Dr. Winston Wong shares stories of hope in serving the underserved
Posted: March 27, 2015
ATSU’s Arizona campus was fortunate to hear Winston Wong, MD, the George Blue Spruce Hero Healer luncheon guest speaker on Thursday, March 26. Dr. Wong, a practicing Community Health Center physician, shared heart-warming patient stories from his practice as a healer working with the underserved, and provided powerful examples of making a difference as a national leader in social medicine.
Dr. Wong is currently the clinical director for Community Benefit at Kaiser Permanente. He earned his medical degree from the University of California in San Francisco. He has served as medical director of a Community Health Center, regional director of the Public Health Service, and a regional director of the Health Resources and Services’ Administration’s Chronic Care Collaborative.
Dr. Wong is a well-known speaker on reducing health disparities, cross-cultural medicine, social determinants of health, quality improvement, death and dying, tuberculosis, and Hansen’s disease among other topics. In addition, he was previously named the San Francisco Examiner’s “Father of the Year.”