Suk Ki Hong Named SUNY Distinguished Professor

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Suk Ki Hong, M.D., Ph.D., professor of physiology at the University at Buffalo, has been named a Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank in the State University of New York system.

The title is awarded by the SUNY Board of Trustees in recognition of an individual's reputation in his or her field and contributions to the research literature or the arts.

A UB faculty member since 1975, Hong also serves as director of graduate studies in the Department of Physiology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Before coming to UB, he was professor and chair of physiology at the University of Hawaii.

Hong's research interests lie in the areas of renal and environmental physiology.

He has authored or co-authored nearly 190 articles for scholarly publications and more than 40 textbooks, monographs and book chapters.

He has earned numerous academic awards, including the Stockton Kimball Award from the UB medical school for excellence in research, education and service, and a special citation for distinguished service from the Japanese Panel on Diving Physiology and Technology of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources.

Hong received a medical degree from Yonsei University in Korea and a doctorate in physiology from the University of Rochester.

He lives in Getzville.