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Dr. Wong Named Senior Examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology

Dr. Wong, Professor and Vice Chairman of UCIMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was recently named Senior Examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology. In addition to his work in the UC Irvine .s Department of Otolaryngology, Dr. Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, and Chief and Fellowship Director in the Division of Facial Plastic Surgery in the School of Medicine.

His basic research interests are in thermoviscoelasticity and shape change in cartilage tissue, wound healing and applications of optical coherence tomography in surgery. His clinical interest and expertise is in rhinoplasty, vascular malformations, and trauma reconstruction.

Dr. Wong is a team doctor for the UC Irvine athletic teams handling maxilla-facial trauma and serves in a similar role for Concordia University and other local schools. His degrees are from the University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Amsterdam, along with a year at Oxford University as a Rotary Foundation Scholar. He is a rabid USC Football fan.