Samuel Wong

Background

Wong, Samuel was born on April 12, 1962 in Hong Kong.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1984; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1988.

Career

Trained at Harvard and Columbia, Doctor Wong is an eye surgeon practicing in Manhattan, Brooklyn and upstate New New York In another career, he has conducted many international orchestras including New York Philharmonic, Seattle and Houston Symphonies, Toronto and Montreal Symphonies, orchestras in Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Israel. Wong led the New York Philharmonic in December 1990 after the untimely death of Leonard Bernstein, and replaced Zubin Mehta in Washington District of Columbia in January 1991 when Maestro Mehta traveled to Israel in an act of solidarity with the Israel Philharmonic during the first Gulf War.

Achievements

• Samuel Wong has been listed as a noteworthy conductor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Hae-Young Ham, October 27, 1991.

Spouse:

Hae-Young Ham