David Tong
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
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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