Kelvin Hong, MBBCH
Interventional Radiology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Kelvin Hong
Professional Titles
- Executive Vice Chair of Radiology
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Kelvin K. Hong is an Associate Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Radiology within the Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology.
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.
Centers and Institutes
Videos
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
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, 2004Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2003University of Witwatersrand Medical School
Residency, Radiology, 1999University of Witwatersrand Medical School
Medical Education, Radiology, MBBCh, 1992Board Certifications
Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
American Board of Radiology, 2017Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)