John Hong, MD

Earned his M.D. at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Florida. Following graduation he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. He then completed his gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Pritzker School of Medicine. He also obtained certification in the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy while earning a M.B.A. at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Dr. Hong is board certified in both internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Dr. Hong serves on the Board of Directors at the LA Christian Health Centers (a free clinic for the homeless located in the inner-city Skid Row), the Physicians Hospital of Murrieta (a joint venture with Loma Linda University Medical Center), and the Korean-American Missions Health Council. Dr. Hong is the CEO of American Cardiac Education Specialists (ACES). He has served on multiple medical medical missions to Mongolia, Peru, Belize, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Mexico. In October 2008, he will be going on short-term medical missions trips to Ethiopia and Mongolia. Dr. Hong is the founder and leader of the Healthcare Professionals Ministry (HPM) at the Young Nak Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles.