Michael K. Ong, MD PhD

University of California, Los Angeles
Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research
911 Broxton Avenue, 1st Floor
Los Angeles CAUSA
90024

Biographical Sketch: Michael K. Ong, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Ong received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in Health Services and Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed the Primary Care Internal Medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and a VA Ambulatory Care Fellowship with the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University, prior to joining the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Ong’s 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 smoking cessation. He is also the Chair of the State of California Tobacco Education & Research Oversight Committee.