Kathleen Hong, MD, is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist.
Philosophy of Care:
She strives to provide innovative medical care and does so with a caring and compassionate manner.
Clinical Interests:
Embryology
Medical School
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2007.
Residency
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2011.
Fellowship
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 2014.
Publications
Title:
Vitamin D levels do not affect IVF outcomes following the transfer of euploid blastocysts
Authors:
Franasiak JM, Molinaro T, Dubell EK, Scott K, Ruiz A, Forman EJ, Werner MD, Hong KH, Scott RT Jr.
Publisher:
Am J Obstet Gynecol
Date:
Sept 2014
Title:
Endometrial infusion of human chorionic gonadotropin at the time of blastocyst embryo transfer does not impact clinical outcomes: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Authors:
Hong KH, Forman EJ, Werner MD, Upham KM, Gumeny CL, Winslow AD, Kim TJ, Scott RT Jr
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
Sept 2014
Title:
Defining the "sweet spot" for administered luteinizing hormone-to-follicle-stimulating hormone gonadotropin ratios during ovarian stimulation to protect against a clinically significant late follicular increase in progesterone: an analysis of 10,280 first in vitro fertilization cycles
Authors:
Werner MD, Forman EJ, Hong KH, Franasiak JM, Molinaro TA, Scott RT Jr.
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
Aug 2014
Title:
Trophectoderm DNA fingerprinting by quantitative real-time PCR successfully distinguishes sibling human embryos
Authors:
Scott RT 3rd, Su J, Tao X, Forman EJ, Hong KH, Taylor D, Treff NR
Publisher:
J Assist Reprod Genet.
Date:
Aug 2014
Title:
Examining the temperature of embryo culture in IVF: a randomized controlled trial comparing traditional core temperature (37°C) to a more physiologic, cooler temperature (36°C)
Authors:
Hong KH, Lee H, Forman EJ, Upham KM, Scott RT Jr
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
July 2014
Title:
Embryology training for Reproductive Endocrine fellows in the clinical human embryology laboratory
Authors:
Scott RT Jr, Hong KH, Werner MD, Forman EJ, Ruiz A, Cheng MC, Zhao T, Upham KM
Publisher:
J Assist Reprod Genet.
Date:
Feb 2014
Issue:
31:385-391
Title:
The nature of aneuploidy with increasing age of the female partner: a review of 15,169 consecutive trophectoderm biopsies evaluated with comprehensive chromosomal screening
Authors:
Franasiak JM, Forman EJ, Hong KH, Werner MD, Upham KM, Treff NR, Scott RT Jr
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
March 2013
Issue:
101(3):656-663
Title:
Obstetrical and neonatal outcomes from the BEST Trial: Single embryo transfer with aneuploidy screening improves outcomes after in vitro fertilization without compromising delivery rates
Authors:
Forman EJ, Hong KH, Franasiak JM, Scott RT Jr
Publisher:
Am J Obstet Gynecol
Date:
2014
Issue:
210:157. e1-6
Title:
Blastocyst biopsy with comprehensive chromosome screening and fresh embryo transfer significantly increases in vitro fertilization implantation and delivery rates: a randomized controlled trial
Authors:
Scott RT Jr, Upham KM, Forman EJ, Hong KH, Scott KL, Taylor D, Tao X, Treff NR
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
Sept 2013
Issue:
100(3):697-703
Title:
Comprehensive chromosome screening alters traditional morphology-based embryo selection: a prospective study of 100 consecutive cycles of planned fresh euploid blastocyst transfer
Authors:
Forman EJ, Upham KM, Cheng M, Zhao T, Hong KH, Treff NR, Scott RT Jr.
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
Sept 2013
Issue:
100(3) 718-24
Title:
In vitro fertilization with single euploid blastocyst transfer: a randomized controlled trial
Authors:
Forman EJ, Hong KH, Ferry KM, Tao X, Taylor D, Levy B, Treff NR, Scott RT Jr
Publisher:
Fertil Steril
Date:
July 2013
Issue:
100(1):100-107
Title:
Delivery of a chromosomally normal child from an oocyte with reciprocal aneuploid polar bodies
Authors:
Scott RT Jr., Treff NR, Stevens J, Forman EJ, Hong KH, Katz-Jaffe MG