Stephen T. Wong

Stephen T. Wong holds the John S. Dunn Presidential Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Engineering and serves as Professor of Radiology and Medicine with Tenure and Chief of Medical Physics at Houston Methodist. He maintains professorships across multiple prestigious institutions including Weill Cornell Medicine (Radiology, Neurosciences, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University, University of Texas Health Houston, and University of Houston.

• Weill Cornell Medicine: Professor of Computer Science and Bioengineering in Radiology (since 2008), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (since 2010), and Neuroscience (since 2012)
• Houston Methodist: John S. Dunn Presidential Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Engineering
• Academic leadership: Director of multiple research centers including Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for BRAIN and AI in Innovative Medicine lab

Dr. Wong's research employs a systems-based approach integrating engineering with biology and medicine to elucidate disease mechanisms. His laboratory focuses on discovering novel drugs and biomarkers while developing advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices, with particular emphasis on cancer, neurological disorders, and metabolic diseases. Current projects target micro- and macroenvironments of cancer and Alzheimer's disease, apply spatial and systems biology methods for drug discovery, create label-free point-of-care molecular diagnostics, and develop AI applications for stroke triage and treatment.

His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent growth over three decades, with over 500 peer-reviewed papers and five books. Recent work shows strong emphasis on artificial intelligence applications in medical imaging, cancer therapeutics, and neurological diagnostics, with multiple 2025 publications featuring multimodal AI approaches for hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer interventions, tumor evolution, brain imaging, and thyroid nodule characterization.

• Fellowships: IEEE, AIMBE, IAMBE, ACMI, AMIA, Optica, and AAIA
• Honors: AIIA Fellow (2024), American College of Medical Informatics Fellow (2023), AAIA-Fellow (2021), AIMBE Fellow (2021)
• Professional: Registered Professional Engineer (PE), Executive education from Stanford, MIT, and Columbia Business Schools

Dr. Wong has trained over 170 PhD, MD/PhD, and postdoctoral scholars, with four now holding endowed chairs. His research has received continuous NIH funding for three decades, supporting 35 active and completed projects including DeepStroke+ for AI stroke detection, Alzheimer's disease research, and cancer diagnostics. He has founded multiple research centers including the Division of Shared Resources at Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Translational Biophotonics Lab, and Center for Modeling Cancer Development.