Wendell P. Wong, M.D.
Medical Director
23550 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 220 Torrance, CA 90505 310.784.2020
Wendell P. Wong, M.D. has been in the field of ophthalmology since 1978 and is the
Medical Director of TLC Laser Eye Centers Torrance. He is internationally renowned for
his skill and dedication to his patients and the field of laser vision correction. Patients
have come from across the United States and around the world to entrust their eyesight
to Dr. Wong. He has had doctors (over 700), lawyers, professional athletes, captains of
industry, members of Royalty, prominent political figures and entertainers come to him
for their LASIK, however, he considers all of his patients to be “Stars”. Dr. Wong’s goal is to
help you achieve your dream of reducing or eliminating your dependence on glasses
and contact lenses, and help you begin your exciting journey of visual freedom.
Having a strong educational background, Dr. Wong attended University of Chicago for
elementary and high school (graduating at 16), followed by Northwestern University for
his B.A. and University of Illinois for his M.D. in 1977. He did his internship at the prestigious
USC - LA County General Hospital/Estelle Doheny Eye Institute followed by a specialty
ophthalmology residency at the top rated University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. His
professional eye surgery career began in 1981 at Kaiser Permanente where he helped to
start the intraocular lens implant program. He left to begin private practice in 1983 to
pursue his professional dream of helping people see without their corrective lenses, when
he performed the first RK (radial keratotomy) procedure in the South Bay.
Dr. Wong has personal interest in this field because he once had severe myopia and
astigmatism. In fact, he still holds the dubious distinction of being the most nearsighted
eye surgeon in the United States to have had LASIK. His procedure was a complete success,
and several years hence, he can still see 20/20. The visual freedom he and his patients
enjoy is as