Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Melissa 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 is also a staff physician scientist in the Office of Research on Women's Health at the NIH. She graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in Classics. She earned her medical doctorate at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago Medical Center. 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 has been the recipient of numerous academic achievement and teaching awards, including the Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, the Hilger Perry Jenkins teaching award, Alpha Omega Alpha appointment, and the APGO Excellence in Teaching Award. Her research interests include maternal morbidity and AI/informatics solutions to adverse maternal outcomes. She was most recently the recipient of the SMFM/AAOGF Scholarship for 2023-2026.