Vincenzo K Wong
Department of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2010 | Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas, US, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2016 | Clinical Fellowship, Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin |
| 2011-2015 | Residency, Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2010-2011 | Internship, University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2016 | American Board of Radiology |
| 2013 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2012 | Not specified |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2024
Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2022 - Present
Radiation Safety Officer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2016 - 2019
Ultrasound Supervisor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2016 - 2019
Imaging Physics Resident Education Coordinator, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2016 - 2019
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, UT MDACC Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Interviewer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - 2023
Member, UT MDACC Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Interviewer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2022
Member, Diagnostic Imaging PACS RFP Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2024
Member, Abdominal Imaging Report Audit Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022
Member, Abdominal Imaging Chair Search Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Informatics Functional Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Imaging Physics Resident Education Coordinator, Imaging Physics Resident Education, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Member, Residency Admissions Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Member, Education Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Member, Program Evaluation Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2023 | Magna Cum Laude, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2018 | Best Teaching at the Workstation Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2017 | Cum Laude, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2016 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2016 | Magna Cum Laude, Society of Abdominal Radiology |
| 2015 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2015 | Academic Achievement Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2015 | Honorary Medical Physicist Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2014 | Resident Excellence in Breast Imaging Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2009 | Alpha Omega Alpha, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| 2009 | Texas Tech University Alumni Scholarship, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| 2006 - 2009 | Jane Carter Scholarship, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Basics of Computed Tomography (CT) Workshop. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Ultrasound Hands-on Workshop. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Pancreatic Cancer. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Career Tasters - Radiology. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Ultrasound Physics and Board Review. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Career Tasters - Radiology. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Career Tasters - Radiology. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Doppler Ultrasound Review. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Unusual Pancreatic Tumor. Conference. Society of Abdominal Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Course, US.
- 2022. Pancreatic Cancer in 2022: Imaging, Treatment Response, Efficient Reporting. Conference. Society of Abdominal Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Course, US.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Visiting, US.
- 2021. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Visiting, US.
- 2019. Pancreatic Cancer Staging. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Abdominal Imaging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. Interesting Case Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. X-ray Production. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. X-ray Imaging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. Ultrasound Physics. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. X-ray Interactions. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2017. Gynecologic Imaging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Liver, Renal, and Pancreas Transplant Imaging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Basics of Doppler Ultrasound. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Post-operative Bowel. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2016. Post-operative Bowel. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. X-ray Production. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. X-ray Imaging. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. Abdominal Imaging Skills Workshop. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. Nuclear Physics. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. X-ray Interactions. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. Ultrasound Physics. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2015. Radiation Exposure and Occupational Dose Limits. Houston, Texas, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Pickhardt PJ, Wong VK, Mellnick V, Sugi M, Aswani Y. Abdominal CT findings characteristic of Castleman disease: multi-centre review of 76 adult cases with abdominopelvic nodal involvement. Br J Radiol 97(1160):1431-1436, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38830085.
- Saleh M, Virarkar M, Mahmoud H, Wong VK, Parikh M, Elsherif S, Bhosale P. Radiomics Analysis with Three-dimensional and Two-dimensional Segmentation to Predict Survival Outcomes in Pancreatic Cancer. World Journal of Radiology, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38058604.
- Jensen CT, Wong VK, Wagner-Bartak NA, Liu X, Padmanabhan Nair Sobha R, Sun J, Likhari GS, Gupta S. Accuracy of liver metastasis detection and characterization: Dual-energy CT versus single-energy CT with deep learning reconstruction. Eur J Radiol 168:111121, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37806195.
- Saleh M, Virarkar M, Mahmoud HS, Wong VK, Gonzalez Baerga CI, Parikh M, Elsherif SB, Bhosale PR. Radiomics analysis with three-dimensional and two-dimensional segmentation to predict survival outcomes in pancreatic cancer. World Journal of Radiology, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38058604.
- Jensen CT, Gupta S, Saleh MM, Liu X, Wong VK, Salem U, Qiao W, Samei E, Wagner-Bartak NA. Reduced-Dose Deep Learning Reconstruction for Abdominal CT of Liver Metastases. Radiology 303(1):90-98, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35014900.
- Wells SA, Wong VK, Wittmann TA, Lubner MG, Best SL, Ziemlewicz TJ, Hinshaw JL, Lee FT, Abel EJ. Renal mass biopsy and thermal ablation: should biopsy be performed before or during the ablation procedure?. Abdom Radiol (NY) 42(6):1773-1780, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28184961.
- Yang DJ, Ozaki K, Oh C, Azhdarinia A, Yang T, Ito M, Greenwell A, Bryant J, Kohanim S, Wong VK, Kim E. (99m)Tc-EC-guanine: synthesis, biodistribution, and tumor imaging in animals. Pharm Res 22(9):1471-9, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16132359.
- Uribe J, Aykac M, Baghaei H, Li H, Wang Y, Liu Y, Wong VK, Xing T, Ramirez R, Wong W. Inexpensive Position Sensitive Detector Block for Dedicated PET Cameras Using 40-mm Diameter PMT in Quadrant Sharing Configuration. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Jensen CT, Wong VK, Likhari GS, Daoud TE, Ahmad M, Bassett R, Pasyar S, Virarkar MK, Roman-Colon AM, Liu X. Dual-Energy CT for Differentiation of Hypodense Liver Lesions in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. European Radiology.
Review Articles
- Wong VK, Gao M, Horn GL. Appearance of the Upper Urinary System After Treatment. Urologic Clinics of North America, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Singer ED, Karbasian N, Katz DS, Wong VK, Abdelsalam ME, Stanietzky N, Nguyen TT, Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Badawy M, Revzin MV, Shehata MA, Eltaher M, Elsayes KM, Korivi BR. Renal bleeding: imaging and interventions in patients with tumors. Diagn Interv Radiol, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38874163.
- Virarkar M, Wong VK, Morani AC, Tamm EP, Bhosale P. Update on quantitative radiomics of pancreatic tumors. Abdom Radiol (NY) 47(9):3118-3160, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34292365.
- Elsaiey A, Mahmoud HS, Jensen CT, Klimkowski S, Taher A, Chaudhry H, Morani AC, Wong VK, Salem UI, Palmquist SM, Elsayes KM. Mastocytosis-A Review of Disease Spectrum with Imaging Correlation. Cancers (Basel) 13(20), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34680251.
- Dragoo DD, Taher A, Wong VK, Elsaiey A, Consul N, Mahmoud HS, Mujtaba B, Stanietzky N, Elsayes KM. PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome/Cowden Syndrome: Genomics, Oncogenesis, and Imaging Review for Associated Lesions and Malignancy. Cancers (Basel) 13(13), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34206559.
- Wong VK, Kundra V. Performance of O-RADS MRI Score for Classifying Indeterminate Adnexal Masses at US. Radiology Imaging Cancer 3(3), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34047668.
- Wong, VK, Fung, AW, Elsayes, KM. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hepatic Adenoma Subtypes. Clinical Liver Disease 17(3):113-118, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33868649.
- Wong VK, Ganeshan D, Jensen C, Devine C. Imaging and Mangement of Bladder Cancer. Cancers 16(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33808614.
- Wong VK, Lubner MG, Menias CO, Mellnick VM, Kennedy TA, Bhalla S, Pickhardt PJ. Clinical and Imaging Features of Noncutaneous Melanoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 208(5):942-959, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28301211.
- Mileto A, Yu L, Revels JW, Kamel S, Shehata MA, Ibarra-Rovira JJ, Wong VK, Roman-Colon AM, Lee JM, Elsayes KM, Jensen CT. State-of-the-Art Deep Learning CT Reconstruction Algorithms in Abdominal Imaging. Radiographics.
Abstracts
- Wang MX, Shi AA, Ahmed I, Klimkowski S, Diab M, Wong VK, Elsayes KM. Assessment Prior to Liver Tumor Resection. Radiological Society of North America, 2024.
- Jensen CT, Wong VK, Likhari GS. Spectral HU Curve Evaluation of Liver Lesions in Pancreatic Cancer. Radiological Society of North America, 2024.
- Schwartz G, Tamm EP, Gaballah A, Al-Hawary MM, Bhosale P, Javadi S, Wong VK, Sarna A, Gao M, Ibarra-Rovira J, Le O. Pitfalls in Pancreatic Tumor Imaging and How to Avoid Them. Radiological Society of North America, 2024.
- Karbasian N, Flory M, Javadi S, Ram R, Jensen C, Wong VK, McHenry A, Bhosale P, Elsayes K. Imaging of Functional Ovarian Tumors and Tumor Like Conditions with Pathological Correlation. Radiological Society of North America, 2023.
- Mostafa S, Bhosale P, Morani A, Ayman G, Tamm E, Wong VK, Javadi S, Al-Hawari M, Elsayes K. Peeking Inside the Pancreas: A Radiological Journey through Imaging of Unusual and Rare Pancreatic Tumors. Radiological Society of North America, 2023.
- Kamel S, Shehata M, Ibarra-Rovira J, Wong VK, Roman-Colon A, Elsayes K, Jensen C. Deep Learning Reconstructions in the Abdomen: an update. Radiological Society of North America, 2023.
- Ganeshan D, Tamm E, Wong VK, Ibarra J, Szklaruk J, Bhosale P. SPIN the SPEN: Update on the Clinical and Imaging Features of Solid Pseudopapillary Epithelial Neoplasms. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2021.
- Wong VK, Bhosale P, Ibarra J, Javadi, S, Le O, Sarna A, Tamm E. Updates in the Era of Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX and Gem-Abraxane for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2021.
- Wong VK, Bhosale P, Ibarra J, Javadi, S, Le O, Sarna A, Tamm E. Patterns of Recurrence in Pancreatic Cancer. Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2021.
- Nguyen T, Abdelsalam M, Klimkowski S, Badaway M, Soliman M, Wong VK, Elsayes K. Renal Bleeding in Cancer Patients Cross Sectional Imaging and Role of Intervention in Management. Radiological Society of North America, 2021.
- Jensen C, Gupta S, Liu X, Saleh M, Wong VK, Qiao W. Is Standard Radiation Dose Superior to Low Dose When Using a Deep Learning Algorithm for CT Reconstruction? A Follow-up Prospective Study of Colorectal Cancer Hepatic Metastases. Radiological Society of North America, 2020.
- Na N, Nakagiri J, Wong VK, Kampalath R. Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms. Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2020.
- Javadi S, Le O, Ibarra J, Wong, VK, Sarna A, Tamm E, Bhosale P. Complications of Pancreatic Cancer: Imaging Findings Beyond Staging. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2020.
- Wong VK, Bahouth SM, Kampalath RV, Lin J, Mankowski-Gettle L. US Findings of First-Trimester Pregnancy RadioGraphics Fundamentals. Radiographics 38(7):2193-2194, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30422764.
- Chong I, Kampalath R, Rayan J, Wynne D, Wong VK. Don’t Be Outflanked: The Role of Imaging in Retroperitoneal Trauma. Radiological Society of North America, 2018.
- Patel D, Kampalath R, Kaur M, Wong VK, Soloff E. The Radiologist's Role in Guiding Therapy for Crohn's Disease. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2018.
- Bahouth S, Gettle LM, Kampalath R, Lin J, Wong VK. Ultrasound Findings of First-Trimester Pregnancy. Radiological Society of North America, 2017.
- Chan B, Wong VK, Ziemlewicz, Gettle LM. Hepatic Geography - Navigating the Islands and Continents of Diffuse Liver Disease. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2017.
- Chan B, Wong VK, Ziemlewicz, Gettle LM. Hepatic Geography - Navigating the Islands and Continents of Diffuse Liver Disease. Society of Abdominal Radiology, 2017.
- Frigini AL, Thomas A, Wong VK, Lenge de Rosen V, Kampalath R. Computed Tomography Urography (CTU) for Evaluation of asymptomatic Micro-hematuria. One more time: Is intravenous contrast administration (urogram phase) warranted for all patients?. Association of University Radiologists, 2017.
- Maddox E, Wong VK, Kim D, Lawson E, Gettle LM. Rectal Cancer Staging – A Primer. Radiological Society of North America, 2017.
- Wong VK, Wells S, Hinshaw L, Best S, Ziemlewicz T, Lubner M, Lee F, Abel J. Thermal ablation of small renal masses: Should biopsy take place prior to or during the ablation procedure?. World Congress of Interventional Oncology, 2016.
- Pooler B, Gettle LM, Robbins J, Wong VK. Saline Infused Sonohysterography. Radiological Society of North America, 2016.
- Longo K, Wong VK, Dykes T, Pickhardt P, Siegel C, Mankowski G. Spectrum of Inflammatory Renal Disease. Radiological Society of North America, 2016.
- Wong VK, Lubner M, Mellnick V, Menias C, Kennedy T, Bhalla S, Pickhardt P. Clinical and Imaging Features of Noncutaneous Melanoma. Radiological Society of North America, 2015.
- Wong F, Chickerneo F, Wong VK, Wendt R. Simultaneous imaging of In-111 and Ga- 67 and measurement of residence times after intramuscular injection in rats. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
Book Chapters
- Javadi, S, Wong, VK, Ibarra Rovira, JJ, Bhosale, PR, Tamm, EP. Diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer, 51-66, 2022.
- Javadi, S, Wong, VK, Palmquist, SM, Devine, CE, Bhosale, PR. PET imaging in ovarian cancer, 332-339, 2022.
- Wagner-Bartak N, Wong VK, Prabhakar A, Menias C, Prabhakar, H, Elsayes, K. The Gallbladder. Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis. In: A Practical Algorithmic Approach.
- Wagner-Bartak N, Wong VK, Prabhakar A, Menias C, Prabhakar H, Elsayes K. The Biliary Tree. Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis. In: A Practical Algorithmic Approach.
- Wong VK, Fung A, Elsayes K. Hepatocellular Adenoma. In: Multimedia Liver Imaging.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026