JT Kong

Pain management specialist, Anesthesiologist, Medical acupuncturist


Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

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Additional Languages Spoken:
Mandarin

Biography


Dr. Jiang-Ti Kong specializes in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes with expertise in the clinical management and scientific investigation of low back pain and fibromyalgia. In addition to teaching and practicing conventional pain management, Dr. Kong also leads the acupuncture service at the Stanford Pain Management Center, offering effective treatment alternatives for patients suffering from back pain, neck pain, joint pain, headaches, and complex regional pain syndrome. Dr. Kong has developed a strong interest in the interdisciplinary study of chronic pain mechanisms and alternative treatment modalities such as acupuncture. She currently leads two NIH-funded projects investigating the mechanisms of electro-acupuncture for the treatment of chronic low back pain.

Professional Summary


Education & Certifications
  • Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesia (2009)
  • Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine (2004) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine (2012)
  • Fellowship: Stanford Pain Management (2009) CA
  • Residency: Stanford University (2008) CA
  • Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital (2005) MA

Memberships
  • Member, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (2014 - Present)
  • Associate Member, Association of University Anesthesiologists (2016 - Present)
  • Secretary and member of the executive board, Society for Acupuncture Research (2013 - Present)

Administrative Appointments
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (2021 - 2023)
  • Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (2014 - 2021)

Publications

Practice Locations


Pain Management Center in Redwood City Redwood City, CA
Redwood City, CA

450 Broadway Street, Pavilion A, 1st Floor

Redwood City , CA 94063

(650) 723-6238

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Patient Ratings

(118 Ratings)

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4.7/5

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4.7/5
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4.7/5
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4.7/5
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4.7/5
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Patient Reviews

(138 reviews)

Dr. Kong is kind, knowledgeable and has a good treatment plan for me.
Dr Kong is a great doctor! She listens and understands pain
Just listen not compare me with other
Dr Kong is amazing to work with - she really cares and works hard to help
Great doctor, thank you so much for your hard work and kindness.
Dr.Kong is one amazing woman
Amazing Doctor
She is fabulous! She has been fabulous from my first visit till my video visit! I would hope that many Dr’s could learn from her! Great bedside manner and I loved the fact she would smile at me through our video visit! She very pleasant and very through about my care.
Explanations were very helpful.
Very thoughtful. Had many options for me to consider. Patient with me Knowledgeable.
Dr, Kong is very kind and a good listener to the specific information I wanted and questions I had.
Resourceful
Very clear in communicating and clarifying medical situations and steps to curing and relieving. She was eager to help with understanding difficulties, and logically reviewing various ways to deal with pains. Veery understanding personally of the feelings, both emotional as well as physical., of pain and loss of abilities. She related to me very much as a caring Mother figure.
She’s very caring, personable and responsive.
Amazing doctor I love her
Very kind and helpful. She understood what I was saying about my issues. It was very nice meeting her today.
Jiang-Ti Kong Was a very knowledgeable and Dr. That I liked and made me feel very comfortable when administering my first trigger shots. She explained things step by step, as she went through the process of injecting each area of the muscles.
She is very thorough and pleasant Dr. I throughly enjoy talking with her and do recommend her to my friends
She was incredibly kind, asked us good questions while also allowing us to share. She was very empathetic and helpful
Polite, thorough, listened, very professional, knowledgeable, listened, informative and incredibly respectful to me and all staff
Very easy to talk to. Dr. Kong makes sure you ask all questions you have and she double checks that she has answered everything you asked about.
She is not right doctor for botax
Thank you again for amazing care!
Dr. Kong was lovely. She listened well and empathetically. I never felt rushed.
Dr. Kong is wonderful
I felt she really listened and tried to analysis all my concerns to see what she could do to help me find and understand if I can get any relief. She was extremely patient and not short or frustrated with me as a patient as I tried to explain myself.
I think she is very through and wants to be very helpful
Amazing dr.
Dr. Kong is wonderful. Patient, positive, informative, and professional.
The care provider team was amazing- they laughed and put me at ease- yet were professional and highly skilled.
Dr.Kong is a superb physician. She has a thorough understanding of my condition, and she’s been extremely helpful in recommending next steps.
She is very nice and concerned about your problems
Very good doctor.
Before appt hasn’t reviewed my case.
Dr. Kong is skilled, caring and professional.
Very through
Dr. Kong was very helpful, and suggested several additional methods for dealing with the pain issues that have been occurring on me.
She was extremely caring and professional
Excellent attention to detail! Thank you so much for your time and care.
I Love Dr Kong!! She listens well, takes time to answer questions and is on time!!
Dr. Kong is extraordinary and offers unique help and treatment
The doctor was very helpful and attentive. Whe patiently answered all of my questions and concerns. I felt i was in good hands.
Dr Kong is very thorough and sincere in determining the right course of care
I appreciate Dr Kong and think she was an effective communicator. We had a lot to get through and we did pretty well! I do believe she was empathetic. More to the point Dr Kong displayed deep knowledge of the treatments, applicability, including more novel ones. She was confident in a diagnosis that others have not, and I have confidence in her diagnosis. She was thorough, logical, reasoned and explained why she was thinking what she was.
This is for 8/25/22 visit. Funny how I never received a review visit after that one. If you want a review for 9/15/22 send me a form
I thought Dr. Kong listened intently to my answers and conveyed a sense of appreciating my situation. I am in good hands with Dr. Kong, and I hope to avoid my symptoms from getting worse.
See seems very knowledgeable and was/is concerned for my health.
Doctors were very nice and explained everything step-by-step
Every one is very calm and friendly ,also on time.
Extremely helpful in reviewing my health and procedure follow up. Make great recommendations and explain why those recommendations are best for me and use great visualization in her explanation. All in all, makes me feel at ease and confident in her proposal and I know I will be well taken care of.
I cannot say enough about Dr Kong. She's very thorough and covers the more important issues and recommends thoughtful treatment plan.
Dr Kong is amazing and so helpful when I am in pain.
Very caring attitude with creative solutions
She is a good doctor.
Dr. Kong was an excellent doctor. She listened to all of my past experiences and she asked lots of questions about my conditions. She was very informative and explained everything clearly. She was very approachable and nice. I would definitely recommend her!
Dr. Kong is amazing--engaged, supportive, caring
Dr Kong spent considerable amount of time to understand my concerns & answer questions.
She is very compassionate in what she does and very easy to speak to. It's nice to be able to speak openly and have us both laughing..
She is great. Knowledgeable and pragmatic.
Dr. Kong was wonderful to talk to. I felt that she completely understood the nature of my pain issues, and she proposed a variety of approaches to address them. She will follow up with an office visit and then make a decision on how yo proceed. My meeting with Dr. Kong was the most thorough and medically sound conversation I have had with any physician regarding pain. I’m quite satisfied that I would be in good hands with her.
Great service
Dr. Kong is lovely!
She is very helpful and understanding. She listens well, and advocates for her patients.
Slow down just a little and maybe let the patient explain more.
She is a very good Dr. She listens to you. Remembers you after the first time. Her actions are pretty quick. She does what she says she is going to do. I like her very much.
I was told things I didn't know.
Best pain MD I have seen.
Dr. Jiang-Ti Kong is amazing; very lucky to be under her care. Thank you for all that you do.
She has been very helpful with my pain management.
Thank you for your time today and listening so closely.
She's amazing
I am very pleased with the video visit with Dr. Kong. She is very attentive, she asked insightful questions and listened to my own questions and concerns. I am happy to have her review my condition and provide guidance on the path to follow. She provided steps for immediate action and helped me plan for future steps.
I enjoyed my video visit with Dr. Kong, she seemed to be truly concerned and caring during our visit and had good suggestions regarding developing my treatment plan.
I would appreciate my concerns to be addressed and she tells me about all these procedures involving shots and I'm not comfortable with not being familiar with all this new to me pain injection and she explain me that's what pain management does is injections and personally feel that is not true. I'm not comfortable with injections I know nothing about not to mention needles make me sick so I'm very reluctant. I just can't understand how I'm in pain and nothing is being done. I have to have a MRI tonight and Dr Kong said she prescribed me kolinipin for my anxiety but it hasn't from what my pharmacist said so hopefully I make it because my anxiety will have me jumping out of the machine.
She was a lovely physician with a good bedside manner. She was polite and actively listened in our short meeting. She didn't push my mother before she was ready to make any decisions regarding the treatment plan and was able to provide some options of care. She was helpful and encouraging.
The doctor was excellent
Dr. Kong was very attentive to listening and perceiving where the pain was being experienced and sharing what was seen on the previous and latest MRIs. Her plan for treating the pain was well explained. I was overall impressed with Dr. Kong and felt comfortable being her patient.
Love her. Good doctor.
Dr. Kong is a highly caring pain management professional. I have received very effective treatment from Dr. Kong with excellent results. I wish more medical doctors were like Dr. Kong.
I Believe that she is truly trying to help me I went to UCSF for at least 15 years and she’s done more for me and the few visits I’ve seen her than they did
Dr. Kong was very nice, asked lots of questions and listened to my answers and requests.
I found Dr. Kong to be very engaged, energetic and knowledgeable. This was the first time I had seen her. She listened to me, briefly looked at my history, and came up to speed quickly on my somewhat complicated case. She walked me through my MRI report line by line, which was good. Then she clearly outlined the next steps for me, and exactly what follow-up I should do after my upcoming procedures. She seems very pro-active and this gives me more hope going forward. I have confidence that she will follow through with helping move my treatment forward.
Dr Kong is fantastic
It's been a pleasure. She is definitely knowledgeable professionally, communicates very well with patients, and positive in her attitude. She is an excellent choice as the primary contact for the department.
Excellent personality, professional, good sense of humor, very patient , explained her plans for treatment going forward. Instilled confidence I could be treated ..
excellent doctor listened knowledgeable
She was the first doctor in over a yearthat actually made me feel like I had the right to call and say "can you help me?" And then, SHE DID.
She was extremely helpful and nice. I liked her immediately. She was very caring and kind,and answered all of my questions.
Very clear and a pleasure to talk to. Took the time to explain everything in detail. Made a clear list of my homework
She was very nice and very helpful.
The Dr. was great! She blended her professional skills with her social ones and made me feel very comfortable!
dr. king was the best of all
Dr. Jiang Ti Kong was amazing. She was extremely professional, took time to be sure I understood my procedure and her C-I-CARE was above and beyond. She was timely, an amazing clinician and made sure that I felt comfortable, informed and clinically excellent.
Love her! For my sessions - no other patient exists during that time -
Dr. Kong is an amazing doctor! She is always thorough, attentive and caring.
Dr. Kong is awesome!
Dr. Kong was extremely friendly, professional and caring.
Absolutely love Dr. Kong - She is an expert in her field, she is so caring and personable - there is not doubt she is cooking out for the best for you.
Dr. Kong is great. She is extremely courteous, thorough, attentive and most of all caring.
Dr. Kong has been wonderful each visit I have had. She hears me and I do her.
Dr. Jiang Kong was wonderful during my visit.
Dr. Kong is the best!!
Dr Kong is the best
Excellent physician!
Excellent care.
Dr. Kong is always very attentive
Excellent.
Dr Kong is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!
Dr. Kong is amazing, I only wish they had more dr in her specialty. Her services to reduce pain are as good or better than most treatments; you need to clone her
All amazing! Thank you.
I never feel rushed she's as gentle as a lamb.
She is very compassionate, and thorough. She spends a lot of time with you.
Excellent care, responsive to questions, put me at ease given my limited prior and unsuccessful treatment with acupuncture, efficient in reviewing my extensive responses to questionnaire.
Dr. Kong is a caring & great doctor.
Dr. Kong is excellent in her work!
Dr. Kong is very thorough, attentive, & courteous. An outstanding doctor!
I am in good hands!
Once I was scheduled with Dr. Kong I was delighted.
10. Yes, I would recommend.
This doctor is one of the most pleasant down-to-earth & caring physicians!
Dr. Kong is amazing. one of the best doctors I have ever had. very compassionate and caring and as a result able to help ease my pain.
The doctor was great at answering my questions but did speak very fast.
Dr. JT Kong is an exceptional doctor.
Dr. J.T. Kong IS GREAT!
Listened very well, able to give relief for pain where other doctors did not.
Dr. Kong is a wonderful physician. I feel like she really cares about me.
Dr. Kong is an outstanding physician.
I am very impressed with Dr. Kong. she really cares about me and I feel very confident she will do her best to help me.
Fantastic bedside manner. Warm, confident and competent.
Very good in looking outside the specific treatment area (acupuncture) and 1. Suggesting follow-up with a fatigue specialist. 2. Prescribing a drug that she thought would help me.
Dr. Kong is a great Stanford physician. The best of all!
Dr. Kong is wonderful and caring, has really helped me.
Very nice manner & excellent physician.
Dr. Kong is one of the best providers I have EVER had, and her acupuncture treatments have been exceptionally helpful.
Friendly, patient. Explained treatment thoroughly and waited for insurance approval.
Dr. Kong is incredible. She works relentlessly to solve my issues.
Dr. Kong understands the very complicated nature of my health. Wouldn't trust anyone else like I trust her.
Dr. Kong seemed more interested in "her" evaluation of me, disregarding my extensive medical history Dr. Kong also said she would help me find a doctor to treat me. Outdated info is all.

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