Gina Hong, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3600 Spruce Street
9046 Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
9046 Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2005.
MD
Rutgers University- New Jersey Medical School, 2008.
MHS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2015.
Permanent linkBA
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 2005.
MD
Rutgers University- New Jersey Medical School, 2008.
MHS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Cystic Fibrosis, BronchiectasisDescription of Research Expertise
Fungal infections in cystic fibrosisSelected Publications
Fought MK, Hong G, Quinn AC, Wagner BD, Harris JK, Laguna TA: Molecular methods versus culture to detect and quantify fungal communities in cystic fibrosis airway specimens. ATS 2025 Am J Respir Crit Care Med 211:A5130, May 2025.Jennifer Faerber, Steven M Kawut, Denis Hadjiliadis, Gina Hong: The Real-World Effectiveness of Antifungals in People with Cystic Fibrosis and Aspergillus-Positive Cultures. Ann Am Thorac Soc 22(2): 193-199, Feb 2025.
Boas H, Hsu JY, Koshy A, Seyoum S, Regenstein M, Hong G, Dieni O, Willis A, Ren CL: Clinical features associated with self-reported food insecurity in people with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros Jan 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Morgan SJ, Nichols DP, Ni W, Hong G, Salipante SJ, Solomon GM, Rowe SM, Clancy JP, Cramer RA, Singh PK; PROMISE-Micro Study Group: Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor markedly reduces Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 210(9): 1155-1158, Nov 2024.
Hoppe JE, Sjoberg J, Hong G, Poch K, Zemanick ET, Thee S, Edmondson C, Patel D, Sathe M, Borowitz D, Putman MS, Lechtzin N, Riekert KA, Basile M, Goss CH, Jarosz ME, Rosenfeld M.: Remote endpoints for clinical trials in cystic fibrosis: Report from the U.S. CF foundation remote endpoints task force. J Cyst Fibros 23(4): 725-733, Jul 2024.
Burgel P, Southern KW, Addy C, Battezzati A, Berry C, Bouchara JP, Brokaar E, Brown W, Azevedo P, Durieu I, Ekkelenkamp M, Finlayson F, Fortin J, Gardecki J, Hodkova P, Hong G, Lowdon J, Madge S, Martin C, McKone E, Munch A, Ooi CY, Perrem L, Piper A, Prayle A, Ratjen F, Rosenfeld M, Sanders DB, Schwarz C, Taccetti G, Wainwright C, West NE, Wilschanski M, Bevan A, Castellani C, Drevinek, Gartner S, Gramegna A, Lammertyn E, Landau EEC, Plant BJ, Smyth AR, van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel S, Middleton PG: Standards for the care of people with cystic fibrosis (CF); recognising and addressing CF health issues. J Cyst Fibros. Online ahead of print, Jan 2024 Notes: First author of the section on Fungal diseases in the CF lung (wrote first draft and coordinated edits form co-authors).
Morgan SJ, Cramer R, Vesely E, Ni W, Salipante SJ, Clancy JP, Rowe S, Nichols D, Singh PK: Sputum density of Aspergillus fumigatus markedly declines after treatment with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor. J Cyst Fibros Nov 2023.
Hong G, O'Dea AL, Borowiec A, Sheikh SS, Dorgan DJ, Hadjiliadis D: Current trends in sputum expectoration and respiratory sampling for research: A single-center experience. J Cyst Fibros Nov 2023.
Hong G, Koshy A, Hsu JY, Memon W, Vesely E, O'Dea AL, Greene A, Dezube RH, Wilson A, Gross JE, Goss CH, Nichols D, Goss LB, Cramer R, Zhang S: Home collected sputum samples for Aspergillus fumigatus detection in adults with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros Nov 2023.
Anna L O'Dea, Rui Feng, Laurel J Glaser, Christina Kubrak, Ronald C Rubenstein, Daniel J Dorgan, Denis Hadjiliadis, Steven M Kawut, Gina Hong: The Clinical Association between Aspergillus fumigatus and Respiratory Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 20(7): 636-643, July 2023.