Biography

Dr. Wong graduated from the National University of Malaysia and completed his hepatology fellowship in the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Wong has a keen interest in hepatology and is currently a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital. He was honoured as the awardee of the prestigious AASLD Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Science 2022, AASLD Fellow abstract award 2023, and the AASLD Foundation Healthcare Disparity Research in 2024, the Nurturing Clinician Scientist Scheme (NCSS) from Medicine ACP, SingHealth, Clinical Trialist Award 2026, SingHealth Publish Award 2022 and 2025, and the best oral presentation in GIHEP 2018, 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Dr. Wong’s research interests are in the non-invasive prediction of cirrhosis and portal hypertension, viral hepatitis C, and autoimmune liver disease. He has published more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Hepatology, Hepatology, Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Clinical Molecular Hepatology. Dr Wong is also a regular speaker at various local and regional scientific meetings. His significant contributions to the field of hepatitis C in Singapore include treatment among incarcerated populations and simplified monitoring on HCV patients receiving DAA.

Dr. Wong serves as an editorial board member in Hepatology. Besides his research endeavour, Dr. Wong also serves as the member of the Emerging Leaders Committee APAGE, EXCO of the Chapter of Gastroenterology, Academy of Medicine, member-at-large of the AASLD Portal Hypertension SIG, and the Chair of the Southeast Asia PBC Study Group. Currently, Dr. Wong holds concurrent appointments as a Clinical Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore.