- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Immotile cilia syndrome
- Kartagener syndrome
- MAC lung infection
- MAI lung infection
- Mycobacterial lung disease
- Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
Gina Hong, MD
About me
- Associate Program Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Spoken languages
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Critical Care Medicine, 2017
- Pulmonary Disease, 2016
- American Thoracic Society, International
- Penn Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2024
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Hong G, Vesely EM, Memon W, Walsh J, Hsu JY, O'Dea AL, Dezube RH, Goss CH, Gross JE, Nichols DP, Cramer RA, Zhang SX Comparative analysis of selective fungal culture media and incubation conditions for Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis sputum , Microbiology Spectrum: 2026
Fought MK, Hong G, Quinn AC, Wagner BD, Robertson CE, Harris JK, Laguna TA Molecular Methods to Detect and Quantify Fungal Communities in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Specimens , Pediatr Pulmonol, 61(4): 2026
Jain R, Taylor-Cousat JL, Kazmerski TM, Lonabaugh K, Trimble A, Velez Leitner D, Foil K, Hong G, Johns WB, Kolarova T, Meier E, Perry A, Singh KE, Stahl C, Szentpetery S, Weiss MS, West N, Wilson A, Wright B, Brown AW, Hempstead SE, Lomas P, Middleton PG, Shteinberg M, Felton I, Roe AH Reproductive Health Guidance for the Cystic Fibrosis Community: A Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Position Paper , The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: 2026
Hong G, Walsh J, Koshy A, Hsu JY, O'Dea AL, Vesely EM, Memon W, Dezube RH, Goss CH, Goss LB, Greene A, Gross JE, Wilson A, Nichols DP, Zhang SX, Cramer RA Home sputum collection for Aspergillus fumigatus detection in adults with cystic fibrosis , ERJ Open Research, 11(6): 2025
Barnidge M, Dysart K, Clausen E, Hadjiliadis D, Hong G, Roe AH, Burris HH Severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth rates in pregnant women with cystic fibrosis , J Cyst Fibros: 2025
Fought MK, Hong G, Quinn AC, Wagner BD, Harris JK, Laguna TA Molecular methods versus culture to detect and quantify fungal communities in cystic fibrosis airway specimens , ATS 2025 Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 211:A5130: 2025
Boas H, Hsu JY, Koshy A, Seyoum S, Regenstein M, Hong G, Dieni O, Willis A, Ren CL Clinical features associated with self-reported food insecurity in people with cystic fibrosis , J Cyst Fibros, 24(3): 2025,621-625
Jennifer Faerber, Steven M Kawut, Denis Hadjiliadis, Gina Hong The Real-World Effectiveness of Antifungals in People with Cystic Fibrosis and Aspergillus-Positive Cultures , Ann Am Thorac Soc, 22(2): 2025,193-199
Walsh J, Hsu JY, Hong G The role and impact of antifungals in the treatment of Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in cystic fibrosis , J Cyst Fibros: 2025
Hong G, Caceres CM, Walsh J, Hsu JY, Baburina I, Marr KA, Nick JA The use of a novel MycoMEIA Aspergillus urine assay for Aspergillus detection in the urine of people with cystic fibrosis , J Cyst Fibros: 2025