Laura Wong, MD, PhD, is a fellowship-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon specializing in all aspects of upper extremity reconstruction and microsurgery. Dr. Wong has a special interest in the treatment of complex nerve injuries of the upper and lower extremities, including brachial plexus injuries and viral-induced paralysis, with a goal of improving function through treatments such as nerve decompression, nerve and tendon transfers to restore function and free functional muscle transfer.
Dr. Wong’s Clinical Specialties Include:
- Hand and wrist injuries including fractures
- Ligamentous injuries
- Tendon injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Vascular injuries
- Management of traumatic amputations
- Treatment of arthritis
- Reconstruction following traumatic injuries
- Reconstruction following tumor extirpation
- Reconstruction using tissue transfer
Dr. Wong received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, where she also obtained a PhD in neuroscience studying axonal regeneration. Following medical school, Dr. Wong completed an Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency at University of California, San Francisco. At UCSF, she was recognized for excellence in medical student teaching on an institution-wide level through the Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished House Staff (TEACH). Dr. Wong completed the prestigious Orthopedic Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship at University of Washington where she gained additional expertise in the management of complex hand and upper extremity injuries.
Dr. Wong’s Research Interests Include:
Outside of work, Dr. Wong enjoys spending time with her family. She enjoys rock climbing, hiking, and camping. She also enjoys her time at home as an avid gardener and home cook.
Comprehensive List of Conditions and Procedures
- Amputation revision (upper and lower extremity)
- Arthritis of the wrist, fingers and thumbs
- Benign skin lesions of extremities
- Bone nonunion repair
- Bone reconstruction including vascularized bone transfer
- Brachial plexus injury
- Burns or burn scars of hand and extremities
- Compression neuropathy (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, Guyon’s canal, radial tunnel, and pronator tunnel syndromes)
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Distal radius fractures
- DRUJ arthritis
- Exposed hardware of upper and lower extremities
- Finger fractures
- Free flap reconstruction of extremities
- Free functional muscle transfer
- Ganglion of wrist and hand
- Hand and finger fractures
- Hand infections
- Hand trauma
- Hand tumors/masses/ganglions
- Limb salvage (upper and lower extremity)
- Lipomas
- Lower-extremity reconstruction (trauma/cancer)
- Nail-bed injury or deformity (hand)
- Nerve injury/reconstruction (upper and lower extremities)
- Nerve transfers
- Neuroma
- Nonunion of hand and wrist bones
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scaphoid non-union repair
- Scar revision of hand
- Skin cancer of extremities (including melanoma)
- Spasticity conditions of upper and lower extremity (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, tetraplegia)
- Syndactyly (fingers and toes)
- Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR)
- Tendon transfer/Injury
- Tetraplegic hand surgery
- TFCC tear
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Thumb arthritis
- Trigger finger
- Vascular injuries of the hand and fingers
- Vascularized bone flap reconstruction
- Wounds of extremities
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist fractures and dislocations
- Wrist pain