Law Offices of
Tai Y. Wong PC
Doctor-Lawyer Medically Trained at
Harvard and Yale
Focusing in Medical Malpractice
Hundreds of Millions Recovered for Clients as a Co-Counsel
Former Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Former Attending Doctor at
Harvard Teaching Hospitals
Licensed to practice in PA & NJ
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PRACTICE
AREAS
Brain Injury
Includes birth injury, stroke, bleeding in the brain, head injury, tumor, infection (meningitis), seizures, hypoxic injury, etc.
Doctor / Surgical Mistakes
Includes amputation, medical mistakes, surgical mistakes, obstetrical mistakes, medication mistakes, ER mistakes, anesthesia mistakes, radiology mistakes, pathology mistakes, lab mistakes, etc.
Cancer Mistakes
Includes bladder, bone, brain, breast, cervix, colon, esophagus, head and neck, liver, lung, lymphoma, nasal sinus, kidney, ovary, skin (including melanoma), soft tissue sarcoma, stomach, uterus, etc.
ER Mistakes
Includes heart attack, stroke, blood clots, head injury, spinal cord injury, seizures, infection, allergic reaction, diabetic crisis, acute bleeding, medication mistakes, airway mistakes, etc.
Cerebral Palsy
Includes brain injury from oxygen deprivation, bleeding in the brain, premature labor, prolonged rupture of membranes, prolapsed cord, Gp B Strep infections, breech birth, incompetent cervix, maternal diabetes, low blood sugar in baby, pre-eclampsia, placental abruption, sepsis, Pitocin-induced injuries, seizures, etc.
Wrongful Death
Includes doctor mistakes, surgical mistakes, anesthesia mistakes, nursing mistakes, hospital mistakes, pharmacy mistakes, misdiagnosis, infection, trauma, brain injury, seizures, etc.
ABOUT
Dr. Tai Y. Wong (TY), a physician-attorney, trained in medicine at Harvard Medical School and Yale School of Medicine, represents severely injured victims of medical malpractice and personal injury. As a co-counsel, TY has recovered hundreds of millions for 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 from various mistakes.
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PROFILE
TY graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, United Kingdom, 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. TY completed his fellowship training at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is trained in pathological diagnosis of diseases including different cancers. TY 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 included 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 with honors (Magna Cum Laude) and the highest cumulative grade point average (class rank: first) of the entire graduating evening class.
Licensed to Practice Law in
Honors and Awards
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Pennsylvania
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New Jersey
Bar/ Professional Activity
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Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
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Admitted in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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Member, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
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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
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Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Member
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Selected to Pennsylvania Rising Stars multiple times
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Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers multiple times
Special Licenses/ Certificates
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Diplomate of American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
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Diplomate of American Board of Pathology and American Academy of Dermatology in Dermatopathology.
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS & LECTURES
Research articles published in major medical journals:
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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.
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Wong TY, Duncan LM, Mihm MC: Malignant Melanoma Mimicking Dermal Nevus and Spitz's Nevus (Nevoid Melanoma). Sem Surg Oncol 1993; 9: 188-193.
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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.
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Suster S, Wong TY, Moran C: Sarcoma with Combined Features of Liposarcoma and Leiomyosarcoma. Am J Surg Path 1993; 17: 905-911.
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Wong TY, Mihm MC: Acantholytic Dermatosis in Genitalia and Crural Areas of Male Patients. J Cutan Pathol 1994; 21: 27-32.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wong TY, Suster S: Tricholemmal Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic Study. Am J Dermatopathol 1994; 16: 463-473.
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Nogita T, Wong, TY, Hidano A, Mihm MC, Kawashima M: Pedunculated Lipofibroma: A Clinicopathological Study. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 31: 235-240.
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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.
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Suster S, Wong TY: Polymorphous Sweat Gland Carcinoma: Clinicopathologic Study of a Distinctive Low-Grade Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasm. Histopathology 1994; 25: 31-39.
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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.
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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.
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Wong TY, Suster S: Primary cutaneous rhabdomyosarcoma. Histopathology 1995; 26: 25-32.
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Kang S. Kim KJ, Griffiths CE, Wong TY, Voorhees JJ et al: Topical Retinoic acid improves early stretch marks. Arch Dermatol 1996; 132: 519-526.
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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.
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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:
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Wong TY, Rosai J: Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia. In Demis, Bedard, Richardson, eds. Clinical Dermatology, Philadelphia: Harper and Row, 1992.
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Wong TY, Rosai J: Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia. In Demis, Bedard, Richardson, eds. Clinical Dermatology, Philadelphia: Harper and Row, 1992.
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Granter S, Wong TY, Mihm MC: Inflammatory Skin Disorder. In Weidner N, Cote RJ, Suster S, Weiss LM eds. Modern Surgical Pathology, Saunders, 2003.
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Suster S, Wong TY, Mihm MC: Melanocytic Skin Lesions. In Weidner N, Cote RJ, Suster S, Weiss LM eds. Modern Surgical Pathology, Saunders, 2003.
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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:
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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.
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2013-2014: Guest lecturer to law students at Temple University Beasley School of Law in Medical Malpractice.
VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS
Hundreds of Millions Recovered for Clients as a Co-counsel for Medical Malpractice Claims
Previous cases include:
Amputation
Anesthesia mistakes
Brain injuries
Birth injuries
Cancer mistakes (cancers of bladder, lymphoma, bone, brain, breast, cervix, colon, esophagus, lung, kidney, nasal sinus, prostate, skin (including melanoma), soft tissue, stomach, ovary, uterus)
Cerebral palsy
Doctor mistakes
Emergency Room mistakes
Medication mistakes
Nursing mistakes
Pathology mistakes
Pharmacy mistakes
Radiology mistakes
Stroke treatment mistakes
Surgical mistakes
Wrongful death - Infants & Adults
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