Dr. Wong received his doctoral degree from the University of Toronto in Medical Biophysics in 1982. Prior to joining the department at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Wong was Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology in the Department of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis, then Director of Medical Physics at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Dr. Wong is board certified with the American College of Medical Physicists. He is a member of the professional societies of American Association of Medical Physicists and the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology.

Professional Activities

In his role as the Director of Medical Physics, Dr. Wong helps coordinate all technical services and directly manages the physics and dosimetry services of the department to ensure the delivery of state-of-the-art methods of radiation treatment. He is also directly involved in the training program of the department. Over the years, he has been a mentor or associate advisor of over 30 doctoral candidates, medical residents, post-doctoral and medical fellows.

Dr. Wong is active in his academic endeavors. He is the primary or contributing author of over 90 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 15 book chapters. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Medical Physicists and the recipient of the George Edelstyn Medal from the Royal College of Radiology, United Kingdom. He has also served as a reviewer of grant applications for the National Institute of Health (NIH) of the USA, the National Institute of Cancer of Canada and the Dutch Cancer Society. As a strong proponent of the mission of the department, the hospital and the institution, Dr. Wong is committed to the conduct of laboratory research that foster discoveries and the translation of the discoveries to improve patient care and treatment. He has been a principal investigator or co-investigator on numerous research initiatives funded by public agencies and industries. He holds four patents on methods of delivering accurate treatment to patient. Two of his inventions, the Active Breathing Coordinator and the Cone-Beam Computed Tomography on-board a medical accelerator, have been commercialized by the industries as radiation therapy products for the community.

Dr. Wong is currently the principal investigator of a major NIH sponsored research project to develop an image guided small animal radiation research platform to bridge the gap between laboratory radiation research and human treatment. He is also playing a key role in the department’s new initiative to implement a novel informatics infra-structure to more effectively support clinical decision making in the new era of multi-modality image guided radiation therapy.

Personal Quotation

"A fundamental approach to improve patient treatment is to validate the often overlooked assumptions that have been made in the design of an optimal treatment. We can learn so much more about each individual patient such that the treatment can be transformed from a traditional treatment strategy that fits the larger patient population to one that is specifically customized for each patient."