Christopher

Wong

MD

Education & Training

• MD, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (1997–2001)
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2001–2004)
• Chief Residency in Ambulatory Care, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2004–2005)

Honors

• University of Washington Medical Center Cares Award (2021)

Clinical Interests

• Ambulatory care transitions
• Clinical guidelines
• Healthcare reform
• Preventive health
• Primary care
• Primary care of solid organ transplant recipients
• Patient-centered notes

publication highlights

• Golob AL, Evans GA, Harper W, Wong CJ. Patient Panel Handoffs for New Interns in Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Clinics. 2024 Oct. Cureus 16(10): e71894. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71894.
• Wong CJ and SL Jackson, editors. 2023. The Patient-Centered Approach to Medical Note-Writing. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43633-8.
• Wong CJ, Hamlin NP. 2013. The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook.
• Wong CJ, Gaster B, Dugdale DC. Choosing Wisely: In Defense of the Preventive Health Visit. Am J Prev Med. 2014;47(5):653–5.
• Murugan H, Spigner C, McKinney CM, Wong CJ. Primary Care Provider Approaches to Preventive Health Delivery: A Qualitative Study. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2018; 8:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1463423617000858.
• Wong CJ, Inouye L. What’s in a number? Risk thresholds in different statin guidelines. Journal of Gen Intern Med 2017; 32(10):1071-1073. doi 10.1007/s11606-017-4114-y.
• Wong CJ, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, McCormick D. SGIM’s Endorsement of ACP’s Better is Possible: Aligning Policy with Values. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan;36(1):203-204.
• Wong CJ, Editor. Primary Care of the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient. Springer. (2020).
• Nath J, Wong CJ, Bird A, Oyler J, Shaheen A, Harris L, Pincavage AT. Medical School Primary Care Experience and Preparedness Among Internal Medicine Residents: Results from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine In-Training Exam (IM-ITE) Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Nov 28. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07974-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36443624.
• Christopher J. Wong, Heidi Powell, Adelaide H. McClintock. Ice Cream and Yoga Won’t Do—We Need Structural Change to Address Healthcare Provider Burnout. SGIM Forum. Vol 44: No 9, September 2021.