Department of Internal Medicine

Elisa Tong, M.D., M.A. View profile as PDF

Elisa Tong

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Tong conducts research in tobacco control. She has special interests in tobacco industry scientific issues, tobacco behavior and cessation, secondhand smoke, and Asian populations.

Title:

Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Address:

Patient Support Services Building
4150 V St., Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-7005

Education:

Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
M.D.

Stanford University
Stanford, California
M.A.

Stanford University
Stanford, California
B.A.

Residency:

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, California

Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California

General Internal Medicine

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine,

Professional Memberships:

American Public Health Association
Society for General Internal Medicine

Select Recent Publications:

Tong EK, Nguyen TT, Vittinghoff E, Perez-Stable E. Light and Intermittent Smoking Among California's Asian Americans. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2009 Feb; 11(2):197-202.

Tong EK, Tang H, Tsoh J, Wong C, Chen MS. Smoke-Free Policies Among Asian-American Women: Comparisons by Education Status. Am J Prev Med 2009; 37(2S):S 144-S 150.

Tong EK, Nguyen TT, VittinghoffE, Perez-Stable E. Smoking Behaviors Among Immigrant Asian Americans: Rules for Smoke-Free Homes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008; 35(1):64-67.

Chen A, Glantz SA, Tong EK. Asian Herbal-Tobacco Cigarettes: Not Medicinal, but Less Harmful? Tobacco Contro1 2007; 16(2):e3.

Jiang Y, Ong MK, Tong EK, Yang Y, Nan Y, Gan Q, Hu TW. Chinese Physicians: Smoking Behavior, Smoking Cessation Attitudes, and Smoking Cessation Practices. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007 Jul; 33(1):15-22.

Tong EK, Glantz SA Tobacco Industry Efforts Undermining Evidence Linking Secondhand Smoke with Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation 2007; 116:1845-1854.

Tong EK, Ong MK, Vittinghoff E, Perez-Stahle EJ. Physicians Should Ask and Advise Nondaily Smokers to Quit. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2006 Jan; 30(1):23-30.

Hu TW, Mao Z, Ong M, Tong EK, Tao M, Jiang H, Hammond K, Smith KR, de Beyer J, Yurekli A. China at the Crossroads: the Economics of Tobacco and Health. Tobacco Control 2006; 15; 37-41.