Agnes Wong

Title: Staff Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences

Designations: MD, PhD, FRCSC

Phone: 416-813-6525

Email: agnes.wong@sickkids.ca

U of T Positions: Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences

Research Positions

Senior Scientist
Neurosciences and Mental Health

Biography

Dr. Agnes Wong, MD, PhD, received her undergraduate degree from Boston University. She then obtained her MD degree from McGill University and completed her residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto, where she also completed a PhD in Neuroscience and clinical fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology. Dr. Wong then completed a combined research and clinical fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Wong is Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Psychology at the University of Toronto, and an active staff Ophthalmologist at The Hospital For Sick Children (SickKids). She is the former Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at SickKids, where she held the inaugural John and Melinda Thompson Chair in Vision Neuroscience for 10 years. She is also the former Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto.

Research

Dr. Wong is a clinician-scientist and her research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms of different forms of strabismus, abnormal eye movements, and amblyopia. She also focuses on physician wellness, by integrating mindfulness, compassion, reflective practice, and system thinking as tools for physicians to maintain and enhance their own well-being, as well as to effect system change.

Education and experience

1986–1990: Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude with Distinction), double major in Psychology and Biology, Boston University, Massachusetts, United States
1990–1994: Doctor of Medicine (MD, CM), McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1994–1999: Residency in Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998–2001: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1998–2001: Clinical Fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2001–2002: Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Leaderships

2013–2017: Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012–2017: Vice Chair, Research and Academic Affairs, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2008–2018: John and Melinda Thompson Chair in Vision Neurosciences, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto

Research Awards

2014: Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2003: Young Investigator Award, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
2003: Young Investigator Award (Inaugural), American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2002: New Investigator Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Teaching Awards

2019: TORIC Top 5 Teacher Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2019: PAIRO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards (nominated)
2014: TORIC Top 5 Teacher Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2013: J.D. Morin Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2012: Dr. Fred Feldman Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2012: The J.S. Crawford Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2010: Dr. Fred Feldman Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2010: Distinguished Teacher Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, and Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
2007: Dr. Fred Feldman Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2007: Resident Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2006: Resident Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2005: Resident Teaching Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2005: Dr. Fred Feldman Teaching Award (Inaugural), Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
2005: PAIRO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards (nominated)
2003: J.D. Morin Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto

Publications

See a full list of Agnes Wong's publications