Dr. Melissa Wong

Dr. Melissa S. Wong, MD, MHDS, is a distinguished obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in Maternal Fetal Medicine. She received her medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2008. She then completed her residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in 2012. Pursuant to her passion for medical education, she completed a medical education fellowship program at UCLA as well as training nationally in the APGO Scholars and Leaders program while working as an OB/Gyn generalist. She then resumed pursuing her own educational interests, this time fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a concurrent Masters in Health Delivery Science.

Dr. Wong is an assistant professor in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she holds a joint appointment in the Division of Informatics and also is a staff scientist in the Office of Research on Women's Health at the NIH. She has presented original research at multiple national scientific meetings, and her interests include AI/informatics solutions to reduce disparities in maternal outcomes. She recently received 2 SMFM awards for her work on the use of virtual reality in laboring women and for work using natural language processing to identify patients at risk for preeclampsia.