Dr. Douglas C. Wong, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

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Dr. Wong practices Orthopedic Surgery in Golden, Colorado.

Physician Profile for Dr. Douglas C. Wong, MD

Address:: 660 Golden Ridge Road Suite 250; Golden, CO 80401

Personal Facts

Personal Facts:: Accepting New Patients: Yes; Male; Years Since Graduation: 18; Practice Member Since: 1997.; Professional Status:
Private Practice - Group/partnership,
Awards and Honors:: Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude Graduate; 1983-87, Wake Forest Dean's List; Mortar Board Member; Upper Class Carswell Scholarship Finalist
: HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
Professional Affiliations/Memberships:: 1997, Colorado Medical Society; 1997, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; 1997, Clear Creek Valley Medical Society; 1998, Rocky Mountain Orthopaedic Association
Publications:: Ascending Paralysis in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures, Pending Submission; 1990, Anterior Thoracoscopic and Posterior Hemivertebral Resection for Congenital Scoliosis: Description of the Technique., Spine: State of the Art Reviews; Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy, Techniques in Spinal Surgery (awaiting publication)
Newspaper:: 3/29/07, X-Stop: One Stop for Back Pain Relief, Golden Transcript, http://www.milehighnews.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-03-29&-token.story=189584.112112&-token.subpub=
Patients suffereing from leg pain due to spinal stenosis now have another option in the minimally invasive X-Stop.
Physician Treats:: Degenerative disc disease, Herniated discs, Neck pain, Spinal curvature, Spinal stenosis, Spine (Back Or Lumbar) Pain, Spine (Back) Diseases & Disorders
Physician Performs:: Spine (Back) & Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion), Microdiscectomy, Kyphoplasty - vertebral augmentation, Total disc replacement, X-stop for spinal stenosis
Foreign Languages Spoken:: French, Spanish

Patient / Medical Philosophy: To practice high quality orthopedic care for my patients. The philosophy is the patient drives the practice. The employees are team members who are mutually accountable and pursue our goal of high quality care in a team approach.

Experience / Training

Specialty:: Orthopedic Surgery; (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Douglas C. Wong, MD is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery); A self-designated specialty or practice area is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, ABMS Board Certification or special training and competence.

Medical School:: University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA 1991
Residency:: University Of Virginia Medical Center
Other Education or Training/Positions:: Lakewood Orthopaedic Clinic, Fellowship Training
Lakewood, CO
Undergraduate School:: Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Professional Status:: Private Practice - Group/partnership

Procedure

Procedure	Number per Year (Approximate)
Spine (Back) & Neck Surgery (Spinal Fusion)	212
Microdiscectomy	120
Kyphoplasty - vertebral augmentation	15
Total disc replacement	10
X-stop for spinal stenosis	30

Health Plan / Other

Physicians that Share Call:: Douglas Straehley, Walter Robinson, Mark Conklin, James Johnson, Christopher Hirose, Douglas Foulk, Mark Mills, Thomas Friermood, Michael Morley, Amit Agarwala, Courtney Brown, Christopher Brian, Thomas Puschak, Peter Lammens, Patrick Mcnair, Eric Stahl, Bharat Desai, Mitchell Seemann, and Charles Gottlob.
Participates in Clinical Trials:: No

Disciplinary Actions: HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Douglas C. Wong, MD as of 07/10/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.

Malpractice History: HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for Dr. Douglas C. Wong, MD in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, or West Virginia. Learn More

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