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Edward Hong, MD

Edward Hong, MD
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Specialty:
  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Surgery
Board Certification:
  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Surgery
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor
Medical or Graduate Education: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University Medical Center - Surgery
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center - Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Expertise:
  • Cancer surgery, lung
  • Chest tumors
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Esophageal surgery
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
  • Lung cancer
  • Minimally invasive procedures
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Nissen fundoplication
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Tracheal surgery
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
  • Zenker's diverticulectomy
Research Interests:
  • Lung cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Esophageal stents
Languages Spoken:
  • Spanish
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Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

  1. Biomarkers of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Pathway Predict Progression and Outcome in Lung Cancer.
    Shersher DD, Vercillo MS, Fhied C, Basu S, Rouhi O, Mahon B, Coon JS, Warren WH, Faber LP, Hong E, Bonomi P, Liptay MJ, Borgia JA.
    Ann Thorac Surg.
    2011 Sep 24
  2. Adenocarcinoma in a 40-year-old colonic interposition treated with Ivor Lewis esophagectomy and esophagogastric anastomosis.
    Shersher DD, Hong E, Warren W, Penfield Faber L, Liptay MJ.
    Ann Thorac Surg.
    2011 Dec
    92(6):e113-4.
  3. A Large Pleural Effusion in a Patient Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis.
    Tapawan K, Chen E, Selk N, Hong E, Virmani S, Balk R.
    Semin Dial.
    2011 Apr 11
    doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00859.x
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