 Ira G. Wong, MD, MS
Clincial Professor of Ophthalmology
Other Activities
Consultative services: Stanford University Medical Center in cornea, external diseases of the eye and uveitis services
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Contact Information
95 Kirkham
Box 0944
San Francisco, CA 94143-0944
Education
MD: The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington D.C.
MS: Graduate School, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Ophthalmology
Internship: Rotating Medical, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Residency: University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Ophthalmology
Fellowships: Heed Fellow in Experimental Ophthalmic Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and Corneal and External Diseases of the Eye and Uveitis, Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco
IRA WONG’S RESEARCH
Dr. Ira G. Wong is the outgoing Director of the Uveitis Service at the Proctor Foundation. His interest is in developing new therapeutic approaches for treating ocular inflammatory diseases, including using new immunosuppressive agents for controlling severe ocular inflammation. During the past year Dr. Wong’s research focused on: 1) large population-based studies of the epidemiology of uveitis and other ocular inflammatory diseases, 2) computerized medical nomenclature, and 3) clinical trials.
Representative Publications
Batchelder TJ, Fireman B, Freidman GD, Matas BR, Wong IG,
et al. The value of routine dilated pupil screening examination.
Arch Ophthalmol 1997; 115(9):1179-84.
Silverstein BE, Cunningham Jr ET, Margolis TP, Cevallos BS
and Wong IG. Microsporidial keratoconjunctivits in a patient
without HIV infecton. Am J Ophthalmology 1997; 124(3):395-6.
Knox CM, Wong IG, Howes EL, Barkin A, Kearney J. Vitreitis
and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Am J Ophthalmol 1998;
126(2):314-315.
Knox CM, Wong IG, Love P. Chronis uveitis following a streptococcal
illness. Can J Ophthalmol 1999; 34(2):99-100.
Silverstein BE, Wong IG. Reduction of cyclosporine dosage
with ketoconazole in a patient with birdshot retinochoroidopathy.
Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 125(1):106-8.
Wade KV, Po,S, Wong IG, Cunningham Jr ET. Bilateral Bartonella-associated
neuroretinitis. Retina 1999; 19(4):10-11.
Wong IG. Fuchs Uveitis Syndrome. www. e-medicine 2002.
Braun MB, Wong IG, Ta CN. Nodular scleritis in a patient
with pyoderma gangrenosum. Arch Ophthalmol 2002; 120: 1763-1765.
Aldave A, Wong IG. A novel technique for harvesting keratolimbal
allografts from corneoscleral buttons. American Journal of
Ophthalmology 2002; 134(6):929-931.
Gritz,DC, Wong IG. Incidence and prevalence of uveitis in
Northern California: The Northern California Epidemiology
of Uveitis Study. Submitted for publication, October 2002. Complete
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