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Additional Practice Locations:VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 11301 Wilshire BoulevardBuilding 500Los Angeles, CA 90073
Michael Ong, MD PhD, is a Professor in Residence of Medicine & Health Policy and Management at UCLA. He is Chief of the Hospitalist Division at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Dr. Ong is a practicing general internist. His research interests focus on improving the delivery of appropriate and efficient health care by general internal medicine physicians. His research has applied this focus in several areas of general medicine, including hospital-based care, mental health, and tobacco control. Dr. Ong co-directs the new Stakeholder-Partnered Implementation Research and Innovation Translation (SPIRIT) Learning Health System (LHS) Center of Excellence in LHS Researcher Training funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He co-leads the BreatheWell and ResearchWell Pods for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA. Dr. Ong is currently Chair of the State of California Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee.
DGSOM Faculty ProfileFSPH Faculty Profile HPM Faculty ProfileJCCC Faculty ProfileCTSI Faculty ProfileSPIRIT K12
Michael Ong's Bibliography
What's behind the vaping-related lung illnesses? KCRW Doctors Raising Eyebrows Over New Electronic Cigarette Ads - NBC Los Angeles Professor named to another term on state tobacco education and research oversight committee - UCLA Newsroom $3.7 million grant aims to accelerate move to patient-centered care in health systems - UCLA Newsroom Could Legalizing Pot Diminish California’s Gains Against Smoking? - Kaiser Health News Prop. 56 will save lives and discourage young people from smoking - The Sacramento Bee Heart failure patients using telemonitoring are as likely to be readmitted to hospital as those receiving standard care - UCLA Newsroom Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care - New York Times
