Primary Care Physician/
General Medicine
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Master’s in Epidemiology

Dr. Hong has been in Charlottesville since 1989 when he began medical school at the University of Virginia (UVA). He is a
graduate of Denison University. He completed his internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai/UCLA (1993-1996), and became board certified in internal medicine in 1996. From 1996-1998, Dr. Hong completed a fellowship in general medicine
at UVA and earned a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology at UVA's HES. During his fellowship, Dr. Hong developed his passion for teaching.

After fellowship in 1998, Dr. Hong both taught and practiced medicine at Washington Hospital Center for one year
until his return to Charlottesville in 1999. From 1999-2000, he worked for one year in the Emergency Department at Medical College of Virginia (MCV) while working as Research Director at John Jane Brain Injury Center (JJBIC). From 2000-2002, Dr. Hong began work full time as Medical Director of JJBIC, became adjunct faculty in the PM&R Department at MCV until 2002, and started again as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at UVA until 2002.

August 5, 2002, Dr. Hong started full-time his own solo Primary Care Practice. He shares office space with Christopher G. Zitnay, MD who is an endocrinologist.

He thrives on making healthcare issues easy and fun to learn. Dr. Hong first appeared regularly on the news with WUSA (CBS) in Washington, DC in 1999 and in Richmond as well. He has been discussing health topics on WVIR since January 2001. Dr. Hong has also discussed health topics on the radio in DC, Charlottesville, and local NPR.

Lastly, Dr. Hong has been writing a weekly, fun, and informative medical column, "Health in the City" since November 2004. This article currently appears in The Hook as "Dr. Hook" Dr. Hong also is trying to have books published to empower the patient. He has received emails from all around the world in response to his articles for both the information as well as his wit.