Pathology

Steven H. Wong, PhD, DABCC (TC), FACB

Professor of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Director, Toxicology, TDM, Pharmacogenomics and Proteomics, Medical College of Wisconsin
Scientific Director, Toxicology Department, Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, and Population Health-Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin

As director of toxicology, Dr. Wong's responsibilities include: providing scientific update, clinical consults, and technical advice in test utilization and development, working closely with the laboratory staff to ensure quality testing and procedure compliance.  He also participates in education of residents and fellows, serving as Director of Postdoctoral Fellowship in Laboratory Medicine (Chemistry and Toxicology - program currently inactive).

As scientific director of forensic toxicology at the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, his responsibilities include providing technical and scientific support for the laboratory, interpretations of the toxicological for selected cases, and if needed, expert witness for toxicological findings.

Research Interests

• Personalized justice
• Translational pharmacogenomics of antidepressants, opioids, and immunosuppressants
• Clinical and forensic toxicology
• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• Pharmacogenomics and pharmacoproteomics
• Personalized medicine
• Analytical toxicology

Professional Background

• University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine, and Director of Drug Analysis Division
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine), and Associate Director of Chemistry (Toxicology)
• Editorial Board member of Pharmacogenomics, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry, Clinica Chimica Acta, Egyptian Journal of Pathology
• Ad hoc reviewer for: Clinical Chemistry, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Clinical Biochemistry, Journal of Personalized Medicine
• Reviewer for NIH - NIGMS Phase I Glue Grants

Educational Background

• PhD, Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Research Associate of Nuclear Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Board Certifications

• American Board of Clinical Chemistry – Toxicological Chemistry

Selected Publications

• Wong SHY, Linder M, Valdes R Jr.,(2006). Pharmacogenomics and Proteomics: Enabling the Practice of Personalized Medicine. AACC Press. 386pp.
• White RM, Wong SHY. (2007) Pharmacogenomics for Toxicology. In Karch SB, Ed. Drug Abuse Handbook. 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 1088-98.
• Wong SHY. (2007). Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine. In Dasgupta A. ed., Handbook of Drug Monitoring Methods: Therapeutics and Drugs of Abuse. Humana Press. pp.211-223.
• Wong SHY. (2007) Pharmacogenomics for Forensic Toxicology In Enabling Personalized Medicine. In Bogusz MJ, Ed. Handbook of Analytical Separations, 2nd Ed. Vol. II – Forensic Science, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
• Wong SHY. (In press) Pharmacogenomics for Forensic Toxicology - From Gregor Mendel to Personalized Medicine and Personalized Justice. In Olaf H. Drummer , Section Editor (Toxicology), Jamieson A, Moenssens A. Co-Ed., Wiley’s Encyclopedia of Forensic Science Wiley.