Michael S. Wong, MD

Getting back to class! Time to #hitthebooks! Excited about this new term’s classes: corporate finance, regression analysis for business, managing the productive core, strategic marketing and management communication!... #wharton #upenn #mba #wemba #lifelonglearning #studentforlife #zestforlearning #cantstopwontstop See more

A new year . . . a new job! #SacramentoBusinessJournal http://bit.ly/3qhhVma Link in bio... Thankful for my @whartonschool #MBA opportunity! I learn something daily from my class readings, amazing classmates, and #worldclass professors that has application for my new role as #CaliforniaNorthstateUniversity VP of Clinical Practice! #WEMBA #WEMBA46 @uofpenn #lifelonglearning Thankful for my more than 18 years with @ucdavisplasticsurgery! Daily lessons learned from students and residents have prepared me well for my role as Associate Dean of Academic and Career Advising for @cnumed! . #thankful #appreciative #grateful #blessed #academicplasticsurgery #academicmedicine

It’s all in the family! Once again, honored to be recognized along with my wife, Rachel Chou (Radiation Oncology @kpthrive) and brother, Garrett Wong (Cardiology @ucdavishealth) in @sacmag as a 2020 #TopDoc in #Sacramento, named by physician colleagues! Proud to have been a part of @ucdavisplasticsurgery, representing and working alongside amazing physicians, friends, and colleagues across numerous specialties at UCDavis over 18 years!... Excited to embark on a new chapter, bringing my own brand of compassionate, individualized, and personalized care to each of my patients as I begin my new #plasticsurgery practice in the Greater Sacramento Area! Stay tuned ... details to follow soon! #familypride #goodgenes #marriedwell #topdoctors #kaiserpermanente #radiationoncology #ucdavishealth #interventionalcardiology #nextchapter #newopportunities #newyear See more

My Top 9 posts of 2020: 1. #CovidTesting: Early April after several of our team members got it, I got tested. Now testing is an everyday occurrence, adding #vaccination to #beatcovid ! 2. Lecture to @dem_alphalambda students: Always a privilege to be able to share about my journey with #prehealthstudents in the hope it can inspire them to pursue meaningful careers in #medicine and #plasticsurgery ! 3. #NationalDaughtersDay: Immensely proud of @tiffster_98 ..., President of her class at California Northstate University’s Masters in the Pharmaceutical Science program! 4. Last UCD Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds: Having recently retired from UCD, this last lecture holds a special place in my heart , sharing about one of my passions, #postbatiatric #bodycontouring! 5. Welcoming the newest member to the #UCDPlasticSurgeryFamily: Happy to welcome @drmattfarajz and see @ucdavisplasticsurgery continuing on after me! Appreciative for my 18 years and the many residents I had the privilege of working with, training, and learning from! 6. Tiffany’s graduation from UCSD: Proud of @tiffster_98 graduating in International Business with a Chemistry minor ! Eager to see what God has planned for her future! 7. Ping Song win’s UCD Dean’s Mentorship Award: @pingsongmd is emblematic of the high quality residents in the UCD Plastic Surgery program! The same day, I was humbled to receive the @ucdavissurgery Teacher of the Year Award! 8. Scrubbing for surgery: Done before each case, #handwashing has taken on a new meaning along with #socialdistancing, #masks , and #vaccination 9. Go2vent: This FDA-approved single-patient-use disposable ventilator can provide a critical stopgap measure for ICU-level ventilators , offering #hope during the #CovidPandemic! See more

Thank you for all the birthday well wishes! I feel so blessed to have so many thoughtful friends and family who took time out to wish me well! It was a great day! Birthdays are a special way to mark time and an opportunity to reflect! For me, this past year has been major! After over 18 years, I officially retired from UCD and have transitioned to California Northstate University as Associate Dean of Academic and Career Advising for the College of Medicine and Vice Pres...ident of Clinical Practice at CNU! Appreciating the value of education and joy of learning, I went back to school to earn my MBA! I just completed my first term in the Wharton EMBA program! Enjoying the practice of plastic surgery and the opportunity to bring wholeness to patients, I look forward to continuing to do so in the Sacramento community! I am wrapping up final arrangements for my practice with details soon to follow! #covidbirthday #familytime #thankful #grateful #appreciative #blessed #thankGod #praiseGod #glorytoGod

Final day of call Memorializing my last day rounding with the @ucdavisplasticsurgery team! Privileged to work at @ucdavishealth caring for patients coming through our Level 1 Trauma Center, NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center, ACS Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Program, and Kidney Transplant Program among the nation’s busiest! ... Thanks to all my colleagues and residents I was fortunate enough to partner with over these past 18 years! And special thanks to the many #plasticsurgery patients who entrusted me and my team to their care! Deep thanks to all for teaching me something new everyday! Know that I take the best of these lessons with me into my next adventure at @cnumed and my new clinical practice! #academicplasticsurgery #academicsurgery #studentforlife #thankful #appreciative #blessed #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth See more

Wow, I didn’t expect this . . . Thanks to Dr. Farmer and the @ucdavissurgery Department for this kind recognition of my time here! And thanks to all my colleagues and friends in the Department that have made my 18 years at @ucdavishealth so memorable! I have certainly learned much during my time here and take the best of this with me to my next adventure . . . @cnumed! #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth #californianorthstateuniversity #CNUCOM

It continues to sink in . . . I am done with all my elective cases at @ucdavishealth and find myself reminiscing on my final days operating with my residents! To all my @ucdavisplasticsurgery residents over the last 18 years, thank you for all the fond memories and great times we had learning the art and science of #plasticsurgery together! Thank you for keeping it fresh all these years and for teaching me something new everyday! I take these lessons with me and am clearly better for it! #academicplasticsurgery #studentforlife #thankful #appreciative #blessed #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth

It is really sinking in . . . After 18 years, my elective days of operating at UC Davis are over! Missing my OR crews at the Pavilion and Same Day Surgicenter! Thank you to all who made my time so memorable and enjoyable! You have all taught me much about surgery and about myself! I leave enriched because of you, my @ucdavishealth OR Family! Apologies to so many not pictured! Know that you are forever etched into the memory book of my mind! #neverforgotten ... #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth See more

Thanks again to @oliviadegenerro and @fox40news for helping increase awareness about #BRAday2020 and the important role that #breastreconstruction can play in a woman’s journey towards wholeness! #BreastReconstructionAwareness #ThinkPink #Pinktober #RealMenWearPink #BoardCertifiedPlasticSurgeon #breastsbywong https://fox40.com//interview-breast-reconstruction-awaren/

Thanks @fox40news and @oliviadegennaro for helping bring attention to #BRAday2020! Pleased to help #CloseTheLoop on #BreastCancer by helping women understand their reconstructive options, their right to #BreastReconstruction, and the important role breast reconstruction can play in restoring a sense of wholeness after breast cancer treatment! The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 mandates insurance coverage for breast reconstruction and covers the opposite bre...ast for symmetry. The Mollenkopf Breast Reconstruction Fund helps cover up to $5000 for patients of @csps and the @aestheticsociety. We restore, rebuild, and make whole those parts which nature hath given, but which fortune has taken away. Not so much that it might delight the eye, but that it might buoy up the spirit, and help the mind of the afflicted. - Gaspare Tagliacozzi #BreastReconstructionAwarenessDay #PSF #ASPS #CSPS #ASAPS #PlasticSurgery #BreastCancerAwareness #Pinktober #ThinkPink #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdaviscancercenter #ucdavishealth See more

So excited to share the #inspirational story of my #BRAve patient Sandy, highlighting her #BreastReconstruction journey in recognition of this year’s #BreastReconstructionAwarenessDay! Hear her movingly describe the role her #autologousreconstruction played in her restoration to wholeness in It’s worth it - Sandy’s Story: https://bit.ly/37caiY1 #BRAday #BreastCancerAwareness #Pinktober #ThinkPink #GratefulPatient #GratefulDoctor #ucdavisplasticsurgery

Special thanks to our incredible @ucdavissurgery video team @manny_dial and @delia1013 for their invaluable help on our most recent #BreastReconstructionAwarenessDay video, capturing the moving story of Sandy! Stay tuned for Sandy’s #BRAday video release on October 21, 2020! #thinkpink #Pinktober #beatbreastcancer #breastreconstructionawareness #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth

For me, one of the highlights of every @plasticsurgeryasps meeting is the Opening Ceremonies’ Patients of Courage session, reminding of the amazing people we are all so fortunate to have the privilege of caring for. This #PSTM20 I am grateful to have been able to help in the care of @wendilocatelli, one of this year’s honorees! She is an incredible women who continually inspires me and all those fortunate to come in contact with her! Click the link to see the full video h...ttps://bit.ly/343wf9S glow #patientsofcourage #ASPS #inspirational #glow #glowon #glowonstrong #momof3asanamputee #ucdavisplasticsurgery #ucdavissurgery #ucdavishealth See more

Great inaugural @ucdavisplasticsurgery #BreastReconstructionAwareness #CloseTheLoop 5K walk! In the middle of #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, we hope to educate, engage, and empower women to make the decision that is best for them if faced with the diagnosis of #BreastCancer! #BRA5K #PSF #ASPS #PlasticSurgery #BreastReconstruction #Pinktober #WomensHealth #RealMenWearPink... #SacramentoProud #StateCapitolPark #WorldPeaceRoseGarden #SacramentoCapital #TowerBridge See more

It’s always a special privilege to be able to sit and listen to my #BRAve patients share their #BreastCancer stories and how #BreastReconstruction positively impacted their lives! This #BreastReconstructionAwarenessDay video shoot was doubly special with my patient’s daughter also sharing how this journey affected their family and the real psycho-social benefits of breast reconstruction she witnessed in her mother! Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day #BRAday is October 21, 2020! Watch for Sandy’s video! #pink #Pinktober #realmenwearpink #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BRAvePatients #breastsbywong

I count it as a special privilege to be able to share in the care of so many BRAve patients journeying through #BreastCancer! Each patient is unique and deserving of an individualized plan that best suits her goals and desires! I am always happy when my patients are pleased with their results! #Pink #Pinktober #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BreastReconstructionAwarenessDay #BRAday #BRAvePatients #breastsbywong