Arthur Hong, M.D.

Internal Medicine - General Internal Medicine
Adult Primary Care

Biography

Arthur Hong, M.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in adult primary care.

Dr. Hong earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan and completed a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He received advanced training through a research fellowship in general internal medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hong also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard with an emphasis on clinical effectiveness.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Hong joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2017.

His research interests include understanding how patients and clinicians interact within the health care system – specifically including care delivery innovation, improving the value and quality of care, and evaluating health policy. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several scholarly journals.

Dr. Hong is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and AcademyHealth.

Education & Training

Other Post Graduate Training - Harvard School of Public Health (2012-2017)
Research Fellowship - Harvard Medical School (2015-2017), Internal Medicine
Graduate School - Harvard School of Public Health (2012-2017)
Residency - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (2012-2015), Internal Medicine
Medical School - University of Michigan Medical School (2006-2012)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Society of General Internal Medicine
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Academy Health

Honors & Awards

Selected Participant, Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 2019
Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholar Award, Southwestern Health Resources, 2017

Books & Publications

Publications
- Health Literacy, Individual and Community Engagement, and Cardiovascular Risks and Disparities: JACC: CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review
  Taylor LL, Hong AS, Hahm K, Kim D, Smith-Morris C, Zaha VG JACC: CardioOncology 2024 Jun 6 363-380
- Policy in clinical practice: Impact of restoring the 1999 public charge rule on healthcare access for noncitizen immigrants
  Narayan A, Hong AS, Nguyen OK Journal of hospital medicine 2024 Mar 19 215-218
- Trainee-Led Intervention to Motivate Resident Physician Voter Registration
  Arteaga DN, Hong AS, Lalani HS JAMA Internal Medicine 2024 Feb 184 216-218
- Characteristics of Self-Triaged Emergency Department Visits by Adults With Cancer
  Hong AS, Hughes A, Courtney DM, Fullington H, Lee SJ, Sweetenham JW, Sadeghi N, Zhang S, Bazzell A, Halm EA American Journal of Managed Care 2023 Sep 29 E267-E273
- Risk Stratification and the Art of Medicine
  Handley NR, Hong AS JCO Oncology Practice 2022 Dec 18 826-827
- Get Out the Vote: A Framework to Mobilize Medical Professionals to Vote
  Lalani HS, Hong AS Annals of internal medicine 2022 Oct 175 1476-1478
- From Risk Prediction to Delivery Innovation: Envisioning the Path to Personalized Cancer Care Delivery
  Hong AS, Handley NR JCO Oncology Practice 2022 Feb 18 90-92
- Applying Hospital Readmissions to Oncology: A Square Peg in a Round Hole?
  Hong AS, Halm EA JCO Oncology Practice 2022 Jan 18 7-10
- Prior Frequent Emergency Department Use as a Predictor of Emergency Department Visits after a New Cancer Diagnosis
  Hong AS, Nguyen DQ, Lee SC, Courtney DM, Sweetenham JW, Sadeghi N, Cox JV, Fullington H, Halm EA JCO Oncology Practice 2021 Nov 17 E1738-E1752
- Impact of High-Deductible Health Plans on Emergency Department Patients with Nonspecific Chest Pain and Their Subsequent Care
  Chou SC, Hong AS, Weiner SG, Wharam JF Circulation 2021 Aug 144 336-349
- High-deductible health plans and low-value imaging in the emergency department
  Chou SC, Hong AS, Weiner SG, Wharam JF Health Services Research 2021 Aug 56 709-720
- Accurately Estimating Physician Voting Practices - Reply
  Lalani HS, Hong AS JAMA Internal Medicine 2021 Jun 181 879-880
- Patterns and Results of Triage Advice Before Emergency Department Visits Made by Patients With Cancer
  Hong AS, Chang H, Courtney DM, Fullington H, Craddock Lee SJ, Sweetenham JW, Halm EA JCO Oncology Practice 2021 Apr 17 E564-E574
- Trends in Physician Voting Practices in California, New York, and Texas, 2006-2018
  Lalani HS, Johnson DH, Halm EA, Maddineni B, Hong AS JAMA Internal Medicine 2021 Mar 181 383-385
- Barriers to Voting in 2020 Among Resident Physicians
  Lalani HS, Hong AS, Siddiqui R Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Jan 36 254-255
- Trends in diagnostic imaging utilization among medicare and commercially insured adults from 2003 through 2016
  Hong AS, Levin D, Parker L, Rao VM, Ross-Degnan D, Wharam JF RADIOLOGY 2020 294 342-350
- Low-value radiographic imaging apparently less employed in Canada vs US emergency departments
  Hong AS Journal of Pediatrics 2019 Nov 214 238-241
- Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits and Select Predictors of Hospitalization for Adults With Newly Diagnosed Cancer in a Safety-Net Health System
  Hong AS, Sadeghi N, Harvey V, Lee SC, Halm EA Journal of oncology practice 2019 Jun 15 e490-e500
- Trends in advanced imaging and hospitalization for emergency department syncope care before and after ACEP clinical policy
  Chou SC, Nagurney JM, Weiner SG, Hong AS, Wharam JF American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019 Jun 37 1037-1043
- Impact of a Cancer Urgent Care Clinic on Regional Emergency Department Visits
  Hong AS, Froehlich T, Clayton Hobbs S, Lee SJ, Halm EA Journal of oncology practice 2019 Jun 15 e501-e509
- In reply
  Hong AS, Ross-Degnan D, Wharam JF JAMA Internal Medicine 2018 Mar 178 433-434
- Clinician-level predictors for ordering low-value imaging
  Hong AS, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Frank Wharam J JAMA Internal Medicine 2017 Nov 177 1577-1585
- Small decline in low-value back imaging associated with the 'choosing wisely' campaign, 2012-14
  Hong AS, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Frank Wharam J Health Affairs 2017 Apr 36 671-679
- Depressive symptoms among patients receiving varenicline and bupropion for smoking cessation
  Hong AS, Elrashidi MY, Schroeder DR, Ebbert JO Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2015 May 52 78-81
- Health policy update: Making sense of accountable care organizations
  Hong AS, Dimick JB Archives of Surgery 2012 Apr 147 305-307
- Pyrin modulates the intracellular distribution of PSTPIP1
  Waite AL, Schaner P, Richards N, Balci-Peynircioglu B, Masters SL, Brydges SD, Fox M, Hong A, Yilmaz E, Kastner DL, Reinherz EL, Gumucio DL PloS one 2009 Jul 4
- Pyrin and ASC Co-localize to cellular sites that are rich in polymerizing actin
  Waite AL, Schaner P, Hu C, Richards N, Balci-Peynircioglu B, Hong A, Fox M, Gumucio DL Experimental Biology and Medicine 2009 Jan 234 40-52

Research

Quality Measurement
Health Policy
Health Economics
Clinical Value of Care
Care Delivery Innovation and Evaluation

Clinical Focus

Adult Primary Care