Charles C. Hong, MD, PhD, FAHA
- Chair, Department of Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Bio
Charles C. Hong, MD, PhD, FAHA, is the chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Hong grew up in Detroit and did his bachelor’s at MIT, his MD-PhD and internal medicine residency at Yale, his cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General, and research fellowships at Harvard. Prior to joining MSU, he was chief of the cardiology division at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His research bridges pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, genetics and cardiology. He comes with a long history of NIH funding and research success.
He will work with the Department of Medicine to provide excellent clinical care and education while growing our programs in science and discovery. He has dedicated much of his work to mentor of students, residents, fellows, post-docs, and faculty, which will continue in this role as he mentors and supports clinician scientists specifically through the college’s partnership with Henry Ford Health.