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Kelvin Hong

Kelvin Hong, MBBCH

Interventional Radiology

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Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

About Kelvin Hong

Professional Titles

  • Executive Vice Chair of Radiology

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Background

Dr. Kelvin K. Hong is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Interventional Radiology within the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science.

A specialist in interventional and vascular radiology, Dr. Hong serves as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Interventional Radiology Center.

Dr. Hong earned his medical degree from South Africa’s University Of Witwatersrand Medical School in Parktown. He completed a radiology residency at Parktown West’s College of Medicine/Radiology, as well as a cardiovascular/interventional radiology fellowship and diagnostic radiology residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

His areas of clinical expertise include bone, liver and soft-tissue tumors; chronic total occlusions; claudication; deep venous thrombosis; lung, esophageal and kidney cancer; peripheral arterial/vascular disease; renal artery/vascular disease; uterine fibroid tumors; varicocele; and vascular malformations and venous thromboembolism.

Dr. Hong performs procedures that include radiofrequency ablation for lung, liver, kidney and bone lesions; transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for liver cancer; lower-extremity angioplasty and stenting; visceral angioplasty and stenting; embolization of uterine fibroid tumors; cryoablation for pain control; and percutaneous laser ablation of varicose veins.

Dr. Hong served as editor for the book Percutaneous Tumor Ablation and contributed to Interventional Oncology: Principles and Practice.

Additional Academic Titles

Associate Professor of Oncology

Research Interests

Locoregional tumor therapies, Proximal venous thrombosis, Tumor Ablation, Tumor-targeting technologies

Research Summary

Dr. Hong’s research interests and activity involve development of new percutaneous drug delivery systems as well as work pertaining to a new pharmacological agent for liver cancer treatment.

Selected Publications

  • Arepally A, Chomas J, Kraitchman D, Hong K. “Quantification and reduction of reflux during embolotherapy using an antireflux catheter and tantalum microspheres: ex vivo analysis.” J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013 Apr;24(4):575-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2012.12.018. Epub 2013 Feb 23

  • Gulaldi NC, Xia J, Feng T, Hong K, Mathews WB, Ruben D, Kamel IR, Tsui BM, Szabo Z. “Modeling of the renal kinetics of the AT1 receptor specific PET radioligand [11C]KR31173.” Biomed Res Int. 2013;2013:835859. doi: 10.1155/2013/835859. Epub 2013 Sep 8

  • Narayan A, Eng J, Carmi L, McGrane S, Ahmed M, Sharrett AR, Streiff M, Coresh J, Powe N, Hong K. “Iliac vein compression as risk factor for left- versus right-sided deep venous thrombosis: case-control study.” Radiology. 2012 Dec;265(3):949-57. doi: 10.1148/radiol.12111580

  • Robert Sheu Y, Hong K. “Percutaneous lung tumor ablation.” Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2013 Dec;16(4):239-52. doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2013.09.001

  • Rudin CM, Hong K, Streit M. “Molecular characterization of acquired resistance to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in a patient with BRAF-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer.” J Thorac Oncol. 2013 May;8(5):e41-2. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31828bb1b3. No abstract available

Honors

2018 Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine

Memberships

  • American College of Radiology
  • Society of Interventional Radiology

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
    • 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, 2004

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2003

    University of Witwatersrand

    Residency, Radiology, 1999

    University of Witwatersrand Medical School

    Medical Education, Radiology, MBBCh, 1992

    Board Certifications

    Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology

    American Board of Radiology, 2017

    Insurance

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    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
    • Point Comfort Underwriters
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    • UnitedHealthcare
    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)