Clifford Wong, MD

Dr. Clifford Wong has provided medical care for my dad, before his passing, my mom, sister and I for about twenty years. He has shown patience and understanding to my parents issues and needs over the years and they have always felt comfortable with the care provided. Dr. Wong is diligent in prescribing all the necessary lab tests and medical test and ensures they are done. You will get a reminder, if you haven’t done the test and I can testify to that. That shows his commitment and his care for his patients.
The office can get busy, but the front office staff does a commendable job from check-​in to scheduling your follow-​up visits to arranging specialist referrals and calling patients to remind them of their next-​day appointment. For those that can’t visit Dr. Wong is at this office on M-​W-​F, he is at his Webster St. office on T-​Th.
Our family appreciates the medical care Dr. Wong has provided to us.

Personally I like Dr Wong as a nice person, but his annual check up was wasting times. Not because I have to get his referral to see the doctor who took care of me, I rather stay home and rest. Also more importantly I did not get the way to be treated as customer nor patient from the ppl /​nurse at the counter. Don’t yell at me or trying to talk over me! My insurance is part if ur paycheck. Looking forward to my new doctor.

I know that Dr. Clifford C Wong is highly regarded among other doctors for his knowledge and compassion. He speaks very quickly, I think because his mind is racing along in English and Cantonese and Mandarin (+? more). He’s great. He treats everyone equally and sees many poor people. I’ve been to both his offices since he became my primary physician in the mid-​80s. I think he may see too many people in his Chinatown office (which is always packed) because everyone trusts him and it seems he cannot turn anyone away. His referral network is vast and whenever I was referred to a specialist (CPMC dermatologist, eye doctor and gastroenterologist), I was treated like family.
I am quite surprised to see some low ratings for Dr. Wong, but to each his own. I get along quite well with his dedicated and over-​worked staff by being polite and patient. They are doing their best to keep up with the whirlwind that is Dr. Wong who carries a huge patient load because he cares.

Dr. Clifford Wong has done nothing for my dad except collect co-​pay for his 5 minute consultation. My dad sees him regularly ONLY because Dr. Wong speaks Cantonese and I’m sure that’s why many people see him due to language barrier.
My father’s last visit with Dr. Wong is where I draw the line and decide to change primary care physicians. He is unprofessional and he scolded my dad for not telling him that he was hospitalized and did nothing except tell him to come back a week later to see him again (and collect another $ 30 of copay). Take his temperature and pretend you care at least.
My dad waits about 30 – 60 minutes each time to see Dr. Wong for 5 minutes. Must be making good money since he doesn’t do anything during that 5 minutes he actually sees the patient. Dr. Wong only diagnosed that he has high blood pressure and didn’t check for anything else. My dad found out he has severe heart disease after he had a heart attack and was hospitalized. Sorry Dr. Wong, maybe my dad should have diagnosed it himself and told you about it.
Please change doctors as soon as possible. There are MANY Chinese speaking doctors out there. It was confirmed by other doctors at CPMC that Dr. Clifford Wong is not the brightest out there when he was doing his residency at CPMC. I wish someone told me sooner so my father didn’t have to waste time seeing him.

Please, please, please, look for another doctor. My father saw him for years. My father always complained to him about having shoulder and leg soreness pains. Dr. Clifford Wong did not do much investigating to see if my father had heart disease. My father passed away. I’ve told other people in the medical field about my fathers symptoms and they tell me the doctor should have checked his heart.
My uncle recently went to the hospital because of a minor heart attack. I was shocked to learn he too goes to Dr. Wong. I asked if the dr. ever did a test on his heart. He said he only test his blood pressure and did blood test.
I understand Dr. Wong did not cause my fathers heart attack. I just wish he was more thorough with his testing. It could have been prevented if it was discovered early.

Dr. Clifford Wong is a very patient and knowledgeable doctor. Whenever I have questions waiting to be answered, he is takes his time to answer them thoroughly with a clear explanation. With his commitment to service of excellence and superior quality, Dr. Wong is definitely one of the doctors to rely on as a primary care physician! I love it and I’ll definitely recommend him to my friends and classmates!

I am surprised that some folks have such negative review of Dr. Clifford Wong. I have found him to be very patient and personable during my check-​ups.
I came upon Dr. Wong because my husband, who trained as a physician under him, mentioned that he’s the one that all the other doctors in his program go to. I think that’s quite an indication of his skill as a primary care physician.
I find it commendable that he and his son are committed to serving the monolingual Chinese population in San Francisco, as demonstrated by how busy their Chinatown location can be. They could easily fill their time by only serving the Pac Heights location, but they don’t.
TIP: The waiting room is a bit barren, so bring a book… but what really matters is the quality of care, right?

Dr Clifford Wong rushes you through (though most of them do, this one takes the speed award). This might be enough to make you want to never come back.
Reception area people are also obviously key to your experience since you deal with reception more than you actually interact with the Dr in general.
The China Town location has one woman there (older one) that is absolutely horrendous. She’s rude, inconsiderate, inconsistent, and just flat out foul. She seems to take great pride in her ability to yell instructions at patients and in her skills with her run down computer. Every other word out of her mouth was «I’m looking at the computer, line by line, and you’re fine. Nothing wrong with you. And you are not the doctor». Funny, since I can even read that there were «abnormal results» in my lab tests stated in plain English. As a Not-​a-​Doctor, I guess I shouldn’t «question» or seek the doctor’s advice on next steps.
If you call them back for a follow up (something that elder Dr. Wong actually asks you to do), and if you happen to catch this woman on the phone, she will make sure you’ll never want to call back and waste their apparently precious time. Their time and ability to cycle through patients is clearly more important than your health and concerns.
I wonder if Dr Wong (s) know that their practice is getting done-​in by this woman in reception. I’ve heard/​read others mention similar issues. Or maybe this is exactly how they asked their employees to represent their practice. Even as a $ focused factory that is this little clinic, a better factory could be established and operated with even slightly better mannered receptionists. At least pretend to care. Jeez.
For me, my first and last time at this place obviously, and I’m going to even reconsider my relationship with the person (another Dr) who referred me here.

Dr. Wong always solves my problems, even if he does not have the specific expertise on a particular ailment. His referral network has been generally solid. 3 stars indicates «okay» or «average» usually. Dr. Wong should not be lumped in with this group (we need half stars, Unilocal!), and his staff is always warm and courteous (plus they are flexible with scheduling).