Howard D. Stang, MD, medical oncologist & hematologist
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Dr. Howard Stang attended Rutgers University in neighboring New Brunswick, where he earned a BS in premed in 1969. He completed his medical education in 1973 at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.; an internship and residency followed at Presbyterian-University Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh.
Following board certification in internal medicine in 1976, Dr. Stang trained as a fellow in the UCLA School of Medicine’s Division of Hematology / Oncology for three years. He remained there until 1983 as an assistant professor of medicine, after which he received certification from the American Board of Medical Oncology.
For 25 years, Dr. Stang practiced hematology and oncology at Cancer Care Northwest, a physician-owned oncology network operating in eastern Washington. He accepted a position with Evergreen Hematology & Oncology in December 2008.
Dr. Stang is affiliated with Southwest Oncology Group, Puget Sound Oncology Consortium, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Pancreatic Cancer Research Team, and US Oncology – for whom he has served as sub-investigator in several clinical trials.