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Alvin Wong, M.D.

Alvin Wong, M.D.

Resident (PGY-5)
Plastic Surgery

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Education

  • Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A.B., Biochemistry, 2007
  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, M.D., 2012

Program Affiliations

  • Program in Craniofacial Biology
  • Pomerantz Lab

Clinical Interests

  • Nerve Injury
  • Microsurgery
  • Craniofacial Anomalies

Research Interests

  • Muscle Denervation
  • Muscle Regeneration
  • Stem Cells

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.

Faculty Mentors

Research Pathways

Grants & Funding

  • Eli and Edythe Broad Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Fellowship 2015-2016

Resident Publications

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  1. Wong A, Pomerantz JH. The Role of Muscle Stem Cells in Regeneration and Recovery after Denervation: A Review. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Mar; 143(3):779-788. View in PubMed
  2. Garcia SM, Tamaki S, Lee S, Wong A, Jose A, Dreux J, Kouklis G, Sbitany H, Seth R, Knott PD, Heaton C, Ryan WR, Kim EA, Hansen SL, Hoffman WY, Pomerantz JH. High-Yield Purification, Preservation, and Serial Transplantation of Human Satellite Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2018 Mar 13; 10(3):1160-1174. View in PubMed
  3. 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 Reduces the Postoperative Surgical-Site Infection Rate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jan; 137(1):285-94. View in PubMed
  4. 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 Reduces Postoperative Surgical Site Infection Rate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Oct; 136(4 Suppl):12-3. View in PubMed
  5. Wu JK, Kitajewski C, Reiley M, Keung CH, Monteagudo J, Andrews JP, Liou P, Thirumoorthi A, Wong A, Kandel JJ, Shawber CJ. Aberrant lymphatic endothelial progenitors in lymphatic malformation development. PLoS One. 2015; 10(2):e0117352. View in PubMed
  6. England RW, Hardy KL, Kitajewski AM, Wong A, Kitajewski JK, Shawber CJ, Wu JK. Propranolol promotes accelerated and dysregulated adipogenesis in hemangioma stem cells. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 Sep; 73 Suppl 1:S119-24. View in PubMed
  7. Wong A, Hardy KL, Kitajewski AM, Shawber CJ, Kitajewski JK, Wu JK. Propranolol accelerates adipogenesis in hemangioma stem cells and causes apoptosis of hemangioma endothelial cells. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov; 130(5):1012-21. View in PubMed
  8. Montague JA, Butler LM, Wu AH, Genkinger JM, Koh WP, Wong AS, Wang R, Yuan JM, Yu MC. Green and black tea intake in relation to prostate cancer risk among Singapore Chinese. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Oct; 23(10):1635-41. View in PubMed
  9. Chang CS, Wong A, Rohde CH, Ascherman JA, Wu JK. Management of lip hemangiomas: Minimizing peri-oral scars. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Feb; 65(2):163-8. View in PubMed
  10. Adepoju O, Wong A, Kitajewski A, Tong K, Boscolo E, Bischoff J, Kitajewski J, Wu JK. Expression of HES and HEY genes in infantile hemangiomas. Vasc Cell. 2011 Aug 11; 3:19. View in PubMed
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Posters & Oral Presentations

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
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Book Chapters

  1. 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.

In the News

  • Research Fellow Alvin Wong Awarded Grant to Study Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

    Pomerantz Lab - Richard Barg - December 22, 2016
    Jason Pomerantz - 144
    Alvin Wong, M.D., a plastic surgery research fellow in the Pomerantz Lab, was awarded a grant by the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) to study "skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation". The award, funded by a National Endowment for Plastic Surgery Grant, was one of eleven representing the "newest, clinically relevant research in plastic surgery".  The grant to Dr. Wong is also notable in that most such awards go to established principal Investigators with [...]

 
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