{"id":20231,"date":"2024-02-13T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=20231"},"modified":"2024-02-13T22:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T03:57:06","slug":"congratulations-to-young-ki-hong-md-coopers-new-division-head-of-surgical-oncology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2024\/02\/congratulations-to-young-ki-hong-md-coopers-new-division-head-of-surgical-oncology\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Young Ki Hong, MD, Cooper\u2019s New Division Head of Surgical Oncology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/doctors\/young-hong-md\">Young Ki Hong, MD, MPH, FACS, FSSO<\/a>, was named Division Head of Surgical Oncology at Cooper University Health Care and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Dr. Hong will replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/doctors\/umur-atabek-md\">Umur M. Atabek, MD, FACS<\/a>, one of the most respected surgeons at our institution, who has been the division\u2019s leader for more than 25 years. Dr. Atabek is moving to his new administrative leadership role in the operating rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of the growth and development of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/services\/surgical-oncology\">Surgical Oncology Program<\/a> and am excited about our bright future with Dr. Hong as the leader,\u201d said Dr. Atabek. \u201cDr. Hong is the ideal leader of Cooper Surgical Oncology, a regional and national leader in academic surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hong trained in general surgery at Georgetown University Hospital and completed fellowships in surgical oncology at the National Cancer Institute and University of Louisville and a hepato-pancreato-biliary fellowship at University of Louisville. 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