Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBChB

Tom Wang, MBChB, MD, FRACP, FACC, FESC, FASE is a Staff Cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. He has dual appointments with the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Imaging Institute, which includes reading cardiac CT/MRI for Cleveland Clinic Main Campus regional hospitals such as Hillcrest, Fairview, Avon, Medina, Akron, Ashtabula and Mercy/Canton. He is also Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He chairs the Cardiovascular Imaging Section Research Conference at Cleveland Clinic and is a co-director of the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases. He chaired the 2025 American College of Cardiology Concise Clinical Guidance document on Pericarditis and was also vice-chair on the writing group for the 2024 international position statement for multi-modality imaging and management of pericardial diseases.

Specialty Interests: Valvular heart disease, pericardial diseases, coronary heart disease, aortic diseases, cardiomyopathies (including hypertrophic), infiltrative heart diseases, cardiac sarcoidosis, radiation heart disease, and advanced multi-modality cardiovascular imaging, including echocardiography, cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (MRI)

Experience: Cleveland Clinic is nationally and internationally renowned for its cardiovascular care. Dr. Wang is experienced in the use and interpretation of specialized cardiac imaging for the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. Each year, the section of cardiovascular imaging performs over 149,000 diagnostic studies including cardiac computed tomography (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, echocardiograms, and stress tests. Learn more about the Cardiovascular Imaging Section HERE.

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Education: Dr. Wang earned his undergraduate degree Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) as Senior Scholar from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He completed his internal medicine residency at Auckland City and Middlemore hospitals followed by a cardiology fellowship at these two hospitals and North Shore Hospital, all in Auckland, to obtain Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP). After earning a research doctorate in medicine (MD) from the University of Auckland while being a staff cardiologist at Middlemore Hospital, he came to Cleveland Clinic for a two-year fellowship in advanced cardiovascular imaging. Dr. Wang joined the Cleveland Clinic medical/cardiology staff in 2021 on completion of his imaging fellowship. Dr. Wang is trained in cardiology as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), and board certified in cardiovascular CT (CBCCT), cardiovascular MRI (CBCMR), and echocardiography (NBE testamur) after training in the advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship with Cleveland Clinic.

Research, Publications and Speaking: Dr. Wang is a dedicated researcher who is an active principal investigator on several clinical trials at Cleveland Clinic and previously in New Zealand. He has more than 250 published articles and multiple book chapters to his credit, including >70% on which he is first author or senior author. He is an editorial board member of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging and ACC.org, associate editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, section editor of Current Cardiology Reports, and academic editor of the Plos One Journal. He also is a manuscript peer reviewer for many cardiovascular journals, including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, and their subspecialty journals

Dr. Wang has been the recipient of numerous young investigator awards, including the Cardiac Society of New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Surgery Conference (Cardiothoracic Section) and American College of Cardiology Ohio Chapter Annual Meeting. He has more than 350 research abstracts (>275 as first or senior author) published and presented at scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, American Society of Echocardiography, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, World Congress of Cardiology and other national and international meetings. 

He is an active member of the American College of Cardiology (Fellow), European Society of Cardiology (Fellow), American Society of Echocardiography (Fellow), American Heart Association, 
Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Fellow). 

About Dr. Wang: “I am passionate as a cardiologist because of how much I can interact with and help each individual patient through a wide array of proven treatments, to prevent heart disease, and enable those with heart disease to live full and healthier lives. As a cardiac imaging specialist, I utilize my expertise to better evaluate each patient’s diagnosis and prognosis to guide treatment and improve their heart health. With the wealth of research and teaching opportunities available in my specialty, I am fortunate to be in an exciting and rewarding time in a rapidly evolving field.”

Leisure Activities: When he’s not working, Dr. Wang enjoys playing golf, basketball, watching sports, attending cardiology conferences, traveling and spending time with family and friends.