I enjoy helping people breathe better.
Aria Hong, M.D., a board certified pulmonologist, seeks to help people quit smoking and improve the lives of asthma and COPD patients. She is highly skilled in her field having vast experience managing critically ill patients at two of Southern California’s top medical intensive care units.
A UCLA honors graduate, Dr. Hong earned her medical degree at Georgetown University where she also completed her residency. She continued her training with a pulmonology and critical care fellowship at University of California Irvine.
Dr. Hong chose the medical field because she wanted to make a difference. “Becoming a physician,” she said, “allows me to use the knowledge and training that I gain to make a meaningful impact in someone else’s life.”