Portrait of Donald L Hong, MD

Donald L Hong, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Hong is a core faculty member of the ID Fellowship Training Program, serving as Co-Director of the STI and HIV Track. He specializes in HIV and STI care, HIV prevention, and public health, with a special focus on outpatient HIV care, HIV PrEP implementation, inpatient outcomes for syphilis treatment, and community education regarding STI diagnosis and treatment.

Donald Hong, MD, is the Associate Medical Director of the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic, the Medical Director of the St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center, and the Faculty Advisor for the Internal Medicine Residency’s Sexual Health Ambulatory Rotation.

Dr. Hong specializes in HIV and STI care, HIV prevention, and public health, with a special focus on outpatient HIV care, HIV PrEP implementation, inpatient outcomes for syphilis treatment, and community education regarding STI diagnosis and treatment. Through his work in the STI/HIV Prevention Training Center, he provides education around our region regarding STI/HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

As a core faculty member of the ID Fellowship Training Program, Dr. Hong serves as Co-Director of the STI and HIV Track. He attends on the General Infectious Disease inpatient consult service teaching fellows, residents, and students. He also sees patients in his outpatient virology clinic providing care for persons living with HIV and in the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic providing testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.

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Patients seen at
WashU – Village Square Pharmacy

Village Square

  • Mailing Address: Village Square 1
    Village Square Shopping Center, Suite 1
    Hazelwood, MO 63042
  • Phone: 314-362-9098

Specialists at the WashU Medicine infectious disease clinic manage complicated diseases with compassion and clinical expertise.

Additional Titles
  • Associate Medical Director, St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic
  • Medical Director, St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center
  • Faculty Advisor for the Internal Medicine Residency’s Sexual Health Ambulatory Rotation
Education
  • BS, Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (2010)
  • Medical Degree: University of Missouri – Columbia, MO (2018)
  • Residency: Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital (2021)
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine (2023)
Recognition
  • Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award – Washington University School of Medicine (2022)
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
Selected Publications
  1. Cherabie J, Weatherall G, Kojima P, Bender C, Hong D, Karpman L, Brand A, Ramakrishnan A, Presti R, Reno H. LIMIT Trial: Lidocaine With Intramuscular Injection of Benzathine Penicillin G for Treponema pallidum Treatment. Sex Transm Dis. 2026 Nov 1;53(11):814-817. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002400. Epub 2026 Aug 22. PMID: 42636150.
  2. Hong D, Falvey DE. Rearrangement, Elimination, and Ring-Opening Reactions of Cyclopropyl-Substituted Nitrenium Ions: A Computational and Experimental Investigation. J Org Chem. 2024 Aug 2;89(15):10785-10795. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01014. Epub 2024 Jul 14. PMID: 39004832.
  3. Hong D, Cherabie J, Reno HE. Taking a Sexual History: Best Practices. Med Clin North Am. 2024 Mar;108(2):257-266. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2023.09.004. Epub 2023 Oct 30. PMID: 38331478.
  4. Thum MD, Hong D, Zeppuhar AN, Falvey DE. Visible-Light Photocatalytic Oxidation of DMSO for RAFT Polymerization. Photochem Photobiol. 2021 Nov;97(6):1335-1342. doi: 10.1111/php.13468. Epub 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34129686.