Leslie Wong, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN, is Intermountain Healthcare's Senior Medical Director of Kidney Services and Nephrology, and Chief Kidney Health Officer. In this capacity, Dr. Wong leads Intermountain’s efforts to deliver nationally recognized, valued-based care with an emphasis on reducing the incidence of kidney failure and improving the kidney health of communities across the Mountain West region of the United States.  

Dr. Wong came to Intermountain from dual roles as Chief Medical Officer of Nephrology Care Alliance, a division of DaVita Inc., and Associate Medical Director of Cleveland Clinic's Medicare Accountable Care Organization. He is a seasoned nephrologist who has served as Cleveland Clinic's Vice-Chairman of Nephrology and Hypertension with an emphasis on clinical transformation, as the Director of the Center for Dialysis, and as an associate professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University.  

Dr. Wong is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of North Carolina, where he was Chief Resident. He started his career in Seattle, where he was Medical Director of Peritoneal Dialysis at Northwest Kidney Centers. Following this work, he became Satellite Healthcare's Vice President of Clinical Affairs, leading quality and medical director education at that institution. He also served on the faculty at Stanford University.  

Professionally, he is a nationally recognized nephrology educator and speaker. He is a past member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Dialysis Advisory Group and Chair of Quality, Assessment, Improvement, and Education for Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS). Dr. Wong currently participates in the ASN Diabetic Kidney Collaborative and serves on the Excellence in Patient Care (EPC) Committee, helping to guide ASN’s clinical initiatives.