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Specialties
- CardiologyGeneral Cardiology, Heart Failure
- TransplantationHeart Transplantation
Appointment Information
About 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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Medical Degree
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Residency
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Fellowship
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Fellowship
- UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Master's Degree
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Gender
- Female
Date Joined Staff
- 2019-08-07
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Echocardiography
Conditions and Treatments
- Treatment of End Stage Heart Failure
- Treatment of Genetic Cardiomyopathies
- Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Management of Orthotropic Heart Transplantation
- Management of Ventricular Assist Devices
- Management of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Heart Valve Program