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Office
Symphony Woods Dr
Silver Spring, MD 20901Phone+1 301-346-4887
Summary
- Dr. Wellington Sun is an infectious disease physician living in Silver Spring, Maryland. He received his medical degree from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and served in the Army for 27 years during which he worked in clinical medicine, research and management. He continued his public service at the CDC and FDA for 12 years. After leaving public service he joined Moderna to develop a new class of vaccines. He is experienced in infectious disease vaccines and their development and regulation, emerging infectious diseases, vaccine clinical trials, dengue, and respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2. He currently does independent consulting on infectious disease vaccines.
Education & Training
National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1988 - 1991
William Beaumont Army Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1983
Harvard UniversityBA, Physics and Chemistry, 1974 - 1978
Certifications & Licensure
DC State Medical License 1998 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsSafety of Streptococcus pyogenes Vaccines: Anticipating and Overcoming Challenges for Clinical Trials and Post-Marketing Monitoring.Edwin J Asturias, Jean-Louis Excler, James Ackland, Marco Cavaleri, Alma Fulurija
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023-09-18 - Monkeypox, smallpox, FDA, and accelerated approval of vaccines - A regulatory perspective.Wellington M D Sun
Vaccine. 2023-06-07 - 1 citationsPrimer of COVID-19 Vaccines for the Perioperative Physician.Lisa R Lynch, Hugo Clifford, Riva Ko, Manon Hache, Wellington Sun
Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 2022-01-01
Journal Articles
- Monkeypox, smallpox, FDA, and accelerated approval of vaccines - A regulatory perspectiveSun, Wellington, Vaccine, 6/7/2023
Committees
- FDA Liaison, Ex officio and Executive Committee member, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish
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