Tse-Ling Fong, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Gastroenterology

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Director, Hepatitis Treatment Center

Department:

Locations:

Sub-specialties:

  • Hepatology
  • Transplant Hepatology

Background:

Dr. Tse-Ling Fong is the medical director of the USC Liver Transplant Program. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Southern California. Following his residency in internal medicine at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, he completed a hepatology fellowship at the USC Liver Unit. He also completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center before becoming a clinical associate with the Liver Diseases Section at the National Institutes of Health. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and members of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and Western Society for Clinical Investigation. Since 2002 he has been named every year to “Best Doctors in America” distinction.


 http://www.usc.edu/health/internal/divisions/gi/

Education:

  • B.A., University of California, San Diego, CA, 1978
  • Doctor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1982

Internships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, 1982 - 1983

Residencies:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1985

Fellowships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Hepatology, 1985 - 1987
  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Gastroenterology, 1987 - 1989
  • National Institutes of Health, Liver Diseases, 1989 - 1991

Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Transplant Hepatology

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Western Society for Clinical Investigation
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Society of Transplant Physicians
  • Canadian Association for the Study of Liver

Languages:

  • Cantonese
  • English