Scott E. Wang, 61

JAMESTOWN, R.I. – Scott E. Wang, M.D., of Jamestown, died peacefully on May 6 at home surrounded by his loving family, after a valiant five-year battle with brain cancer. He had just celebrated his 61st birthday two days prior. He was a devoted husband and loving father, as well as a talented and compassionate physician. The son of Arlene Wang and the late Herbert Wang, he is survived by “the love of his life,” Carol Wang, and his son and daughter, Joshua and Rachael Wang. He is also survived by his sister, Beth Nast, and her husband, Bill, his brother, David Wang, and his wife, Debbie, his uncle, Bernie Margolis, his sisters-in-law, Gail O’Leary and Pat Moseley and her husband, Hank, and his many nephews and nieces.

He grew up in Rhode Island and completed secondary school in Newton, Mass., where his family moved in 1970. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke University and received his medical degree from Boston University in 1980. He completed his residency in Pathology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. After serving on the faculty of Allegheny General Hospital and the Medical College of Pennsylvania as the director of Cytology, Cytogenetics, and Blood Bank, he moved back to his beloved Rhode Island to serve as chairman of the department of pathology at Newport Hospital for nearly 20 years until his retirement due to illness as Honorary Staff in 2011.

He was a distinguished leader in pathology. He was an inspector and state delegate for the College of American Pathologists for nearly 20 years, served as treasurer/secretary for the Rhode Island Society of Pathologists and was the pathology representative to the Rhode Island Medical Society. He was also a long-standing member of the Rhode Island Brain and Spinal Tumor Foundation and a strong voice of hope for individuals and families battling brain tumors.

He had an amazingly positive outlook at all times, even in the face of tremendous obstacles. He lived life to its fullest, traveling the world and enjoying the backyards of his home state. He was an avid cyclist and skier, and he spent every summer by the water, kayaking along the coast. His devotion to his beloved wife and children served as the foundation for his life. He was proud of his many contributions to the field of medicine, but he was most proud of his two children.  

Contributions in his memory may be made to R.I. Brain and Spine Tumor Foundation, 118 Dudley St., Providence, R.I. 02905 or Home & Hospice Care of R.I., 1085 North Main St., Providence, R.I. 02904 or to the charity of your choice.