Shannon Wong, MD

Dr. Shannon Wong, M.D. is the CEO of Austin Eye – One of Austin’s premier practices specializing in Premium Lens Replacement, Cataract Surgery and All-Laser LASIK surgery. Austin Eye was founded in 1969 by Dr. Shannon Wong’s father – Mitchel Wong, MD who retired in 2019 after 50 years in private practice ophthalmology.

Dr. Shannon Wong is one of Austin’s most experienced ophthalmologists performing surgical vision correction procedures. He has performed well over 7,000 laser vision correction procedures and 10,000 cataract and premium lens replacement procedures. As testament to the safety and long-term benefits of Vision correction surgery, he has performed LASIK surgery for his wife and children and performed Premium Cataract Surgery on his father – Mitchel Wong, MD and his mother. His commitment to providing the highest quality care for each patient involves deploying the safest and most advanced surgical treatment for his patients while using the most advanced technologies.

Dr. Shannon Wong is an Austin native. He graduated from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin. He received his undergraduate degree from Rice University in Houston, TX. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX before beginning his Internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. His residency in ophthalmology was completed at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA where he was also the Chief Resident in Ophthalmology. He is past Chief of Ophthalmology at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin. He is currently an affiliate faculty member in the department of ophthalmology at the University of Texas at Austin Dell medical school.