University of California San Francisco

Wong, Alvin
Alvin Wong, MD

Supervised Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015 - 2017
Assistant Professor, Stonybrook University – New York

Biography

Alvin Wong, M.D. is a plastic surgery resident at UCSF and is currently spending two years as a research fellow in the Pomerantz Lab. Dr. Wong has an A.B. in Biochemistry from Harvard University. He received his M.D. from Columbia University in 2012. In the Pomerantz Lab he is working on translational and basic science research projects studying the effect of nerve injury on muscle satellite cells.

Education

Education

Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A.B., Biochemistry, 2007

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, M.D., 2012

Clinical Interests

Nerve Injury

Microsurgery

Craniofacial Anomalies

Program Affiliations

Program in Craniofacial Biology
Pomerantz Lab

Book Chapters

Wong A & Wu JK. (2012). Infantile Hemangiomas: A Disease Model in the Study of Vascular Development, Aberrant Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis. In Sophia Ran (Ed.), Tumor Angiogenesis (pp. 213-230). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech.

Wong A, Lee S, Nathan NS, Wang F, Hansen SL, Harris HW, Sbitany H. Postoperative Prophylactic antibiotic Use Following Ventral Hernia Repair with Placement of Surgical Drains. October 2015. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Boston, MA. Selected for oral presentation.

Wong A, Nathan N, Lee S, Harris H and Sbitany H. The effect of prophylactic antibiotic administration after ventral hernia repair with placement of closed suction drains: a retrospective review. 64thAnnual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Newport Beach, CA. May 23-26, 2014.

Wu JK, Kitajewski C, Keung, CH, Monteagudo J, Thirumoorthi A, Reiley M, Wong A, Kitajewski A, Sastra S, Andrews J, Behr G, Kandel JJ and Shawber CJ (April 2014) Identification of Progenitor Cell Population in Lymphatic Malformations. International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies, Melbourne, Australia. Selected for oral presentation.

Hardy K, Wong A, England R, Shawber CJ, Kitajewski J, Wu JK. Examining the role of macrophages in proliferating infantile hemangiomas. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Los Angeles, California. May 2-4, 2013.

Banerjee D, Thirumoorthi A, Andrews J, Hardy K, Wong A, England R, Shawber CJ, Kitajewski J, Wu JK. NOTCH3 knockdown in hemangioma stem cells alters hemangioma formation in a murine model. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Los Angeles, California. May 2-4, 2013.

Banerjee D, Hardy K, Wong A, England R, Shawber CJ, Kitajewski J, Wu JK. Examining the role of macrophages in proliferating infantile hemangiomas. American Association of Plastic Surgeons 92nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 20-23, 2013.

Wong A, Hardy K, Kitajewski A, Shawber CJ, Kitajewski JK, Wu JK. Propranolol causes functional changes in hemangioma stem cells and endothelial cells. The 19th International Workshop on Vascular Anomalies. Malmö, Sweden. June 16-19, 2012.

Hardy K, Wong A, Shawber C, Kitajewski A, Kitajewski J, Wu J. Notch3 may regulate cell fate in infantile hemangiomas. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Ann Arbor, Michigan. June 14-17 2012.

Wong A, Kitajewski A, Omotinuwe A, Kitajewski J, Wu J. The effect of Notch3 knockdown on functional behavior of infantile hemangioma stem cells [abstract]. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 28th Annual Meeting; 2011 October 20-23; Amelia Island, Florida.

Wong A, Kitajewski A, Kitajewski J, Wu J. The effect of propranolol therapy in infantile hemangiomas: possible mechanisms of action [abstract]. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 28th Annual Meeting; 2011 October 20-23; Amelia Island, Florida.

Gallagher KA, Meltzer AJ, Ravin RA, Wong A, Khan A, Aiello F, Connolly P, Schneider D, Bush HL, Dayal R. Decision Analysis of Optimal Access for Mesenteric Interventions [abstract]. In: The Vascular Annual Meeting; 2011 June 16-18; Chicago, Illinois.

Wong A, Kitajewski A, Adepoju O, Tong K, Wu JK. Notch3 knockdown affects functional behavior of infantile hemangioma stem cells [presentation]. Twentieth Surgery Residents’ Research Competition. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; 2011 May 26; New York, NY.

Wong A, Kitajewski A, Tong K, Wu JK. Notch3 knockdown affects functional behavior of infantile hemangioma stem cells [abstract]. The 56th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council; 2011 April 28-30; Louisville, Kentucky.

Wong A, Wu JK, Adepoju O, Kitajewski A, Kitajewski J. The Role of the Notch Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Infantile Hemangiomas [abstract]. In: The Second World Congress for Plastic Surgeons of Chinese Descent; 2010 October 28-31; Taipei, Taiwan.

Wong A, Adepoju O, Kitajewski A, Kitajewski J, Wu JK. Notch Signaling Target Genes are Differentially Expressed in Infantile Hemangiomas [presentation]. Nineteenth Surgery Residents’ Research Competition. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; 2010 May 20; New York, NY.