Ted Wong (general) Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Wong retired from the military in 2014 and worked at UnitedHealth Group, where he held several executive positions, until 2020.

He is on the board of directors for the Association of Army Dentistry and was on the 2014 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Council of Deans in the House of Delegates.

In 2011, he was “hand-picked” by Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho as the San Antonio Military Health System’s first deputy director in 2011 following Brooke Army Medical Center’s merger with Wilford Hall. From 2011 to 2013, he commanded the Southern Regional Medical Command. In 2013, he left Fort Sam Houston to work as the Commanding General of the Northern Regional Medical Command at Fort Belvoir.

From 2008 to 2010, he served as the ninth US Army Dental Commander and was the first Asian-American to ever hold this position. In 2010, he was promoted to major general and was appointed to Chief of the US Army Dental Corps, the 26th Chief overall and the first Chinese-American in the role. He held this position until his retirement in 2014. He was also appointed Deputy Commanding General for the Western Regional Medical Command and the Commanding General for the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in 2010.

Wong graduated from UCLA as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1980 and from UCSF School of Dentistry, his father’s alma mater, in 1984. After graduation, he joined the United States Army and was assigned to a dental clinic at a base in Stuttgart. He completed his general dentistry residency at Fort Sill and his specialized residency in prosthodontics at Fort Sam Houston. He is a board-certified dentist.

He has also been the Deputy Commanding General of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Bliss, the deputy director of San Antonio Military Medical Center, and the Commander of the North Atlantic Regional Dental Command, Walter Reed Dental Activity, the Dental Clinic Command at the Presidio of the Monterey, and the 665th Medical Company while in Korea.

Wong is a Southern California native and son of Po-Ping Wong of Kowloon, a dentist and 1965 graduate of UCSF School of Dentistry. His parents emigrated from China in the early 1950s. His paternal grandfather was a General Officer in the Chinese Nationalist Army and his maternal grandfather was a senior railroad executive who aided US Allied forces during World War II and was awarded with the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service for his efforts.

Ming T. “Ted” Wong (born 22 October 1958) is a retired major general and dentist in the United States Army. He was Chief of the US Army Dental Corps from 2010 until his retirement in 2014 and variously served as Commander for the Western Regional Medical Command, the North Atlantic Regional Dental Command, the Southern Regional Medical Command, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, the Northern Regional Medical Command, and the Brooke Army Medical Center, among others.