Dr. Steven Y Hong MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
750 Washington St Boston MA, 02111About
Dr. Steven Hong is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Hong specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antimicrobial prescribing in the USA for adult acute pharyngitis in relation to treatment guidelines.
- Population-based monitoring of HIV drug resistance in Namibia with early warning indicators.
- HIV drug resistance early warning indicators in cohorts of individuals starting antiretroviral therapy between 2004 and 2009: World Health Organization global report from 50 countries.
- Determinants of HIV drug resistance and public health implications in low- and middle-income countries.
- Development of a nutrient-dense food supplement for HIV-infected women in rural Kenya using qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Effects of physical tracing on estimates of loss to follow-up, mortality and retention in low and middle income country antiretroviral therapy programs: a systematic review.
- Knowledge of HIV Transmission and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients in Rural Kenya.
- HIV drug resistance early warning indicators in Namibia for public health action.
- Systematic review of HIV drug resistance in Southeast Asia.
- HIV drug resistance early warning indicators in namibia with updated World Health Organization guidance.
- Household food insecurity associated with antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-infected patients in Windhoek, Namibia.
- Population-based surveillance of HIV drug resistance emerging on treatment and associated factors at sentinel antiretroviral therapy sites in Namibia.
- Assessment of the World Health Organization's HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators in Main and Decentralized Outreach Antiretroviral Therapy Sites in Namibia.
Awards
- Outstanding Young Investigator in HIV Research, National Center for AI 2012
- Tufts University Nutrition Collaborative, Center for Drug Abuse and A 2012
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases K23 Career Dev 2012
- Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research Developmental Award 2011
- Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research Development Award for I 2011
- Fellows Travel Grant, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases 2010
- Maxwell Finland Award from the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Socie 2010
- Gorbach Post-doc Clinical Award, Tufts Medical Center Research Day 2009
- and 2010-2012, National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Loan R
- National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program 2008, 2008
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases K23 2012
Fellowships
- Tufts Medical Center, Fellow:Infectious Diseases 2007
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