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David Tong

  • Department of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 778-5334
  • dtong@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Tong received his medical training at Duke Medical School and his public health training at UNC Chapel Hill and was elected to the AOA honor society. He then did his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Emory University. He stayed for training in nephrology at Emory and did research in the lab of Dr. James Tumlin, studying the pathway by which steroids stimulate calcineurin phosphatase, the enzyme targeted by transplantation drugs such as cyclosporine and prograf. He has stayed on faculty in the renal division after finishing his fellowship and is currently studying polyoma virus BK, which affects kidney transplant recipients.

Studying various aspects of BK virus in kidney transplant recipients as well as in a related mouse model of polyoma virus infection.

Dr. Tong's clinical focus is in renal transplantation.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Duke University
  • MPH from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research

Publications

  • Performance of Modified ALMS and BLISS Criteria with Standard of Care Treatment in Two US Health Care Systems.
    Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) Volume: 75 Page(s): 1423 - 1433
    07/01/2023 Authors: Khosroshahi A; Tong D; Bao G; Al-Naqeeb J; Ghosh P; Peeva E; Easley KA; Weiss R; Lim SS
  • Clinical course and outcomes of COVID-19 in rheumatic disease patients: a case cohort study with a diverse population.
    Clin Rheumatol Volume: 40 Page(s): 2633 - 2642
    07/01/2021 Authors: Arleo T; Tong D; Shabto J; O'Keefe G; Khosroshahi A
  • Use of a Telemedicine Risk Assessment Tool to Predict the Risk of Hospitalization of 496 Outpatients With COVID-19: Retrospective Analysis.
    JMIR Public Health Surveill Volume: 7 Page(s): e25075
    04/30/2021 Authors: O'Keefe JB; Tong EJ; Taylor TH; O'Keefe GAD; Tong DC
  • Description of symptom course in a telemedicine monitoring clinic for acute symptomatic COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.
    BMJ Open Volume: 11 Page(s): e044154
    03/05/2021 Authors: O'Keefe JB; Tong EJ; O'Keefe GD; Tong DC
  • Epidemiology of COVID-19 Infection in Hospitalized End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients in a Predominantly African-American Population.
    Am J Nephrol Volume: 52 Page(s): 190 - 198
    01/01/2021 Authors: Navarrete JE; Tong DC; Cobb J; Rahbari-Oskoui FF; Hosein D; Caberto SC; Lea JP; Franch HA
  • Reorganizing a hospital ward as an accountable care unit.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 10 Page(s): 36 - 40
    01/01/2015 Authors: Stein J; Payne C; Methvin A; Bonsall JM; Chadwick L; Clark D; Castle BW; Tong D; Dressler DD
  • Reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections by bundling interventions.
    Int J Qual Health Care Volume: 25 Page(s): 43 - 49
    02/01/2013 Authors: Clarke K; Tong D; Pan Y; Easley KA; Norrick B; Ko C; Wang A; Razavi B; Stein J
  • Temporary central venous catheter utilization patterns in a large tertiary care center: tracking the "idle central venous catheter".
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Volume: 33 Page(s): 50 - 57
    01/01/2012 Authors: Tejedor SC; Tong D; Stein J; Payne C; Dressler D; Xue W; Steinberg JP
  • REDUCTION OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS THROUGH A BUNDLED INTERVENTION IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
    JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE Volume: 26 Page(s): S53 - S54
    05/01/2011 Authors: Clarke KA; Norrick B; Easley K; Pan Y; Tong D; Wang A; Hill P; Stein J
  • A real-time nursing intervention reduces dysglycemia and improves best practices in noncritically ill hospitalized patients.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 5 Page(s): E15 - E20
    01/01/2010 Authors: Shabbir H; Stein J; Tong D; Bhalla V; Wang A
  • Prospective monitoring for BK viremia suggests improved outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.
    Volume: 5 Page(s): 272 - 272
    05/01/2005 Authors: Tong DC; Shivaprakash V; Baio K; Larsen CP; Kokko KE
  • Healthy individuals generate a predominantly CD4 response against polyoma virus BK.
    Volume: 5 Page(s): 452 - 452
    05/01/2005 Authors: Tong DC; Miller JD; Kokko KE; McLaughlin S; Lukacher AE; Gangappa S; Larsen CP
  • Calcineurin phosphatase activity: activation by glucocorticoids and role of intracellular calcium.
    Transplantation Volume: 77 Page(s): 259 - 267
    01/27/2004 Authors: Tong DC; Buck SM; Roberts BR; Klein JD; Tumlin JA
  • Dexamethasone-induced activation of calcineurin involves rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC gamma-1, and gamma-2 isoforms of insositol tri-phosphate
    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY Volume: 13 Page(s): 503A - 503A
    09/01/2002 Authors: Tong DC; Roberts BR; Abbani LR; Tumlin JA
  • Glucocorticoids stimulate calcineurin in Jurkat T cells through a non genomic pathway
    FASEB JOURNAL Volume: 16 Page(s): A902 - A902
    03/22/2002 Authors: Tumlin J; Roberts B; Tong D
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