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Sandy Hong, MD

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics-Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology

Education

  • BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, California; University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  • MS in Public Health, University of California-Berkeley, San Francisco, California
  • MD in Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
  • Internship in Pediatric Intern, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
  • Resident in Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
  • Fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Research Interests

  • Evalutation of B Lymphocyte Stimulator in Children with Rheumatic Disease
  • MRI Findings in Pediatric Patients with Spondyloarthropathy
  • Health Related Quality of Life Measure in Pediatric Lupus
  • NIH/NIAMS: CARRA Registry
  • New Predictors of SLE disease activity and end-organ damage

Licenses & Certifications

  • Iowa Medical License
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology
  • American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
  • California Medical License
  • Adult ALS
  • Neonatal ALS
  • Pediatric ALS

Selected Publications

  • Drack, A. V., Mullins, R. F., Pfeifer, W. L., Augustine, E. F., Stasheff, S. F. & Hong, S. D. (2014). Immunosuppressive treatment for Retinal Degeneration in Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Juvenile Batten Disease). Ophthalmic Genetics. PMID: 24547931.
  • Patwardhan, A., Henrickson, M., Laskosz, L., Duyenhong, S. & Spencer, C. H. (2014). Current pediatric rheumatology fellowship training in the United States: what fellows actually do. Pediatric rheumatology online journal 12 8. DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-12-8. PMID: 24507769.
  • Chen, J., Kirby, P., Carter, K., Hong, S. & Thurtell, M. (2014). Limited Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with isolated abduction deficit. Neuro-Ophthalmology.
  • Li, S., Torok, K., Pope, E., Dedeoglu, F., Hong, S., Jacobe, H., Rabinovich, E., Laxer, R. M., Higgins, G., Ferguson, P., Lasky, D., Baszis, K., Becker, M., Campillo, S., Cartwright, V., Cidon, M., Inman, C., Jerath, R., O'Neil, K., Vora, S., Zeft, A., Wallace, C., Ilowite, N. & Fuhlbrigge, R. (2012). Development of Consensus Treatment Plans for Juvenile Localized Scleroderma. Arthritis Care & Research 64 (8) 1175-1185. DOI: doi: 10.1002/acr.21687. PMID: 22505322.
  • Longmuir, S., Dumitrescu, A., Kwon, Y. & Hong, S. (2011). A Case of Juvenile Xanthogranulomatosis with Bilateral and Multifocal Ocular Lesions of the Iris, Corneal scleral Limbus and Choroid. Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 15 (6) 598-600. DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.07.011. PMID: 22153409.
  • Nigrovic, P. A., Mannion, M., Janow, G., Hong, S., Birmingham, J., Eggebeen, A., Miettunen, P., Ilowite, N. T., von Rossum, M. A., Cortis, E., Pardeo, M., Janssen, E., Shulman, A., Son, M. B., Jones, K., Rabinovich, C. E., Zeft, A., Cron, R. Q. & Higgins, G. (2011). Anakinra as first-line disease modifying therapy in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 63 (2) 545-555. DOI: doi: 10.1002/art.30128. PMID: 21280009.
  • Nigrovic, P. A., Mannion, M., Prince, F. H., Zeft, A., Rabinovich, C. E., van Rossum, M. A., Cortis, E., Pardeo, M., Miettunen, P. M., Janow, G., Birmingham, J., Eggebeen, A., Janssen, E., Shulman, A. I., Son, M. B., Hong, S., Jones, K., Ilowite, N. T., Cron, R. Q. & Higgins, G. C. (2011). Anakinra as first-line disease-modifying therapy in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: report of forty-six patients from an international multicenter series. Arthritis and rheumatism 63 (2) 545-55. DOI: 10.1002/art.30128. PMID: 21280009.
  • Hong, S., Reiff, A., Yang, H., Mignone, T., Ward, C., Marzan, K., Shaham, B., Wee, C. P. & Stohl, W. (2009). Expression of B Lymphocute Simulator in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 60 (11) 3400-3409. DOI: doi: 10.1002/art.24902. PMID: 19877053.
  • Moorthy, L. N., Peterson, M. G., Hassett, A. L., Baratelli, M., Chalom, E. C., Hashkes, P. J., Hong, S., Reiff, A. & Lehman, T. J. (2009). Relationship between health-related quality of life and SLE activity and damage in children over time. Lupus 18 (7) 622-629.
  • Hong, S. & Koo, J. (2003). Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis: Integrating Physiological and Psycho-Physiological Data. In Psychocutaneous Medicine. (Koo), pp. 119-129. New York: Marcel-Dekker.