Dr. Myron John Tong MD
Transplant Surgeon
10833 Le Conte Ave Los Angeles CA, 90095Rating
5/5
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Dr. Myron Tong is a transplant surgeon practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Tong specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Tong performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Tong works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1974
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of patients with cirrhosis in Southern California: results of a practitioner survey.
- Acinetobacter infection: what was the true impact during the Vietnam conflict?
- The emerging importance of chronic hepatitis C infection in Asian Americans.
- Oral resiquimod in chronic HCV infection: safety and efficacy in 2 placebo-controlled, double-blind phase IIa studies.
- Hepatitis B prophylaxis in patients undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma: a decision analysis model.
- Favorable outcomes of autoimmune hepatitis in a community clinic setting.
- Des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin, alpha-fetoprotein and AFP-L3 in patients with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Treatment recommendations for chronic hepatitis B: an evaluation of current guidelines based on a natural history study in the United States.
- Medical therapies to extend survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Sustained hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion in patients with chronic hepatitis B after adefovir dipivoxil treatment: analysis of precore and basal core promoter mutants.
- 2-Year GLOBE trial results: telbivudine Is superior to lamivudine in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
- Oral antibiotic prophylaxis reduces spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurrence and improves short-term survival in cirrhosis: a meta-analysis.
- Is the search for a single comprehensive staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma an elusive one?
- Comparison of different immunoprophylaxis regimens after liver transplantation with hepatitis B core antibody-positive donors: a systematic review.
- Timing of hepatitis C antiviral therapy in patients with advanced liver disease: a decision analysis model.
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Fellowships
- LAC-USC Medical Center
- Hepatology, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1972
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