Dr. Stephen T.C. Wong of Weill Cornell Medicine

Biography:

Dr. Stephen Wong holds the John S. Dunn Presidential Distinguished Chair at Houston Methodist and holds professorships at Cornell, Texas A&M, Baylor College of Medicine, MD Anderson, Rice, UT Health-Houston, and the University of Houston. Previously a professor at Harvard and UCSF, his lab integrates engineering with biology and medicine to develop novel drugs and devices for cancer and neurological disorders. Over four decades, Dr. Wong has made significant contributions across healthcare, technology, and finance. At Hewlett-Packard, he advanced the production automation of optoelectronics chips. At Bell Labs, he played a key role in developing the first VLSI MB memory chips. As Japan’s MITI Fifth Generation Computer Systems AI (ICOT) Project, he was instrumental in creating the first massive parallel deductive database system. At UCSF, he helped develop the first hospital-wide Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), revolutionizing radiology practice. At Philips Healthcare, he led the development of the first object-oriented electronic medical record and the largest Radiology Information System in Europe. During the dotcom boom, he directed the development of the largest web trading site at Charles Schwab, advancing online financial services. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Wong established the Bioinformatics Center for neurodegeneration research, pioneering machine learning and systems biology for drug discovery. He also founded the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, creating their first cyclotron and translational medical imaging core facilities.

At Houston Methodist, Dr. Wong founded several key centers and held leadership roles, including Vice Chair of Radiology, Chief of Medical Physics, Chief Research Information Officer, and Chair of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering Department. His research has been consistently funded by the NIH for over three decades, and he has mentored over 160 PhD and MD/PhD students and postdocs, four of whom have become endowed professors. With over 500 peer-reviewed publications and five books, Dr. Wong is a Fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, IAMBE, ACMI, AMIA, Optica, and AAIA, and is also a registered professional engineer. He has received senior executive education from Stanford, MIT, and Columbia. Dr. Wong has lived and worked across the globe, including Hong Kong, Manila, Perth, Canberra, Singapore, Orlando, Tokyo, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Boston, and now Houston, where he continues to focus on solving critical healthcare challenges.

Address:Houston, TX, United States