Vivian(Wai Chong)WongMDPhD

Dermatology • Naples, FL

Board-Certified Dermatologist at Skin Wellness Physicians

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Office
Skin Wellness Physicians
Naples, FL 34102
Phone+1 239-732-0044

Summary

https://www.skinwellnessflorida.com/dermatologists/meet-dr-wong.html

Education & Training

Brown UniversityChief Residency, Dermatology, 2017 - 2018
Brown UniversityResidency, Dermatology, 2015 - 2018
Hennepin HealthcareInternship, Transitional Year, 2014 - 2015
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2014
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2006 - 2007

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
CA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
RI State Medical License 2015 - 2018
American Board of Dermatology Dermatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Advanced Resident Training & Education in Dermatology Scholarship Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical (ODAC) Conference, 2018
Educational grant for Nails and Nail Diseases course European Academy of Dermatology Venereology, 2018
Support for Medical Education Scholarship Brown University, 2018
Resident Retreat for Future Academicians Society for Investigative Dermatology, 2017
Graduate Medical Education Committee Award for Support of Research and Quality Projects Lifespan Hospital, 2017
Mentoring Award Council of Nail Disorders, 2017
Travel Award American Society of Dermatological Surgery, 2016
Travel Award The National Psoriasis Foundation, 2016
Mentorship Award Society for Pediatric Dermatology, 2016
Fellowship Award European Academy of Dermatology Venereology, 2016
Imrich Sarkany Memorial Scholarship European Academy of Dermatology Venereology, 2016
Trainee Award American Physician Scientist Association, 2015
Travel Award National Psoriasis Foundation, 2014
Travel Award Rosalind Franklin University, 2014
Member Alpha omega alpha, 2014
Travel Award National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2012
Best Poster Award-MD-PhD All School Research Consortium, 2012
Trainee Award Central Society for Clinical Research, 2012
Family Medicine Midwest Scholarship Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, 2012
Best Talk Award Rosalind Franklin University, 2011
Poster Award Society of Neuroscience Chicago Chapter, 2011
Dr. Andy Hedberg Annual Leadership Day Award American College of Physicians, 2011
Student Scholarship World Congress and Summit on Social Media and Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 2011
Best poster award American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Great Lakes Annual Meeting, 2011
Travel Scholarship American Psychiatric Association, 2010
Ruth Gunnar Grant American College of Physicians Northern Illinois Chapter, 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Skin of Color in Preclinical Medical Education: A Cross-Institutional Comparison and A Call to Action.
Uzoamaka Okoro, Thinh Quoc Chau, John Kawaoka, Vivian C. Wong, Abrar A. Qureshi
Cutis. 2021-10-01
17 citations
Adolescent‐onset of cocaine use is associated with heightened stress‐induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking
Wai Chong Wong, Michela "Micky" Marinelli
Addiction Biology. 2016-05-01
4 citations
Facial Neutrophilic Dermatosis Mimicking Iododerma and Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Natalie H. Matthews, Vivian C. Wong, Leslie Robinson-Bostom, Newsha Lajevardi
JAMA Dermatology. 2018-05-01

Journal Articles

Carcinoma erysipeloides of papillary serous ovarian cancer mimicking cellulitis of the abdominal wall
Wong WC, Cheng CE, Tahan SR, Kim CC, Cutis, 2/18/2018

Abstracts/Posters

Body Site Distribution of Pediatric-Onset Morphea
Kiguradze T, Anderson K, Sibbald C, Tollefson M, Kunzler E, Tom W, Hedlund K, Ahmad RC, Irfan M, Kollman K, Hunt R, Stein S, Arkin L, Wong V, Pope E, Jacobe H, Brandli..., International Investigative Dermatology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 5/16/2018
Generalized Xanthoma: A Clue to the diagnosis of Alagille Syndrome
Chavez A, Wong V, Robinson-Bostom L, Bercovitch L., Gross and Microscopic Symposium. 2018 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2/16/2018
Polyarteritis Nodosa with Polymyositis induced by Streptococcal Infection
Lee J, Wong V, Chai S, Mermel L, Robinson-Bostom L., Gross and Microscopic Symposium. 2018 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2/16/2018
Tofacitinib treatment for alopecia areata and alopecia totalis in adolescents and young adults – a case series
Matthews N, Wong V, Kuhn, H, Qureshi AA, Medical Dermatology Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2/15/2018
Mapping Morphea: Towards a Better Understanding
Chiu Y, Anderson K, Sibbald C, Kiguradze T, Tollefson M, Kunzler E, Tom W, Hedlund K, Ahmad RC, Irfan M, Kollman K, Hunt R, Stein S, Arkin L, Wong V, Pope E, Jacobe H,..., Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance Conference, Aurora, CO, 10/26/2017
After-summary visit in dermatology visits
Wong V and Paek SY, European Academy of Dermatology Venereology Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 9/16/2017
Acetaminophen and vitiligo risk
Wong V, Park MK, Sachar M, Li WX, Huang V, Harris J, Li T, Cho E, Qureshi AA, Society of Investigative Dermatology, Portland, Oregan, 4/29/2017
Cutaneous angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma mimicking exanthematous drug reaction
Grewal SK, Wong V, Kuhn H, Elco C, Paek SY., Gross and Microscopic Symposium. 2017 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 3/4/2017
Skin of Color in Preclinical Medical Education
Okoro U, Qureshi AA, Kawaoka J, Wong V., 2017 Skin of Color Society Symposium, Orlando, FL, 3/2/2017
Adolescents don’t fear punishment in the face of reward: possible role of dopamine
Mutti A, Wong V, Ramachandra V, Marinelli M, Society for Neuroscience 46th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 11/12/2016
Reactive keratoacanthoma on the legs; epidemiology and possible molecular signaling pathways
Wong V, Dufresne R, Robinson-Bostom L, Qureshi A, Walker J, Medical Dermatology Society Meeting, Washington DC, 3/14/2016
Lamellar Ichthyosis with revertant mosaicism
Wong WC, Robinson-Bostom L, Bercovitch L, New England Dermatological Society meeting, Providence, RI, 10/30/2015
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
Wong WC and Robinson-Bostom L, New England Dermatological Society meeting, Providence, RI, 10/30/2015
Tufted angioma
Siegel J, Wong WC, Robinson-Bostom L, Bercovitch L, New England Dermatological Society meeting, Providence, RI, 10/30/2015
Adolescents are insensitive to punishment-induced suppression of cocaine self-administration
Wong WC, Ramachandra V, Patel S, Marinelli M, European Brain and Behaviour Society/ European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Joint Meeting, Verona, Italy, 9/12/2015
Case report: Plantar basal cell carcinoma in an immunosuppressed patient
Bayart CB, Wong WC, Miner A, Billings SD, 2014 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 3/22/2014
Progesterone-induced fixed drug eruption
Wong WC, De Souza A, Bradshaw S, Nazarian RM, Roh EK, New England Dermatological Society meeting, Boston, MA, 2/1/2014
Elevated activity of dopamine neurons during adolescence: implications for cocaine addiction
McCutcheon JE, Wong WC, Marinelli M, Dopamine Congress 2013, Quartè Sayàl, Alghero, Sassari, Italy, 5/14/2013
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Lectures

Systemic mastocytosis
Providence - 5/12/2018
PTEN Hamartoma Syndrome
Providence - 5/12/2018
Late-onset Focal Dermal Elastolysis
Providence - 5/12/2018
Dermatology residency for physician scientists
Chicago - 4/21/2018
Onychopapilloma
Bologna, Italy - 4/6/2018
Dermatology Top Ten List. Part 1
Pawtucket - 3/21/2018
Clinical, onychoscopic and histopathological features of fingernail and toenail onychopapilloma
San Diego - 2/15/2018
What is skin cancer and how to prevent it?
Miriam Hospital, Providence - 11/12/2017
Clinical Epidemiology of Reactive Keratoacanthoma on the Legs
Vienna,Austria - 10/1/2016
Pressure ulcers. What can we do better
Providence - 7/8/2016
“28 y/o male with a BMI of 14.8”.
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“Carcinoma erysipeloides of advanced papillary serous ovarian cancer mimicking cellulitis of the abdominal wall”.
Gross and Microscopic Symposium. 2014 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.
“31 y/o male with SOB and weakness”.
QuantiaMD
“6 m/o girl with a rash”.
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Pharmacology of cocaine: adolescents are at greater risk for addiction than adults
Chicago - 1/14/2014
Pharmacology of cocaine: adolescents are at greater risk for addiction than adults
Miami - 12/4/2013
Adolescents are insensitive to punishment-induced suppression of cocaine self-administration
Itasca - 11/11/2012
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Other

Deficiency of adenosine deaminase type 2
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/deficiency%20of%20adenosine%20deaminase%20type%202?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=56084
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in Adult
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Belinda Tan MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/cutaneous%20t-cell%20lymphoma?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=51907
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Belinda Tan MD, PhD, Art Papier MD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/cutaneous%20t-cell%20lymphoma?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=51907#view=text
Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/primary%20cutaneous%20anaplastic%20large%20cell%20lymphoma?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=56085
Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/subcutaneous%20panniculitis-like%20t-cell%20lymphoma?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=56086
Granuloma annulare in Adult
Lauren Strazzula MD, Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Lowell A. Goldsmith MD, MPH
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/granuloma%20annulare?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=51632
Granuloma annulare in Child
Lauren Strazzula MD, Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Craig N. Burkhart MD, Dean Morrell MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/granuloma%20annulare?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=51632&lang=en_US#view=text
Granuloma annulare in Infant/Neonate
Lauren Strazzula MD, Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Craig N. Burkhart MD, Dean Morrell MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/granuloma%20annulare?moduleId=103&diagnosisId=51632&lang=en_US#view=text
Granuloma annulare - External and Internal Eye
auren Strazzula MD, Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Belinda Tan MD, PhD, Brandon D. Ayres MD, Christopher Rapuano MD, Harvey A. Brown MD, Sunir J. Garg MD, Laure...
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/granuloma%20annulare?moduleId=21&diagnosisId=51632#view=text
Pyostomatitis Vegetans
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Kira Blair Mayo MD, Carl Allen DDS, MSD, Sook-Bin Woo MS, DMD, MMSc
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/pyostomatitis%20vegetans?moduleId=20&diagnosisId=52243
Cat-scratch disease in Adult
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/cat-scratch%20disease?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=51261
Cat-scratch disease in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/cat-scratch%20disease?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=51261#view=text
Cat-scratch disease in Infant/Neonate
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/cat-scratch%20disease?moduleId=103&diagnosisId=51261#view=text
Aphthous stomatitis in Adult
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/aphthous%20stomatitis?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=51131
Aphthous stomatitis in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/aphthous%20stomatitis?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=51131&lang=en_US#view=text
Aphthous stomatitis in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/aphthous%20stomatitis?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=51131&lang=en_US#view=text
Tinea corporis in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/tinea%20corporis?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=52396&lang=en_US#view=text
Tinea corporis in Adult
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/tinea%20corporis?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=52396&lang=en_US#view=text
Tinea corporis in Infant/Neonate
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/tinea%20corporis?moduleId=103&diagnosisId=52396&lang=en_US#view=text
Drug-induced nevi
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/drug-induced%20nevi?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=53017
Subungual melanoma
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Shari Lipner MD, PhD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/subungual%20melanoma?moduleId=19&diagnosisId=56099
Onychopapilloma
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Shari Lipner MD, PhD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/onychopapilloma?moduleId=19&diagnosisId=56100
Frontal fibrosing alopecia
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Mary Gail Mercurio MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/frontal%20fibrosing%20alopecia?moduleId=46&diagnosisId=54648
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
ivian Wong MD, PhD, Mary Gail Mercurio MD, Susan Burgin MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/central%20centrifugal%20cicatricial%20alopecia?moduleId=101&diagnosisId=53032
Keratosis Follicularis Spinulosa Decalvans in Child
Vivian Wong MD, PhD, Susan Burgin MD, Mary Gail Mercurio MD
https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx/diagnosis/keratosis%20follicularis%20spinulosa%20decalvans?moduleId=102&diagnosisId=51797
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Press Mentions

‘I Think It’s Important That I’m Transparent’: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Alopecia DiagnosisJanuary 16th, 2020

Committees

Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee 2014 - 2015
Member, Committee on Scientific Issues AMA 2009 - 2010
Institutional Representative, American Physician Scientist Association 2007 - 2014