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Benjamin Chong, MD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-645-2400
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Dr. Benjamin F. Chong joined the Department of Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as an Assistant Instructor in 2008. He received a Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry at Harvard University in 1999, and his MD degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2004. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2005, and his dermatology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, in 2008. He served as the chief resident from 2007-2008. His clinical interests include cutaneous lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, and sarcoidosis. He is the principal investigator of the University of Texas Southwestern Cutaneous Lupus Patient Registry and has his own laboratory studying the pathogenesis of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Education
| Other Post Graduate Training | UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dermatology (2009) |
| Residency | Henry Ford Hospital (2008) |
| Residency | Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor, MI (2005) |
| Medical School | Johns Hopkins University (2004) |
| Graduate School | UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
Research Interests
Publications
Word AP, Perese F, Tseng L, Adams-Huet B, Olsen NJ, Chong BF, British Journal of Dermatology, 2011; EPub
Chong BF, Song J, Olsen NJ, British Journal of Dermatology, 2011; EPub
Li QZ, Karp DR, Quan J, Branch VK, Zhou J, Lian Y, Chong BF, Wakeland EK, Olsen NJ, Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2011; 13:R38
Wang A*, Guilpain P*, Chong BF*, Chouzenoux S, Guillevin L, Du Y, Zhou XJ, Lin F, Fairhurst A, Boudreaux C, Roux C, Wakeland EK, Davis L, Batteux F, Mohan C (* - co-first-authors), Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2010; 62:3436-3446
Chong, BF, Mohan C , Expert Opin Ther Targets , October 2009; (13(10)):1147-53
Clark RA, Chong BF, Mirchandani N, Yamanaka KI, Murphy GF, Dowgiert RK, Kupper TS. , J Invest Dermatol , May 2006; (126):1059-1070
Clark RA, Chong B, Mirchandani N, Brinster NK, Yamanaka KI, Dowgiert RK, Kupper TS. , J Immunol , April 2006; (176):4431-4439
Chong BF, Murphy J, Kupper TS, Fuhlbrigge RC. , J Immunol , February 2004; (172):1575-1581
Chong, BF, Wong, HK , Clin Exp Dermatol , July 2009; (34(5)):e11-3
Chong BF, Wilson AJ, Gibson HM, Hafner MS, Luo Y, Hedgcock C, Wong HK , Clin Cancer Res , February 2008; (14(3)):646-53
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Honors/Awards
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1st prize (2008)
1st prize (2006)
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Professional Associations/Affiliations
Medical Advisory Council Member (2012)
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