Dr. Cynthia Wong MD
Anesthesiologist
200 HAWKINS DR IOWA CITY IA, 52242About
Dr. Cynthia Wong is an anesthesiologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Wong ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Wong also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1984
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Anesthesia, Pain Management, Women's Health
Fellowships
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital
- Rush University Medical Center 1988
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