Winston Wong, MD

I work with a multi-disciplinary team of radiation oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, and pathologists to provide comprehensive, compassionate care to all patients who come to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. When patients visit us, they are often concerned about the side effects and complications of treatment and wonder how they could affect their quality of life, should they experience them.

I make every effort to ensure my patients are well informed, not only about the benefits of each treatment option, but also about the possible risks and side effects. This open communication is valuable because I want patients to feel comfortable addressing any side effects they might experience. It also helps us to work together as a team to select the approach that best aligns with their goals regarding treatment and quality of life. It is important to me that my patients are educated on their diagnoses and feel their treatment plan is consistent with their individual wishes.

In addition to caring for patients, I conduct research and clinical trials that seek to translate emerging scientific knowledge into novel therapies. This includes evaluating new treatments that enhance the immune system’s recognition, surveillance, and destruction of cancer cells (immunotherapy) and treatments that target specific characteristics and/or mutations of the tumor (targeted therapy). I am also studying molecular markers of cancer (biomarkers) that can be used to detect recurrence earlier and/or to guide treatment.