Kimberly Hong, MD, MHSA

Kimberly Hong, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in treating patients with advanced heart failure, including those requiring mechanical circulatory support or heart transplantation.

As an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Hong has experience in clinical research focused on optimizing outcomes in heart failure patients who undergo heart transplantation and left ventricular assist devices. Additionally, Dr. Hong is involved in clinical research in genetic cardiomyopathies as well as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Dr. Hong completed her fellowship in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and transplant cardiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She did her fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine. Dr. Hong earned her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She also holds a master's degree in health services administration from University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor.

Dr. Hong is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, and echocardiography.

She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Heart Failure Society of America.

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