Vivian Tang, MD
Assistant Professor
Pathology
Division
Surgical Pathology
Neuropathology
Specialty Areas
Head and Neck Pathology
Neuropathology
1825 4th Street
Box 4034, Room L2181C
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States
Hospital Affiliations
UCSF Parnassus Heights
UCSF Mission Bay
Research and Clinical Interests
My clinical and research interests are in neoplasms at the intersection of Head and Neck Pathology and Neuropathology, particularly skull base, sinonasal, and ocular tumors.
Selected Publications
- Tang V, Chou Y, Demirkesen C, Bloomer MM, Crawford JB, Sarici AM, Shields C, Eagle RC Jr, Iacob CE, Devine WP, Milman T, Pekmezci M. Genomic Profiling of Intraocular Leiomyomas Reveals Recurrent Copy Number Alterations. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Nov 3;14(11):25. PMID: 41251529.
- Tang V, Zhang KY, Mirchia K, Lu R, Guney E, Terry M, Ligon AH, Ligon KL, Eberhart CG, Perry A, Lucas CG. Increased SOX10, p16, and Cyclin D1 Immunoreactivity Differentiates MAP Kinase-activated Low-grade Gliomas From Piloid Gliosis. Am J Surg Pathol. 2025 Apr 01; 49(4):347-352. PMID: 39807609.
- Terry M, Nguyen MP, Tang V, Guney E, Bharani KL, Dahiya S, Choutka O, Borys E, Reis G, Blevins L, Aghi MK, Kunwar S, DeGroot J, Raleigh DR, Pekmezci M, Bollen AW, Cha S, Joseph NM, Perry A. High-Grade Progression, Sarcomatous Transformation, and/or Metastasis of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (PitNENs): The UCSF Experience. Endocr Pathol. 2024 Oct 10. PMID: 39388031.
- Tang V, Lu R, Mirchia K, Van Ziffle J, Devine P, Lee J, Phillips JJ, Perry A, Raleigh DR, Lucas CG, Solomon DA. Loss of p16 expression is a sensitive marker of CDKN2A homozygous deletion in malignant meningiomas. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 04; 145(4):497-500. PMID: 36723772.
- Paredes MF, Mora C, Flores-Ramirez Q, Cebrian-Silla A, Del Dosso A, Larimer P, Chen J, Kang G, Gonzalez Granero S, Garcia E, Chu J, Delgado R, Cotter JA, Tang V, Spatazza J, Obernier K, Ferrer Lozano J, Vento M, Scott J, Studholme C, Nowakowski TJ, Kriegstein AR, Oldham MC, Hasenstaub A, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Alvarez-Buylla A, Huang EJ. Nests of dividing neuroblasts sustain interneuron production for the developing human brain. Science. 2022 01 28; 375(6579):eabk2346. PMID: 35084970.