Carl Tong
Expertise in
3
conditions
Expertise in
3
conditions
3838 North Campbell Avenue, Building 2, 
Tucson, AZ 

Overview

I’m passionate about advancing heart failure care through innovative devices, myofilament research, and digital twin technology. As a USAF veteran, I value collaboration and precision medicine. Family is my top priority, and outside of work, I enjoy classical music, playing the violin, and exploring the outdoors through running and hiking.

Dr. Tong is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Right Ventricle Hypoplasia, and Pulmonary Edema.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Texas A&M University Health Science Center, 2002
Residency
Duke University Medical Center, 2005
Specialties
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Internal Medicine in AZ
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, 2010
Hospital Affiliations
Banner University Medical Center Tucson
Banner University Medical Center South
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Banner - University Medicine North
3838 North Campbell Avenue, Building 2, Tucson, AZ 85719

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Tong has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Heart Transplant
Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


29 Total Publications

Synthetic ultrasound images to benchmark echocardiography-based biomechanics.
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