Gordon A. Wong

Dr. Wong serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of River City Medical Group with a career-long devotion to compassionate and high quality patient care. He has instilled across the company that same level of commitment and dedication to the service of RCMG’s patients, providers, and community partners. Dr. Wong’s commitment to the healthcare communities also spans medical practice, academia, and business.

Dr. Wong served as a specialist physician and leading practitioner both locally and across California in the fields of Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Critical Care. He has held a multitude of leadership positions, including as President of the American College of Chest Physicians, California Chapter, and as President of the Infectious Diseases Society of Northern California. At Mercy General Hospital, he held numerous positions including Chief of Staff, Co-Director of the ICU Program, Medical Director of Infection Control, and Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. At Sutter Community Hospitals and Methodist Hospital, he also held various leadership positions in Infectious Disease and Pulmonary Medicine.

Throughout his career, Dr. Wong has maintained a strong commitment to medical education. His love of medicine inspired him to join in the co-founding of California Northstate University (CNU) College of Medicine. As the Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine at CNU College of Medicine, he established the University River City Faculty Practice Plan, a partnership between CNU College of Medicine and RCMG that enables all CNU College of Medicine Clinical Faculty to see RCMG patients. He recruited hundreds of physicians as Clinical Faculty and created RCMG patient access to the community’s most exceptional physicians. He is also a Clinical Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Infectious Diseases at CNU College of Medicine and a former Clinical Professor at University of California Davis School of Medicine. He also was Founder and Chairman of two longstanding symposia – the Annual Infectious Diseases Symposium and Annual Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Symposium.