Andrew Tang, MD, FACS

Dr. Tang is the trauma medical director at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, the city's Level I Trauma Center, which serves a population of over 1 million and is the only trauma center of its kind in Southern Arizona.

Dr. Tang is a member of the Arizona Department of Health Services Trauma Advisory Board and is a site reviewer for the Department of Health Services on state trauma center verifications.

Dr. Tang joined the University of Arizona in 2010 and has established a successful trauma/surgical critical care and elective general surgery practice with a focus on complex hernia repairs and abdominal wall reconstruction. He has been named in Tucson Lifestyle magazine's Top Doctors listing for multiple years in addition to earning the College of Medicine Professionalism Award, Clinical Excellence Award, Asian American Faculty Staff and Alumni Outstanding Faculty Award and several teaching awards.

Dr. Tang is heavily involved in trauma education and community outreach. He is the chair of the Southwest Regional Trauma Conference, the largest prehospital-focused trauma conference in the Southwest, with more than 500 annual attendees. His other activities include serving as course director for the Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma courses and co-chair of the SAEMS Regional Trauma Committee. He also served as the associate program director for the general surgery residency program.

Dr. Tang has collaborated and published extensively on various subjects in trauma, with seven published textbook chapters, more than 100 articles and a medical device patent. In addition to his clinical and educational duties, Dr. Tang is also heavily involved in patient care advocacy and quality improvement initiatives at the hospital. He serves on various hospital committees, with a focus on both system-based and individual physician-based care delivery improvement measures.