Kathleen Tong, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Tong's clinical interests rest in the management of heart failure patients, an expanding population in the United States. Research over the last two decades has brought the medical community many effective pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for heart failure, and patients currently have a better chance at having a meaningful quality of life than ever before. I believe in a multidisciplinary approach to managing chronic diseases and empowering patients through education abut their condition. I am currently involved in a research project that evaluates the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary strategy in the transition of care of heart failure patients from the inpatient to the outpatient setting. I have additional training in advanced heart failure therapies such as heart transplantation and mechanical assist devices so that I can help patients who are at the end stages of their disease navigate all possible treatment options. My primary goals are to ensure that my patients have the best possible quality of life and survival by providing access to all appropriate therapies for their heart failure and to help them understand their condition so that they become members of the care team.

Title:

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Specialty:

Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

Cardiovascular Services, Vascular Center

Education:

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
M.D. 2003

UC Davis
Davis, California
B.S. 1998

Residency:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
2009
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

UC San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California
2010
Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
2009
General Cardiology

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine board eligible, 2010
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, pending, 2010
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2003

Professional Memberships:

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Select Recent Publications:

Tong KL, Wenzel CL, Rost TL. Modular construction of the protoderm and peripheral root cap in the “open” root apical meristem of Trifolium repens cv. Ladino. Protoplasma (2001) 218:214-224.