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Jennifer Hong, MD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology

Department(s)
Surgery
Molecular and Systems Biology

Education
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
BA, Princeton University

Programs
Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth
Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Contact Information

Office: 601 Remsen
Email: Jennifer.Hong@Dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Peripheral nerve surgery
Peripheral nervous system regeneration
Epilepsy
Spatial transcriptomics
AAV tropism

Grant Information

Understanding brain extracellular matrix in the tumor microenvironment (5P20 GM130454-05)

Whole-animal, high-resolution imaging of AAV tropism for the nervous system (1R21 NS130139-01)

Rapid Intraoperative Fluorescence Assessment of Nerve Damage (1R21 NS124150-01A1)

Courses Taught

IND 103 - Neuroanatomy

Biography

I am a clinically active stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon conducting translational research in peripheral nerve regeneration and epilepsy. I take an interdisciplinary approach to solve challenging clinical problems directly impacting patients, such as accelerating the rate of nerve repair after injury and treating seizures caused by brain tumors. My training and education have allowed me to live all over the US, but I love Dartmouth because of the collegial environment, the institutional support for collaboration and research, and the commitment to teaching and training future physicians and scientists. It’s also a place of great natural beauty and easy access to amazing hiking and skiing.


Selected Publications

 

Risk factors of postprocedure seizures following standalone middle meningeal artery embolization of chronic subdural hematomas: a bi-institutional retrospective analysis.
Ramirez-Velandia F, Ranawaka KH, Wadhwa A, Fodor TB, Salih M, Mensah EO, Lau TS, Pacheco-Barrios N, Enriquez-Marulanda A, Khan IS, Taussky P, Hong J, Ogilvy CS
Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Apr 3;48(1):350. doi: 10.1007/s10143-025-03504-2. Epub 2025 Apr 3.
PMID: 40175760

Pediatric Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Single-Center Experience at Average 5.3-Year Follow-Up.
Hong JX, Dravid A, Sankar WN, Sheth NP
J Arthroplasty. 2025 Mar 17; pii: S0883-5403(25)00229-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.03.017. Epub 2025 Mar 17.
PMID: 40107578

Quality assessment strategy development and analytical method selection of GMP grade biological drugs for gene and cell therapy.
Yang QE, Lee N, Johnson N, Hong J, Zhao JQ, Sun X, Zhang J
BBA Adv. 2025;7:100151. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2025.100151. Epub 2025 Feb 19.
PMID: 40094061

Integration of therapeutic cargo into the human genome with programmable type V-K CAST.
Liu J, Aliaga Goltsman DS, Alexander LM, Khayi KK, Hong JH, Dunham DT, Romano CA, Temoche-Diaz MM, Chadha S, Fregoso Ocampo R, Oki-O'Connell J, Janson OP, Turcios K, Gonzalez-Osorio L, Muysson J, Rahman J, Laperriere SM, Devoto AE, Castelle CJ, Butterfield CN, Cost GJ, Brown CT, Thomas BC
Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 13;16(1):2427. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57416-2. Epub 2025 Mar 13.
PMID: 40082411

PTEN mutations impair CSF dynamics and cortical networks by dysregulating periventricular neural progenitors.
DeSpenza T Jr, Kiziltug E, Allington G, Barson DG, McGee S, O'Connor D, Robert SM, Mekbib KY, Nanda P, Greenberg ABW, Singh A, Duy PQ, Mandino F, Zhao S, Lynn A, Reeves BC, Marlier A, Getz SA, Nelson-Williams C, Shimelis H, Walsh LK, Zhang J, Wang W, Prina ML, OuYang A, Abdulkareem AF, Smith H, Shohfi J, Mehta NH, Dennis E, Reduron LR, Hong J, Butler W, Carter BS, Deniz E, Lake EMR, Constable RT, Sahin M, Srivastava S, Winden K, Hoffman EJ, Carlson M, Gunel M, Lifton RP, Alper SL, Jin SC, Crair MC, Moreno-De-Luca A, Luikart BW, Kahle KT
Nat Neurosci. 2025 Mar;28(3):536-557. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01865-3. Epub 2025 Feb 24.
PMID: 39994410

Understanding Risk Factors for Postoperative Seizure Following Surgical Treatment and Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization of Chronic Subdural Hematomas.
Ranawaka KH, Ramirez-Velandia F, Fodor TB, Wadhwa A, Salih M, Lau TS, Pacheco-Barrios N, Khan IS, Enriquez-Marulanda A, Vega RA, Mensah E, Stippler M, Taussky P, Ogilvy CS, Hong J
World Neurosurg. 2025 Mar 15;197:123796. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2025.123796. Epub 2025 Mar 15.
PMID: 39961379

White matter connections within the central sulcus subserving the somato-cognitive action network.
Skandalakis GP, Vigano L, Neudorfer C, Rossi M, Fornia L, Cerri G, Kinsman KP, Bajouri Z, Tavakkoli AD, Koutsarnakis C, Lani E, Komaitis S, Stranjalis G, Zadeh G, Barrios-Martinez J, Yeh FC, Serletis D, Kogan M, Hadjipanayis CG, Hong J, Simmons N, Gordon EM, Dosenbach NUF, Horn A, Bello L, Kalyvas A, Evans LT
Brain. 2025 Jan 27; pii: awaf022. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaf022. Epub 2025 Jan 27.
PMID: 39869456

Synergistic Activation of VDR-RXR Heterodimers by Vitamin D and Rexinoids in Human Kidney and Brain Cells.
Doost ME, Hong J, Broatch JE, Applegate MT, Wagner CE, Marshall PA, Jurutka PW
Cells. 2024 Nov 14;13(22) doi: 10.3390/cells13221878. Epub 2024 Nov 14.
PMID: 39594626

The Relationship between Placental Shear Wave Elastography and Fetal Weight-A Prospective Study.
Cavanagh E, Crawford K, Hong JGS, Fontanarosa D, Edwards C, Wille ML, Hong J, Clifton VL, Kumar S
J Clin Med. 2024 Jul 29;13(15) doi: 10.3390/jcm13154432. Epub 2024 Jul 29.
PMID: 39124699

Importance of Multispecialty Coordination of Care in an Electroconvulsive Therapy Patient With Musculoskeletal, Neurological, and Vascular Injuries: A Case Report.
Lee HM, Kisicki MD, Hong J, Knight JC
J ECT. 2025 Mar 1;41(1):71-73. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000001037. Epub 2024 Jun 28.
PMID: 38968434

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