Dr. Michael
Wong

Dr. Michael S. Wong, a fourth-generation Sacramento native, is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in breast and body contouring, with a particular expertise in patients who have undergone significant weight loss. He received his bicoastal education with his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, Davis – East Bay, a two-year surgical research fellowship at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition Laboratory, and his plastic surgery residency at Duke University.

Dr. Wong served as Director of Post-Weight Loss Body Contouring for over 18 years and Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program for over a decade at UC Davis. Professor Emeritus of Surgery at UC Davis, he has been a guest lecturer and visiting professor at numerous plastic surgery meetings and universities in the United States and abroad for over 20 years. He is the author of nearly 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Wong is also a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, and is the former president of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons.

He is thrilled to bring his practice back home to Sacramento with Ideal Plastic Surgery, allowing him to care for the community in which he grew up. He also serves as Associate Dean of Academic and Career Advising and Vice President of Clinical Practice at Northstate University of California, as well as National Director of the Prime Aesthetics Group Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship.

Professional training

• 1992 – 1996 General Surgery, University of California Davis – East Bay (UCD-EB), Oakland, California, USA
• 1996 – 1998 Surgical Research Fellowship, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
• 1998 – 1999 Chief Resident, General Surgery at UCD-EB
• 1999 – 2002 Plastic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, USA

School of medicine

• 1998 – 2002 Doctor of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, USA

Postgraduate and undergraduate

• 1998 – 2002 Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, San Francisco, USA
• 1998 – 2002 Bachelor’s degree, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

Professional organizations

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons, member since 2004
• The Aesthetic Society (formerly: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), member since 2019
• Member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
• Sacramento Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
• World Association of Chinese Plastic Surgeons, Founding Member

Awards and recognition

• Visiting Professor, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (2023)
• Top Doctors, Sacramento Magazine (December 2020)
• Top Doctors, Sacramento Magazine (December 2019)
• Keynote speaker, International Forum on Bariatric Surgery, Taichung, Taiwan (2019)
• Top Doctors, Sacramento Magazine (December 2018)
• Visiting Professor, California Society of Plastic Surgeons, California, USA (2018)
• Visiting Professor and Keynote Speaker, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA (2016)
• Visiting Professor, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2013)
• Visiting Professor, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China (2011)
• Visiting Professor, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, China (2010)
• Visiting Professor, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (2006)

Northstate University of California

• 2022 – Present, Chairman, Residence Advisory Committee
• 2021 – Present, President, MSPE Committee
• 2020 – Present, Member, Executive Committee of the President

UC Davis School of Medicine

• 2011 – 2020 Reviewer, collaborative planning research grants
• 2003 – 2020 Davis Division, Academic Senate Representative

UC Davis Department of Surgery

• 2009 – 2020 Director of the Residency Program, Division of Plastic Surgery
• 2018 – 2020 Member of the breast microsurgeon search committee
• 2017 – 2019 Hand Surgeon Search Committee, Member

Regional

• 2018 – 2019 President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
• 2017 – 2018 President-Elect, California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
• 2016 – 2017 Vice President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)

National

• 2019 – Representative of the Plastic Surgery Foundation. Nominating Committee
• 2020 – Legislative Defense Committee, ASPS/PSF – Chair
• 2022 – Current Member of the Research and Education Committee, American Association of Plastic Surgeons

Publications

• Davé DR, et al. Geriatric patients are at increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in reduction mammoplasty. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2020.
• Xue Y, et al. Early experience with body contouring procedures in patients with end-stage renal disease. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2019.
• Hinchcliff KM, et al. Intraoperative placement of pectoral nerve block catheters. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2017.
• Wong MS. Postbariatric body contouring surgery after weight loss. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2016.
• Song P, et al. Body image and quality of life: changes with gastric bypass surgery and body contouring. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2016.

Presentations

• Post-Bariatric Body Contouring: Refinements in Approach. VIII Kasr AlAiny Conference. Cairo, Egypt (2023).
• Breast and Buttock Augmentation in Post-Bariatric Patients. Cairo, Egypt (2023).
• Maximizing the Abdominal Contour After Massive Weight Loss. Cairo, Egypt (2023).
• Panelist: Innovations in Body Contouring. 72nd Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Diego, CA (2022).