Research Society, Connective Tissue Oncology Society, Children’s Oncology Group, Southwest Oncology Group, Western Orthopedic Association, and California Orthopedic Association.
He has presented his research at many local, national, and international meetings on a variety of topics ranging from complex joint reconstruction to bone and soft tissue tumors. Of note, he was recently invited to give a lecture on bone and soft tissue sarcomas at the National Institutes of Health. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, including reviews on soft tissue sarcomas for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and bone sarcoma for Orthopedic Clinics of North America.
During medical school, Dr. Hoang was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar and spent two years conducting growth factor research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Subsequently, he received his Orthopaedic Surgery training from Case Western Reserve University under Dr. Victor Goldberg, a leader in the field of osteoarthritis and total joint replacement. During fellowship, he conducted genetic research in osteosarcoma, a common bone cancer in children, at the Pediatric Sarcoma Laboratory of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Due to his contributions, Dr. Hoang later received the Clinical Research Award from the Department of Surgery at MSKCC and the Young Investigator Award from the Children’s Oncology Group. His laboratory at UC Irvine recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate new ways to stop the growth of bone sarcomas.
University of California, Irvine
UCLA School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Faculty Teaching Award (Dept of Orthopaedics, UC Irvine)
New Investigator RecognitionAward (Orthopedic Research Society)
Young Investigator Award (Children’s Oncology Group)
Clinical Scientist Development Award (National Institutes of Health) Dean's Junior Clinician-Scientist Award (UCI College of Medicine) North American Traveling Fellowship (American Orthopaedic Association)
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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