Jack J. Hong, MD

Education

1979-1983       B.A., Chemistry, University of Virginia

1984-1988       M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School

Post Graduate Education and Training

1988-1989       Internship, Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine

1989-1992       Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland (Chief 1992)

1992-1993       American Cancer Society Clinical Fellowship, Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland

I was born in Seoul, Korea.  I immigrated to United States with family at age of 11.  We landed in Virginia and I grew up mostly in Northern Virginia until completing professional degree.  I grew up in a very strict but supportive environment (my father was a retired Marine Colonel and Deacon at local Southern Baptist church).  My ties to Maryland began with the residency and fellowship training at University of Maryland Hospital.  Except for a brief two and one half years of teaching assignment at Eastern Virginia Medical School, I have been practicing in the greater Baltimore area for over thirty years.  I returned to the University of Maryland in November 2015 as a medical director of UM UCMC Kaufman Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology.

I currently reside at Clarksville, Maryland.  I have an extremely understanding and supportive wife of over 35 years, Jihyun.  I have two wonderful daughters, Justine (32) who is a graduate of University of Maryland and currently works for private company public relation department and son-in-law Justin Hahn who is a priamry care physician in Washington DC area and Jenna (26), who is a senior growth intelligence strategist at national acoounting firm; she is engaged to Thomas Hong, medical student at George Washington University Medical School.

On my free time, I enjoy all sporting events with special avid love for soccer (especially enjoy weekend European Soccer with special preference of Premier League action from England) and golf (weekend hacker mostly).  I am self-acclaimed “sports Junkie”, trying my best to keep up with modern world of sports.

I feel privileged to be part of University of Maryland Cancer Network.  As with many families in United States, personal family experience with cancer has affected my approach to each patient, always remembering a patient focus with individualized special attention, while trying to achieve the most optimal clinical outcome, with compassion and dedication.  I am excited about the new cancer care initiatives and committed to continue a “Patient First” attitude in all my interactions.  

Cooperative group clinical trials (NRG: RTOG, GOG, NSABP) Intramural clinical trials (Greeenbaum Cancer Center)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

 1.         The labeling of high affinity sites of antibody with Technetium-99m; Paik CH, Phan LNB, Hong JJ, Eckelman WC, Reba RC; International Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology; Vol 12, No. 1, pp. 3-8, 1985.

2.         Relative reactivity of DTPA, immunoreactive antibody-DTPA conjugates and non-immunoreactive antibody-DTPA conjugates toward Indium-111; Paik CH, Hong JJ, Ebbert MA, Heald SC, Reba RC, Eckelman WC; Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol 26, No. 5; pp. 482-487, 1985.

3.         Curved tandem vaginal applicator for the HDR intracavitary afterloading therapy in the postoperative carcinoma of the endometrium; Hong JJ, Kasenter A, El-Mahdi AM; Gammanews, Vol 1, No. 2, pp. 12-13, 1995.

4.         Role of adjuvant therapy in malignant chondroid syringoma; Hong JJ, Elmore J, Drachenberg C, Jacobs M, Salazar OM; Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, Vol 21, pp. 781-785, 1995.

5.         Divergent changes of flow through individual blood vessels upon localized heating; Rhee JG, Eddy HA, Hong JJ, Suntharalingum M, Vaupel PW; Int. J. Hyperthermia, Vol 12, No. 6, pp. 757-769, 1996.

6.         High dose rate brachytherapy in prevention of vaginal recurrence in early stage endometrial carcinoma: Preliminary analysis; Hong JJ, Yacoub SF, Blevins JC, Kuban DA, El-Mahdi AM; American Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 20, No. 3, pp. 254-258, 1997.

7.         An open-label, randomized study to develop a screening tool for functional capacity in anemic subjects with non-myeloid malignancies receiving chemotherapy and darbepoetin alfa; Vadhan-Raj S, Hong JJ, Gregory SA, Terry D, Tomita D, Colowick A; J. Supportive Oncology, Vol 2, supp 2, pp 32-33, 2004.

Book Chapters

 Endobronchial Brachytherapy. Hong JJ, Godette KD, Suh JH, Oh MC; Flexible Bronchoscopy; second edition; 2003.