Paul Hong

Associate Professor

Hong otolaryngology

Email: Paul.Hong@iwk.nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-470-8041
Mailing Address: 
IWK Health Centre
5850/5920 University Avenue
PO Box 9700
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6R8
 

Education

  • BSc, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario
  • MD, University of Ottawa
  • MSc, Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
  • Residency, Dalhousie University
  • Fellowship, University of California-San Diego

Research interests

Dr. Hong’s clinical interests include shared decision-making and craniofacial disorders. His research interests include developing a novel tissue engineering scaffold for microtia and tracheal reconstruction and enhancing shared decision-making in pediatric otolaryngology. Dr. Hong has over 80 peer-reviewed publications and chapters, and he holds multiple national and local research grants.

Selected publications

  • Breugem CC, Evans KN, Poets CF, Suri S, Picard A, Filip C, Paes EC, Mehendale FV, Saal HM, Basart H, Murthy J, Joosten KFM, Speleman L, Collares MVM, van den Boogaard M-J, Muradin M, Andersson ME-M, Kogo M, Farlie PG, Don Griot P, Mossey PA, Slator R, Abadie V, Hong P. Clinical consensus report: Diagnosis and evaluation of infants with Robin sequence. JAMA Pediatrics 2016 Epub Ahead of Print.
  • Hong P, Gorodzinsky AY, Taylor BA, Chorney JM. Parental decision-making in pediatric otoplasty: The role of shared decision-making in parental decisional conflict and decisional regret. Laryngoscope 2016;126Suppl:S5-S13.
  • Graham ME, Gratzer PF, Bezuhly M, Hong P. Development and characterization of decellularized human nasoseptal cartilage matrix for use in tissue engineering. Laryngoscope 2016 Epub ahead of print.
  • Anderson K, Ritchie K, Chorney JM, Bezuhly M, Hong P. The impact of septoplasty on health-related quality of life in paediatric patients. Clinical Otolaryngology 2015;41:144-148.
  • Hao W, Chorney JM, Bezuhly M, Wilson K, Hong P. Analysis of health-related quality of life outcomes and their predictive factors in pediatric patients who undergo otoplasty. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2013;132:811-817.

Selected awards and honours

  • Maureen Hannley Triological Society Thesis Award-2016: Selected for excellence in the alternative science category (health services research) for research entitled: “Parental decision making in pediatric otoplasty: The role of shared decision making in parental decisional conflict and decisional regret.”
  • Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Staff Teaching Award-2016: Voted as the top attending staff teacher by otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residents.
  • American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology William Potsic Award-2016: Supervisor; Awardee: Elise Graham (PGY4). Second place award for best basic science manuscript for research entitled “Development and characterization of decellularized human nasoseptal cartilage matrix for use in tissue engineering.”
  • American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Charles Ferguson Award-2015: Supervisor; Awardee: Rebecca Haworth (Medical Student). Third place award for best clinical manuscript for research entitled “Measuring attentional bias in children with prominent ears: A prospective study using an eye-tracking system.”
  • Samuel R. McLaughlin Scholarship-2009: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. This competitive fellowship, selected by the postgraduate medical education scholarship committee, is to support medical fellowships, medical training or research, or other medical education programs.

Graduate teaching

  • Hearing Disorders (HUCD 5260)
  • Introduction to Biomedical Technologies in Clinical Settings (BMNG 5050)

Committee membership

  • Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
  • American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • The Triological Society (American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society)
  • The Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children
  • Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  • Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council
  • IWK Medical Dental Scientific Staff Executive
  • IWK Credentialing Committee
  • Department of Surgery Research Committee, and IWK Scientific Review Committee