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Education:

• Medical School - Stanford University
• Stanford University (PhD)
• Santa Clara Valley (Internship)
• Stanford University, Residency in Dermatology
• University of California, San Francisco (Fellowship)

Languages Spoken:

• English

Board Certifications:

• American Board of Dermatology

Awards and Publications:

• Targeting superficial or nodular Basal cell carcinoma with topically formulated small molecule inhibitor of smoothened. Tang T, Tang JY, Li D, Reich M, Callahan CA, Fu L, Yauch RL, Wang F, Kotkow K, Chang KS, Shpall E, Wu A, Rubin LL, Marsters JC, Epstein EH, Caro I, de Sauvage FJ. Clin Cancer Res. 2011; 17 (10): 3378-87
• Basal cell carcinoma chemoprevention with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in genetically predisposed PTCH1+/- humans and mice. Tang JY, Aszterbaum M, Athar M, Barsanti F, Cappola C, Estevez N, Hebert J, Hwang J, Khaimskiy Y, Kim A, Lu Y, So PL, Tang X, Kohn MA, McCulloch CE, Kopelovich L, Bickers DR, Epstein EH. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2010; 3 (1): 25-34
• Itraconazole, a commonly used antifungal that inhibits Hedgehog pathway activity and cancer growth. Kim J, Tang JY, Gong R, Kim J, Lee JJ, Clemons KV, Chong CR, Chang KS, Fereshteh M, Gardner D, Reya T, Liu JO, Epstein EH, Stevens DA, Beachy PA. Cancer Cell. 2010; 17 (4): 388-99
• Correlates of low bone mass in children with generalized forms of epidermolysis bullosa. Bruckner AL, Bedocs LA, Keiser E, Tang JY, Doernbrack C, Arbuckle HA, Berman S, Kent K, Bachrach LK. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011
• Genotype-Phenotype Correlations among Pachyonychia Congenita Patients with K16 Mutations. Fu T, Leachman SA, Wilson NJ, Smith FJ, Schwartz ME, Tang JY. J Invest Dermatol. 2011; 131 (5): 1025-8
• Association of facial skin aging and vitamin D levels in middle-aged white women. Chang AL, Fu T, Amir O, Tang JY. Cancer Causes Control. 2010; 21 (12): 2315-6
• Association of prediagnostic serum vitamin D levels with the development of basal cell carcinoma. Asgari MM, Tang J, Warton ME, Chren MM, Quesenberry CP, Bikle D, Horst RL, Orentreich N, Vogelman JH, Friedman GD. J Invest Dermatol. 2010; 130 (5): 1438-43
• High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome. Tang JY, Wu A, Linos E, Parimi N, Lee W, Aszterbaum M, Asgari MM, Bickers DR, Epstein EH. Arch Dermatol. 2010; 146 (10): 1105-10
• Inverse association between serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels and non-melanoma skin cancer in elderly men. Tang JY, Parimi N, Wu A, Boscardin WJ, Shikany JM, Chren MM, Cummings SR, Epstein EH, Bauer DC. Cancer Causes Control. 2010; 21 (3): 387-91
• Medical Management of Advanced or Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinomas Jean Y Tang, Ervin H. Epstein. AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill. 2010
• Novel investigational drugs for basal cell carcinoma. So PL, Tang JY, Epstein EH. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010; 19 (9): 1099-112
• Statin use and risk of basal cell carcinoma. Asgari MM, Tang J, Epstein EH, Chren MM, Warton EM, Quesenberry CP, Go AS, Friedman GD. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009; 61 (1): 66-72
• Novel Hedgehog pathway targets against basal cell carcinoma. Tang JY, So PL, Epstein EH. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2007; 224 (3): 257-64
• Xeroderma pigmentosum group C in an isolated region of Guatemala. Cleaver JE, Feeney L, Tang JY, Tuttle P. J Invest Dermatol. 2007; 127 (2): 493-6
• Toxicity from radiation therapy associated with abnormal transcriptional responses to DNA damage. Rieger KE, Hong WJ, Tusher VG, Tang J, Tibshirani R, Chu G. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; 101 (17): 6635-40
• Interaction between UV-damaged DNA binding activity proteins and the c-Abl tyrosine kinase. Cong F, Tang J, Hwang BJ, Vuong BQ, Chu G, Goff SP. J Biol Chem. 2002; 277 (38): 34870-8
• Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E and UV-damaged DNA-binding protein. Tang J, Chu G. DNA Repair (Amst). 2002; 1 (8): 601-16
• Inhibition of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase and modification of HDL apolipoproteins by aldehydes. McCall MR, Tang JY, Bielicki JK, Forte TM. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1995; 15 (10): 1599-606