After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, she obtained her medical degree from Stanford. She completed both a surgical internship and a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Stanford. After a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship, she underwent clinical fellowship training in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Stanford. She is certified by the American Board of Radiology, and has a subspecialty certificate in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Hwang's clinical and research interests include interventional oncology, including chemoembolization and ablative therapies. Her lab is studying gene-based therapies, and the combination of molecular imaging with image-guided, minimally invasive interventions. She has published extensively, and was a 2010 recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award by the Society of Interventional Radiology.