Tai Y. Wong
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Law Offices of Tai Y. Wong, P.C.
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice
Licensed in Pennsylvania since: 2002
Education: Temple University Beasley School of Law
Languages Spoken: Chinese-Cantonese, English
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2015 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2008, 2010 - 2012 
Free Consultation Law Offices of Tai Y. Wong, P.C.
1101 Market StSuite 2820
Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone: 215-592-9750 Email: Tai Y. Wong Visit website
Details
Dr. Tai Y. Wong (TY), a physician-attorney medically trained at Harvard Medical School and Yale School of Medicine, represents severely injured victims of medical malpractice and personal injury. As co-counsel, TY has achieved over $230 million in settlements and/or verdicts for injured clients. His experience in medical malpractice cases includes representing victims with birth injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, amputation, paralysis, stroke, cancer, and death. Medical mistakes causing severe injury and/or death of the victims include delay in cancer diagnosis, improper treatment of cancer, radiological misdiagnosis of cancer such as mistakes in interpreting mammograms or x-rays, pathological or laboratory misdiagnosis of cancer such as mistakes in interpreting tissue biopsy or pap smear, emergency room mistakes, medication mistakes, surgical mistakes, orthopedic mistakes, neurosurgical mistakes, nursing mistakes, pharmacy mistakes such as dispensing wrong medications, obstetrical mistakes, mistakes in treating transplant patients, and mistakes in medical diagnosis of conditions such as heart, blood, gastrointestinal, and neurological diseases. The spectrum of cancer cases that TY has handled include colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancers including melanoma, lymphoma, myeloma, stomach cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, pediatric cancer, salivary gland cancer, soft tissue cancer (sarcoma), and bone cancer.
First Admitted: 2002, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.tymdjd.com
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Over $230 Million in Settlements and/or Verdicts for Injured Clients as Co-counsel.
Educational Background:
- TY graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, United Kingdom, and where he also completed his internship in internal medicine and surgery. He completed his residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and was also appointed as Chief Resident at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. Subsequently, he finished his fellowship training at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. TY is trained in pathological diagnosis of diseases including different cancers of the body. TY has performed and supervised autopsy examinations to investigate causes of death of patients died from surgical mistakes, medication mistakes, obstetrical mistakes, pediatric mistakes, and cancer diseases. After his fellowship, TY was promoted to Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Instructor and then Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He was also appointed as a consultant physician at Dana Faber Cancer Center and Boston Children's Hospital. TY's responsibilities at Harvard include providing clinical care at Harvard teaching hospitals, conducting medical research, and teaching medical students, residents, and other fellow physicians at Harvard Medical School and Harvard teaching hospitals. TY came to Philadelphia area after joining SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories as a consultant physician. While practicing medicine, TY enrolled in the Evening Division of Temple University Beasley School of Law. He graduated from law school in 2002 with honors (Magna Cum Laude) and the highest cumulative grade point average (class rank: first) of the entire graduating evening class.
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: Research articles published in major medical journals in the fields of cancer diagnosis, biology, and pathology, and dermatology. 1) Wong TY, Enriquez RE, Modlin IM et al: Recurrent Hemorrhage from an Invaginated Meckel's Diverticulum in a 78 year old man. Am J Gastroenterol 1990: 85: 195-198. 2) Wong TY, Duncan LM, Mihm MC: Malignant Melanoma Mimicking Dermal Nevus and Spitz's Nevus (Nevoid Melanoma). Sem Surg Oncol 1993; 9: 188-193. 3) Wong TY, Reed JA, Suster S, Flynn SD, Mihm MC: Benign Trichogenic Tumors: A report of two cases and suggested simplified nomenclature. Histopathology 1993; 22: 575-580. 4) Suster S, Wong TY, Moran C: Sarcoma with Combined Features of Liposarcoma and Leiomyosarcoma. Am J Surg Path 1993; 17: 905-911. 5) Wong TY, Mihm MC: Acantholytic Dermatosis in Genitalia and Crural Areas of Male Patients. J Cutan Pathol 1994; 21: 27-32. 6) Nogita T, Wong TY, Kawashima M, Ohara K, Mizushima J, Mihm MC: Atypical Melanosis of the Foot: A Study in Japanese Population. Arch Dermatol 1994; 130: 1042-1045. 7) Wong TY, Suster S, Nogita T, Duncan LM, Dickersin RG, Mihm MC: Clear Cell Eccrine Carcinoma of the Skin. A Clinicopathologic Study. Cancer 1994; 73: 1631-1643. 8) Suster S, Wong TY: A Comparative Immunocytochemical Study on the Discriminatory Value of Anti-HPCA (CD-34) in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Vascular Proliferation. Am J Dermatopathol 1994; 16: 355-363. 9) Wong TY, Suster S: Tricholemmal Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic Study. Am J Dermatopathol 1994; 16: 463-473. 10) Nogita T, Wong, TY, Hidano A, Mihm MC, Kawashima M: Pedunculated Lipofibroma: A Clinicopathological Study. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 31: 235-240. 11) Wong TY, Bouffard D, Flynn SD, Johnson RA, Barnhill RL, Mihm MC: The Histologic Spectrum of Cutaneous Involvement in Patients with Myelogenous Leukemia including Neutrophilic Dermatoses. A Study of 52 Cases. Int J Dermatol 1995; 34: 323-329. 12) Suster S, Wong TY: Polymorphous Sweat Gland Carcinoma: Clinicopathologic Study of a Distinctive Low-Grade Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasm. Histopathology 1994; 25: 31-39. 13) Wong TY, Suster S, Mihm MC: Nevoid Melanoma: A clinicopathologic study of 7 cases of malignant melanoma mimicking spindle and epithelioid cell nevus and papillomatous dermal nevus. Human Pathol 1995; 26: 171-179. 14) Wong TY, Suster S, Cheek RF, Nogita T, Mihm MC: Combined benign adnexal tumor. A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study. Am J Dermatopathol 1996; 18: 124-136. 15) Wong TY, Suster S: Primary cutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma. Histopathology 1995; 26: 25-32. 16) Kang S. Kim KJ, Griffiths CE, Wong TY, Voorhees JJ et al: Topical tretinoin (Retinoic acid) improves early stretch marks. Arch Dermatol 1996; 132: 519-526. 17) Wong TY, Ohara K, Kawashima M, Sober S, Nogita T, Mihm MC: Acral lentiginous melanoma (including in situ melanoma) arising in association with nevocellular nevi. Melanoma Research 1996; 6: 241-246. 18) Wong TY, Suster S, Mihm MC: Squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma. A clinicopathologic study. Histopathology 1997; 30: 288-293. Contributing author of multiple chapters in medical textbooks of surgical pathology and dermatology: 1) Wong TY, Rosai J: Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia. In Demis, Bedard, Richardson, eds. Clinical Dermatology, Philadelphia: Harper and Row, 1992. 2) Wong TY, Rosai J: Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia. In Demis, Bedard, Richardson, eds. Clinical Dermatology, Philadelphia: Harper and Row, 1992. 3) Granter S, Wong TY, Mihm MC: Inflammatory Skin Disorder. In Weidner N, Cote RJ, Suster S, Weiss LM eds. Modern Surgical Pathology, Saunders, 2003. 4) Suster S, Wong TY, Mihm MC: Melanocytic Skin Lesions. In Weidner N, Cote RJ, Suster S, Weiss LM eds. Modern Surgical Pathology, Saunders, 2003. 5) Suster S, Wong TY, Mihm MC: Tumors of the Skin. In Weidner N, Cote RJ, Suster S, Weiss LM eds. 2nd Edition. Modern Surgical Pathology, Saunders, 2009. SCHOLARLY LECTURES:1991-1995: Lectures to Harvard medical students, Harvard residents, Attending Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and other faculty members of Harvard Medical School. 2013-2014: Guest lecturer to Temple University Beasley School of Law in Medical Malpractice.
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Diplomate of American Board of Pathology and American Academy of Dermatology in Dermatopathology
- Diplomate of American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Admitted in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Member, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Honors/Awards:
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Member, 2012
- Law - Juris Doctor (Magna Cum Laude), Israel Peckel Memorial Award for distinguished academic achievement of highest cumulative average (class rank: first) of the entire evening division of Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2002, Dean's Honor List, and Distinguished Class Performance in multiple subjects.
- Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2014, 2015
- Selected to Pennsylvania Rising Stars in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Office location for Tai Y. Wong
1101 Market St
Suite 2820
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Selections
2 Years Super Lawyers
4 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2015
- Rising Stars: 2008, 2010 - 2012