Frank Tong, M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Specialties:
Interventional Radiology
Radiology (Board certified since 1997)
Interventional Radiology
Radiology (Board certified since 1997)
Areas of Clinical Interest:
aneurysm
angioplasty/angiogram
CT Scan
interventional radiology
lumbar puncture
stents
vertebroplasty
aneurysm
angioplasty/angiogram
CT Scan
interventional radiology
lumbar puncture
stents
vertebroplasty
Office(s) Locations:
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 712-4991
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 712-4991
Year Started Practicing at Emory: 1998
Organizational Leadership Memberships:
American Society of Interventional and Therepeutic Neuroradiology
American Society of Neuroradiology
Radiological Society of North America
American Society of Interventional and Therepeutic Neuroradiology
American Society of Neuroradiology
Radiological Society of North America
Major or Recent Publications:
Abciximab rescue in acute carotid stent thrombosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol,21(9):1750-2.
Intra-arterial thrombin injection of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm complicated by transient ischemic attack and rescued with systemic abciximab. J Vasc. Surg.,34(5): 939-42.
Transoral approach to cervical vertebroplasty for multiple myeloma. AJR Am J Roentgenol,175(5): 1322-4.
Use of abciximab for mediation of thromboembolic complications of endovascular therapy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol,22(9): 1764-7.
Use of three-dimensional Guglielmi detachable coils in the treatment of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol,21(7): 1312-4.
Education:
Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 1993
Residency
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 1997
Fellowship
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 2000
Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 1993
Residency
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 1997
Fellowship
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 2000
