Tong, Ai Phuong
Ai Phuong Tong, MD, PhD
Medical School:
University of Washington
Bio:
I have resided in Washington for over a decade. Prior to medical school, I completed my undergraduate training in Physics and Biology from Colby College (2011-2014) and in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University (2014-2016). During medical school (2016-2024), I extended a few years to complete a PhD in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford (2020-2024), where I investigated electrophysiological biomarkers and mechanisms of human learning and episodic memory. I am passionate about providing personalized surgical care for patients.
Personal Interests:
Exploring new places and traveling for food with family and friends, instructing machines to perform specific actions, creating visualizations with pens and markers
Clinical Interests:
Image-guided surgery, Robot-assisted surgery, Minimally invasive surgery, Surgery of the nervous system
Professional Activities:
American College of Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Why UW?
The University of Washington serves tremendously diverse communities and offers access to many clinical resources and research facilities for collaborations to advance clinical care.
Publications:
- Ko AL, Tong APS, Mossa-Basha M, Weaver K, Ojemann JG, Miller JW, Hakimian S. Effects of laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy on the structural connectome and its relationship to seizure freedom. Epilepsia. 2022; 63(1):176-189.
- Tong APS, Vaz AP, Wittig JH, Inati SK, Zaghloul KA. Ripples reflect a spectrum of synchronous spiking activity in human anterior temporal lobe. eLife. 2021; 10:e68401.
- Lee EJ, Hanchate NK, Kondoh K, Tong APS, Duang D, Spray A, Ye X, Buck LB. A psychological stressor conveyed by appetite-linked neurons. Science Advances. 2020; 6:eaay5366.
- Zhang Q, Xiao Z, Huang C, Hu S, Kulkarni P, Martinez E, Tong AP, Garg A, Zhou H, Chen Z, Wang J. Local field potential decoding of the onset and intensity of acute pain in rats. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8:8299.
- Zhang Q, Manders T, Tong AP, et al. Chronic pain induces generalized enhancement of aversion. eLife. 2017; 6:e25302.
- Chen Z, Zhang Q, Tong APS, Manders T, Wang J. Deciphering neuronal population codes for acute pain in a rodent model. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2017; 14(3):036023.