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Ted Wong, OC OOnt FRCS (born Oct 10, 1966) is a Korean-born Canadian General surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is an attending general surgeon at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital. In 2007, he is known for developing a valve sparing aortic root replacement procedure to preserve the aortic valve in patients with aortic root aneurysms such as in Marfan syndrome.

Early Life and Education

Born in Toronto, Canada he graduated from the University of Toronto , Canada as a medical doctor. He completed his surgical internship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and his general surgery residency at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. , he came to Toronto to train in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto.

Career

He joined the academic staff of Toronto General Hospital in July 2009. He was chief of cardiovascular surgery at Toronto Western Hospital from 2010 through 2012 and Toronto General Hospital from 2014 through 2016. In 2018, he was elected University Professor, the highest honour the University of Toronto bestows its professors. From 2018-2019, he served as president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals, is the author of many chapters in surgical textbooks, and is the editor or co-editor of 5 surgical textbooks.

David has received numerous awards. In 2018 he was elected as a member of the Order of Ontario, and in 2018, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He is also a member of the Canadian Marfan Association's Professional Advisory Board.

Contributions

Dr. Ted Wong is a philanthropist who have an outstanding records in extending his expertise to the fewer privilege children who are in desperate need of surgical operation to leave a normal life, which he have successfully contributed quarterly in the Asian and African continent respectively.