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An-Kwok Ian Wong

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
DUMC Box 103000, Durham, NC 27708-0271
2 Genome Ct, 2081 MSRB2, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine
Assistant Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics · 2023 - Present Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

In the News


Published January 22, 2025
On the Road with the Climate Commitment
Published March 29, 2024
Center for Precision Health Welcomes New Faculty Leaders
Published November 12, 2021
Pulse Ox/Blood Gas Discrepancies Tied to Poor Outcomes in Racial, Ethnic Subgroups

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Recent Publications


Skin tone and clinical dataset from a prospective trial on acute care patients.

Journal Article Sci Data · January 28, 2026 Although hypothesized to be the root cause of the pulse oximetry disparities, skin tone and its use for improving medical therapies have yet to be extensively studied. Studies that previously used self-reported race as a proxy variable for skin tone cannot ... Full text Link to item Cite

Differences in Arterial Blood Gas Testing by Race and Sex across 161 U.S. Hospitals in Four Electronic Health Record Databases.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · June 2025 Rationale: Pulse oximetry accuracy varies across races, underscoring the importance of routine arterial blood gas (ABG) testing, the gold standard for assessing oxygen saturation. Objectives: This study aimed to assess disparities in ABG testing among crit ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Overcoming inequities in Pulse oximetry Through clinical InformatiCs (OPTIC)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2025 - 2029

Implementation partner-guided strategy to promote health equity in ICU prognostication

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029

Multiomic, mass spectrometry-based analysis of dried blood for deep phenotyping of sepsis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

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Education


Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine · 2015 M.D.

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