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Frank Tong MD

  • Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 712-4991
  • ftong@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Duke University School of Medicine
  • BS from University of Texas at Austin

Research

Focus

  • I am working to develop a stroke model in Rhesus monkeys for optimizing acute stroke imaging techniques and neuroprotective measures. We are also developing computational simulation of human cerebral aneurysms with Georgia Tech researchers. Clinical research evaluates new endovascular devices and techniques such as intracranial stenting and cerebral aneurysm treatment.

Publications

  • Longitudinal evaluation of the functional connectivity changes in the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) of the monkey brain during acute stroke.
    Curr Res Neurobiol Volume: 5 Page(s): 100097
    01/01/2023 Authors: Li C-X; Tong F; Kempf D; Howell L; Zhang X
  • Investigation of white matter and grey matter alteration in the monkey brain following ischemic stroke by using diffusion tensor imaging.
    Investig Magn Reson Imaging Volume: 26 Page(s): 275 - 283
    12/01/2022 Authors: Li C-X; Meng Y; Yan Y; Kempf D; Howell L; Tong F; Zhang X
  • Diagnostic Performance of Computed Tomography Angiography and Computed Tomography Perfusion Tissue Time-to-Maximum in Vasospasm Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
    J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 11 Page(s): e023828
    01/04/2022 Authors: Allen JW; Prater A; Kallas O; Abidi SA; Howard BM; Tong F; Agarwal S; Yaghi S; Dehkharghani S
  • Differential effect of mechanical thrombectomy and intravenous thrombolysis in atrial fibrillation associated stroke.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 13 Page(s): 883 - 888
    10/01/2021 Authors: Akbik F; Alawieh A; Cawley CM; Howard BM; Tong FC; Nahab F; Saad H; Dimisko L; Mustroph C; Samuels OB
  • Hemodynamic Fate of the Precommunicating Anterior Cerebral Artery Is Predicted by Vessel Dominance After Pipeline Embolization Device Deployment Across the Internal Carotid Artery Terminus.
    World Neurosurg Volume: 128 Page(s): e688 - e693
    08/01/2019 Authors: Pujari A; Howard BM; Skukalek SL; Cherian J; Al-Bayati A; Tong F; Dion JE; Cawley CM; Grossberg JA
  • Aneurysm Remnants after Flow Diversion: Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 40 Page(s): 694 - 698
    04/01/2019 Authors: Madaelil TP; Grossberg JA; Howard BM; Cawley CM; Dion J; Nogueira RG; Haussen DC; Tong FC
  • Combined reconstructive and deconstructive endovascular approach for bilateral vertebral artery dissection with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
    Neurosurg Focus Volume: 46 Page(s): V13
    01/01/2019 Authors: Cherian J; Madaelil TP; Tong F; Howard BM; Cawley CM; Grossberg JA
  • 'Plug and pipe' strategy for treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 11 Page(s): 43 - 48
    01/01/2019 Authors: Howard BM; Frerich JM; Madaelil TP; Dion JE; Tong FC; Cawley CM; Grossberg JA
  • Longitudinal MRI Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke in the Basal Ganglia of a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) with Seizures.
    Comp Med Volume: 68 Page(s): 496 - 502
    12/01/2018 Authors: Li C-X; Kempf DJ; Tong FC; Yan Y; Xu Z; Connor-Stroud FR; Ford BD; Howell LL; Zhang X
  • Incompletely obliterated cranial arteriovenous fistulae are safely and effectively treated with adjuvant -aminocaproic acid.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 10 Page(s): 698 - 703
    07/01/2018 Authors: Howard BM; Grossberg JA; Prater A; Cawley CM; Dion JE; Tong FC
  • Reduced Efficacy of the Pipeline Embolization Device in the Treatment of Posterior Communicating Region Aneurysms with Fetal Posterior Cerebral Artery Configuration.
    Neurosurgery Volume: 82 Page(s): 695 - 700
    05/01/2018 Authors: Roy AK; Howard BM; Haussen DC; Osbun JW; Halani SH; Skukalek SL; Tong F; Nogueira RG; Dion JE; Cawley CM
  • Progressive Assessment of Ischemic Injury to White Matter Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Preliminary Study of a Macaque Model of Stroke.
    Open Neuroimag J Volume: 12 Page(s): 30 - 41
    01/01/2018 Authors: Zhang X; Yan Y; Tong F; Li C-X; Jones B; Wang S; Meng Y; Muly EC; Kempf D; Howell L
  • Cerebral Temperature Dysregulation: MR Thermographic Monitoring in a Nonhuman Primate Study of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 38 Page(s): 712 - 720
    04/01/2017 Authors: Dehkharghani S; Fleischer CC; Qiu D; Yepes M; Tong F
  • Carotid cavernous fistula after Pipeline placement: a single-center experience and review of the literature.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 9 Page(s): 152 - 158
    02/01/2017 Authors: Roy AK; Grossberg JA; Osbun JW; Skukalek SL; Howard BM; Ahmad FU; Tong F; Dion JE; Cawley CM
  • Longer procedural times are independently associated with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke undergoing thrombectomy.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 8 Page(s): 1217 - 1220
    12/01/2016 Authors: Kass-Hout T; Kass-Hout O; Sun C-HJ; Kass-Hout TA; Nogueira R; Gupta R
  • Clopidogrel plus Aspirin for Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis: A Pilot Study.
    Interv Neurol Volume: 5 Page(s): 157 - 164
    09/01/2016 Authors: Kass-Hout T; Winningham M; Kass-Hout O; Henriquez L; Tong F; Dion J; Cawley M; Belagaje S; Frankel M; Anderson A
  • Effect of antiplatelet therapy and platelet function testing on hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications in patients with cerebral aneurysms treated with the pipeline embolization device: a review and meta-analysis.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 8 Page(s): 58 - 65
    01/01/2016 Authors: Skukalek SL; Winkler AM; Kang J; Dion JE; Cawley CM; Webb A; Dannenbaum MJ; Schuette AJ; Asbury B; Tong FC
  • An Enhanced Model of Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Nonhuman Primates Using an Endovascular Trapping Technique.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 36 Page(s): 2354 - 2359
    12/01/2015 Authors: Tong FC; Zhang X; Kempf DJ; Yepes MS; Connor-Stroud FR; Zola S; Howell L
  • Effect of Antiplatelet Therapy and Platelet Function Testing on Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Complications in Patients with Cerebral Aneurysms Treated With the Pipeline Embolization Device (TM): A Review and Meta-Analysis
    Volume: 123 Page(s): A479 - A480
    08/01/2015 Authors: Skukalek SL; Winkler A; Kang J; Dion J; Cawley C; Webb A; Dannenbaum M; Schuette A; Asbury B; Tong F
  • Proton resonance frequency chemical shift thermometry: experimental design and validation toward high-resolution noninvasive temperature monitoring and in vivo experience in a nonhuman primate model of acute ischemic stroke.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 36 Page(s): 1128 - 1135
    06/01/2015 Authors: Dehkharghani S; Mao H; Howell L; Zhang X; Pate KS; Magrath PR; Tong F; Wei L; Qiu D; Fleischer C
  • Optimal Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis
    Volume: 46
    02/01/2015 Authors: Winningham M; Kasshout T; Bamford L; Tong F; Dion J; Cawley M; Ayala L; Blanke D; Belagaje S; Frankel M
  • Contrast-enhanced time-resolved MRA for pre-angiographic evaluation of suspected spinal dural arterial venous fistulas.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 7 Page(s): 135 - 140
    02/01/2015 Authors: Saindane AM; Boddu SR; Tong FC; Dehkharghani S; Dion JE
  • Temporal evolution of ischemic lesions in nonhuman primates: a diffusion and perfusion MRI study.
    PLoS One Volume: 10 Page(s): e0117290
    01/01/2015 Authors: Zhang X; Tong F; Li C-X; Yan Y; Kempf D; Nair G; Wang S; Muly EC; Zola S; Howell L
  • Urokinase-type plasminogen activator promotes dendritic spine recovery and improves neurological outcome following ischemic stroke.
    J Neurosci Volume: 34 Page(s): 14219 - 14232
    10/22/2014 Authors: Wu F; Catano M; Echeverry R; Torre E; Haile WB; An J; Chen C; Cheng L; Nicholson A; Tong FC
  • Flexible tip guides and intermediate catheters: two center experience and a proposed taxonomy.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 6 Page(s): 618 - 623
    10/01/2014 Authors: Hui FK; Schuette AJ; Spiotta AM; Yim J; Obuchowski N; Rasmussen PA; Hussain MS; Cawley CM; Dion JE; Tong FC
  • A fast multiparameter MRI approach for acute stroke assessment on a 3T clinical scanner: preliminary results in a non-human primate model with transient ischemic occlusion.
    Quant Imaging Med Surg Volume: 4 Page(s): 112 - 122
    04/01/2014 Authors: Zhang X; Tong F; Li C-X; Yan Y; Nair G; Nagaoka T; Tanaka Y; Zola S; Howell L
  • Contrast-enhanced time-resolved MRA for follow-up of intracranial aneurysms treated with the pipeline embolization device.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 35 Page(s): 2112 - 2118
    01/01/2014 Authors: Boddu SR; Tong FC; Dehkharghani S; Dion JE; Saindane AM
  • Tissue-type plasminogen activator mediates neuronal detection and adaptation to metabolic stress.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab Volume: 33 Page(s): 1761 - 1769
    11/01/2013 Authors: Wu F; Nicholson AD; Haile WB; Torre E; An J; Chen C; Lee AK; Duong DM; Dammer EB; Seyfried NT
  • The Pipeline Embolization Device: Learning Curve and Predictors of Complications and Aneurysm Obliteration COMMENT
    NEUROSURGERY Volume: 73 Page(s): 120 - 120
    07/01/2013 Authors: Tong FC
  • Rates Of Complications And Aneurysm Occlusion In Patients Undergoing Treatment Of Cerebral Aneurysms Utilizing Flow Diversion With The Pipeline Embolization Device And Algorithm Adjusted Antiplatelet Therapy
    Volume: 44
    02/01/2013 Authors: Dannenbaum MJ; Schuette AJ; Rutledge WC; McCracken DJ; Skukalek SL; Case DB; Webb AC; Asbury W; Tong FC; Dion JE
  • Prevalence of Non-responsiveness to Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Undergoing Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms Utilizing Flow Diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device
    Volume: 44
    02/01/2013 Authors: Rutledge WC; Dannenbaum MJ; Webb AC; Skukalek SL; Schuette AJ; Case DB; Asbury B; Tong FC; Dion JE; Cawley CM
  • Early aggressive medical management for patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis.
    J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis Volume: 22 Page(s): 87 - 91
    01/01/2013 Authors: Nahab F; Kingston C; Frankel MR; Dion JE; Cawley CM; Mitchell B; Hammonds LP; Ayala L; Tong FC
  • Automatic neck plane detection and 3D geometric characterization of aneurysmal sacs.
    Ann Biomed Eng Volume: 40 Page(s): 2188 - 2211
    10/01/2012 Authors: Piccinelli M; Steinman DA; Hoi Y; Tong F; Veneziani A; Antiga L
  • Tissue-type plasminogen activator regulates the neuronal uptake of glucose in the ischemic brain.
    J Neurosci Volume: 32 Page(s): 9848 - 9858
    07/18/2012 Authors: Wu F; Wu J; Nicholson AD; Echeverry R; Haile WB; Catano M; An J; Lee AK; Duong D; Dammer EB
  • The use of gadolinium chelates as an alternative radiographic contrast agent for use with flat panel detector angiography.
    J Neurointerv Surg Volume: 3 Page(s): 95 - 97
    03/01/2011 Authors: Hui FK; Tong FC; Dion JE
  • Early Aggressive Risk Factor Management for Patients with Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis
    Volume: 42 Page(s): E87 - E87
    03/01/2011 Authors: Nahab F; Kingston C; Frankel MR; Dion JE; Cawley CM; Mitchell B; Tong FC
  • Endovascular therapy of very small aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery: five-fold increased incidence of rupture.
    Neurosurgery Volume: 68 Page(s): 731 - 737
    03/01/2011 Authors: Schuette AJ; Hui FK; Spiotta AM; Obuchowski NA; Gupta R; Moskowitz SI; Tong FC; Dion JE; Cawley CM
  • Angiographic and clinical outcomes in 200 consecutive patients with cerebral aneurysm treated with hydrogel-coated coils.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 30 Page(s): 1657 - 1664
    10/01/2009 Authors: Gunnarsson T; Tong FC; Klurfan P; Cawley CM; Dion JE
  • Intracranial hemorrhage associated with stent-assisted coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms: a cautionary report.
    J Neurosurg Volume: 108 Page(s): 1122 - 1129
    06/01/2008 Authors: Tumialn LM; Zhang YJ; Cawley CM; Dion JE; Tong FC; Barrow DL
  • Hemorrhagic complications associated with stent-assisted coil embolization - Response
    JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY Volume: 108 Page(s): 1120 - 1121
    06/01/2008 Authors: Tumialan LM; Zhang YJ; Cawley CM; Dion JE; Tong FC; Barrow DL
  • Hemorrhagic complications associated with stent-assisted coil embolization.
    J Neurosurg Volume: 108 Page(s): 1119 - 1121
    06/01/2008 Authors: Dumont AS; Evans AJ; Jensen ME
  • Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment in the post-ISAT era: A prospective registry of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms, treated in a North American high-volume neurovascular center
    Volume: 39 Page(s): 648 - 648
    02/01/2008 Authors: Zhang YJ; Cawley M; Samuels OB; Dion JE; Tong FC; Barrow DL
  • Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Balloon Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Acute Painful Pathologic and Nonpathologic Fractures
    Page(s): 469 - 489
    01/01/2008 Authors: Narayanan S; Tong FC
  • Transorbital puncture for the treatment of cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 1415 - 1417
    08/01/2007 Authors: White JB; Layton KF; Evans AJ; Tong FC; Jensen ME; Kallmes DF; Dion JE; Cloft HJ
  • Basilar artery stent angioplasty for symptomatic intracranial athero-occlusive disease: complications and late midterm clinical outcomes.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 808 - 815
    05/01/2007 Authors: Abruzzo TA; Tong FC; Waldrop ASM; Workman MJ; Cloft HJ; Dion JE
  • Death by nondiagnosis: why emergent CT angiography should not be done for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 1837 - 1838
    01/01/2007 Authors: Kallmes DF; Layton K; Marx WF; Tong F
  • Poor Outcomes in Patients with Angiographically Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Paper 29.
    Volume: 58 Page(s): 405 - 406
    02/01/2006 Authors: Zhang YJ; Tanaka T; Samuels OB; Cawley CM; Barrow DL; Dion JE; Tong FC
  • Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.
    Curr Treat Options Neurol Volume: 5 Page(s): 409 - 420
    09/01/2003 Authors: Biousse V; Tong F; Newman NJ
  • Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.
    Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med Volume: 5 Page(s): 181 - 192
    07/01/2003 Authors: Biousse V; Tong F; Newman NJ
  • Design, progress and challenges of a double-blind trial of warfarin versus aspirin for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis.
    Neuroepidemiology Volume: 22 Page(s): 106 - 117
    01/01/2003 Authors: Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) Trial Investigators
  • Thrombus formation at the neck of cerebral aneurysms during treatment with Guglielmi detachable coils.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 23 Page(s): 1568 - 1576
    10/01/2002 Authors: Workman MJ; Cloft HJ; Tong FC; Dion JE; Jensen ME; Marx WF; Kallmes DF
  • Treatment of Trapped CCF by Direct Puncture of the Cavernous Sinus by Infraocular Trans-SOF Approach. Case Report and Anatomical Basis.
    Interv Neuroradiol Volume: 8 Page(s): 299 - 304
    09/30/2002 Authors: Workman MJ; Dion JE; Tong FC; Cloft HJ
  • Early intracerebral hemorrhage complicating the successful occlusion of a carotid-cavernous fistula.
    Interv Neuroradiol Volume: 8 Page(s): 209 - 212
    06/30/2002 Authors: Cloft HJ; Tong FC; Joseph GJ; Dion JE; Barrow DL
  • Appropriate follow-up time.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 177 Page(s): 1483
    12/01/2001 Authors: Ehara S
  • Appropriate follow-up time - Reply
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY Volume: 177 Page(s): 1483 - 1483
    12/01/2001 Authors: Tong FC; Cloft HJ; Rodts GR; Dion JE
  • Intra-arterial thrombin injection of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm complicated by transient ischemic attack and rescued with systemic abciximab.
    J Vasc Surg Volume: 34 Page(s): 939 - 942
    11/01/2001 Authors: Lin PH; Bush RL; Tong FC; Chaikof E; Martin LG; Lumsden AB
  • Use of abciximab for mediation of thromboembolic complications of endovascular therapy.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 22 Page(s): 1764 - 1767
    10/01/2001 Authors: Cloft HJ; Samuels OB; Tong FC; Dion JE
  • Transoral approach to cervical vertebroplasty for multiple myeloma.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 175 Page(s): 1322 - 1324
    11/01/2000 Authors: Tong FC; Cloft HJ; Joseph GJ; Rodts GR; Dion JE
  • Abciximab rescue in acute carotid stent thrombosis.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 21 Page(s): 1750 - 1752
    10/01/2000 Authors: Tong FC; Cloft HJ; Joseph GJ; Samuels OB; Dion JE
  • Use of three-dimensional Guglielmi detachable coils in the treatment of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Volume: 21 Page(s): 1312 - 1314
    08/01/2000 Authors: Cloft HJ; Joseph GJ; Tong FC; Goldstein JH; Dion JE
  • Timing of ICAM-I Expression in a Canine Model of Post-Haemorrhagic Cerebral Vasospasm.
    Interv Neuroradiol Volume: 6 Page(s): 95 - 106
    06/30/2000 Authors: Abruzzo T; Shengelaia GG; Cloft HJ; Thaxton G; Dudley P; Tong F; Dion JE
  • Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms with Guglielmi Detachable Coils: emphasis on new techniques.
    J Clin Neurosci Volume: 7 Page(s): 244 - 253
    05/01/2000 Authors: Tong FC; Cloft HJ; Dion JE
  • Endovascular stenting of atherosclerotic stenosis in a basilar artery after unsuccessful angioplasty.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 174 Page(s): 383 - 385
    02/01/2000 Authors: Joseph GJ; Goldstein J; Cloft H; Tong F; Dion J
  • ROLE OF CHANNEL BLOCKADE IN PROMOTING THE INITIATION OF ROTATING VORTICES IN CARDIAC-MUSCLE
    Page(s): 55 - 58
    01/01/1992 Authors: STARMER CF; KRINSKY VI; TONG FC; ROMASHKO DN; ALIEV RR; BURASHNIKOV AY; STEPANOV MR
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