John K. Hong's Online Review Report Card

After YEARS of seeing specialist after specialist and years of physical therapy, acupuncture, injections, and experimenting with pain medications, I finally found Dr Hong. He was able to relieve my pain. Dr Hong’s different method of injections have given me more pain free, medication free days then I’ve had in a long time. He has drastically changed my quality of life and I am absolutely grateful for his knowledge, time, and compassion. I cannot express my gratitude enough to a doctor who has changed my life in such a dramatic way.

Won't Do Pain Pumps " ANISTISIA WORE OFF DURING MY SURGERY" Had to Reschedule my HF 10 Nervo implant , Won't Prescribe Opiates and He Basically Passed me on to his other Doctors in House to do Nothing....

Reception staff is consistently rude and treat patients as if we are supposed to know all the ins and outs about the referral process. Dr. Kalin left the practice and I only found out because I requested to make an appointment. When I asked when and why, I was told it happened "a while ago" and that Dr. Hong would be following up. I never received any follow up. I then tried to make an appointment with Dr. Hong, however, his receptionist said he would not see me based on the request I made (I have degenerative disc disease and requested a doctor's note). Needless to say, I will be looking for a new doctor and would not recommend anyone consider Gateway Spine for treatment.

My son had been having radiating back pain which went undiagnosed by MANY doctors. All of them thought it was in my son's head. Luckily I found Dr. Hong who ordered testing and found a small tumor (benign) inbetween 2 of my sons ribs that was causing his pain. My son also suffers from anxiety, especially for all things medical. Dr. Hong was kind, compassionate and very calming. He listened to my son and talked treatment options out with him, making sure he was comfortable, never seeming to be in a big hurry to get to the next patient. I can't say enough good things about him!

After 3 straight weeks of taking ridiculously expensive Uber’s, over 2 hours each way, Dr Hong kept prescribing medication that wasn’t covered by my insurance. He did nothing to correct or accommodate the situation, instead leaving me in a lurch for 3 straight weeks with no medication at all and no apologies or attempts to help me, just told me I needed to wait another week until his next office opening, only to leave me in a lurch repeatedly. Kept discouraging me from seeing my neurosurgeon, telling me that I ‘most likely would never be fixed’ but he could no longer be hassled by my insurance not covering his recommended prescriptions. Told me if I ever ‘got better insurance coverage’ he would resume caring for me, but in the meantime, completely left me high and dry with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MANAGE MY PAIN OF 15 years! Completely cold, and negligent-stay away🤬

Doctor Hong and his people are a breath of fresh air! Compared to my last pain management doctor in Orland Park, Il. He and his staff try very hard to keep his appointments on time but always has the time to discuss what's on your mind! He is a straight shooter and care more about his patients than his bank account.

I'm hoping Dr. Hong doesn't care for his patients the way he runs his office. Many phone calls trying to get some information on what he does before making an appt. for my 90 year old dad. NO ONE with any knowledge/information will call me back or even explain to me his procedures!!! Too bad............won't be recommending him or seeing him!

Dr. Hong is friendly and very competent.

I didn’t think I would ever have pain relief following a work Comp injury. Dr. Hong knew exactly what types of treatments would help the different areas of injury. Also his staff is amazing and friendly. Stacie PA is very knowledgeable and kind. I’m happy I was referred to Dr. Hong.

Dr. Hong made me feel comfortable and showed his concern for my health and saftey. He prepared me by explaining the procedure and making sure that all my questions were answered. The procedure when as planned. The other thing that struck me about Dr. Hong was how the nurses and techs related to him and how they spoke about him. Excellent!