Hawaii Vision Clinic Cataract Laser Cataract Surgery General Ophthalmology

Dr. William K. Wong, Jr. is Board-Certifiedby the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is consistently voted one of the “Best Doctors in America” and “Hawaii’s Best Doctors” by Honolulu Magazine and Pacific Business News.

A local boy who graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, he received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after completing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University and biological science studies at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

His post-graduate training includes a military internship at Tripler Army Medical Center, and Ophthalmology residency at the premiere Brooke Army and Wilford Hall Medical Centers in San Antonio, Texas.

Notably, Dr. Wong has served as an Ophthalmolgist in the U.S. military for over 8 years. He completed a number of courses in basic and medical training for the U.S. Army during his service, including training in Combat and Casualty Critical Care, Cataracts, Humanitarian Assistance Relief, Ocular Pathology and Ocular Trauma.

Dr. Wong was deployed three times, including spending five months in Baghdad as a Battalion Surgeon with Operation Iraqi Freedom. His other deployments include the Mobile Ophthalmologic Surgical Team in Honduras and the Ophthalmology Medical Mission in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dr. Wong left the Army as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and served as Chief of Ophthalmology at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas. As a result of his interest in Laser Refractive Surgery, he initiated a program enabling him to treat hundreds of soldiers with Laser Vision Correction.

“As both a patient and Eye Surgeon, I personally experienced the benefits of LASEK while on deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. My freedom from the burden of glasses allowed me to focus on the mission in the desert. I have personally seen that the procedure can make a huge impact on combat effectiveness.”

Dr. Wong’s is the current Treasurer of the Hawaii Ophthalmological Society, and holds a faculty position as Assistant Clinical Professor in Ophthalmology at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine. His professional memberships include the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.