Vincenzo K Wong
Department of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of 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 |
Board Certifications
| 2016 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2024
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of 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
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, UT MDACC Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Interviewer, 2023 - 2023
Member, UT MDACC Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Interviewer, 2022 - 2022
Member, Abdominal Imaging Report Audit Committee, 2022 - 2022
Member, Abdominal Imaging Chair Search Committee, 2022 - 2022
Member, Diagnostic Imaging PACS RFP Committee, 2022 - 2024
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Informatics Functional Committee, 2020 - Present
Member, Program Evaluation Committee, 2016 - 2019
Member, Education Committee, 2016 - 2019
Member, Residency Admissions Committee, 2016 - 2019
Imaging Physics Resident Education Coordinator, Imaging Physics Resident Education, 2016 - 2019
Honors & Awards
| Jane Carter Scholarship, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | |
| Texas Tech University Alumni Scholarship, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | |
| Resident Excellence in Breast Imaging Award, Baylor College of Medicine | |
| Honorary Medical Physicist Award, Baylor College of Medicine | |
| Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America | |
| Academic Achievement Award, Baylor College of Medicine | |
| Magna Cum Laude, Society of Abdominal Radiology | |
| Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America | |
| Cum Laude, Radiological Society of North America | |
| Best Teaching at the Workstation Award, Baylor College of Medicine | |
| Magna Cum Laude, Radiological Society of North America | |
| Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America |
Professional Memberships
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. 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 None(None):None, 2023. PMID: 38058604.
- 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 None(None):None, 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(None):111121, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37806195.
- 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. 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 None(None):None, 2003. PMID: None.
- 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 None(None):None. PMID: None.
Other Articles
- Wong VK, Gao M, Horn GL Appearance of the Upper Urinary System After Treatment. Urologic Clinics of North America None(None):None, 2024. PMID: None.
- 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 None(None):None, 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. 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):None, 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):None, 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):None, 2021. PMID: 34047668.
- Wong, VK, Fung, AW, Elsayes, KM Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hepatic Adenoma Subtypes. Clinical Liver Disease 17(3):113-118, 2021. PMID: 33868649.
- Wong VK, Ganeshan D, Jensen C, Devine C Imaging and Mangement of Bladder Cancer. Cancers 16(6):None, 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. 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 None(None):None. PMID: None.
Abstracts
- 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. PMID: 30422764.
- 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. PMID: None.
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. None. None.
- 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. None. None.
- Wong VK, Fung A, Elsayes K. Hepatocellular Adenoma. In: Multimedia Liver Imaging. None. None.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 27, 2024