Zhaodi gong, md/pHD

Eager to learn more about chronic pain management, Dr. Gong moved to California in 2014 and started her fellowship in Clinical Pain Medicine at Stanford Pain Management Center. Through the fellowship training, she not only mastered a variety of interventional pain procedures, but also learned in depth about multidisciplinary pain management approach emphasizing integration of multimodal medical management, mind and body, pain psychology and physical therapy.
During her fellowship training, Dr. Gong was also very excited at the novel application of PRP and stem cell therapy in pain management. She believes that regenerative therapy will help some pain patients in a better and longer-lasting way.
Since the opening of her private practice in 2017, Dr. Gong has helped numerous chronic pain patients manage their pain through PRP and stem cell therapy without surgery.
Dr. Gong also has special interest and passion in chornic pain management of patients with Lyme disease and alternative treatment of Lyme disease and its co-infections with acupunctuer and herbal medications.

dEGREE & Training

1996 MD degree in 7-year clinical mdicine from Norman Bethune Medical College of Jilin University, (Changchun city, Jilin Province, P.R.China)
2003 PhD degree in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy at Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL)
2010 Residency in Internal Medicine at St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport, CT)
2013 Residency in Anesthesia at Yale-New Haven Medical Center (New Haven, CT)
2015 Fellowship in Clinical Pain Medicine at Stanford Pain Management Center (Redwood City, CA)

pUBLICATIONS

Papers & Abstracts

Gao, J, Gong Z, Montesano D, Glazer E, Liegner, K. “Repurposing” Disulfiram in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Retrospective Review of First 3 Years’ Experience in One Medical Practice. Antibiotics 2020; 9 (12): 868
Gong Z & Ottestad E. Ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block for persistent knee pain after knee surgery. 2015 American Pain Society (APS) Annual Meeting, poster 373
Gong Z, Fishman M, Coleman S, Navani A & Ottestad E. Flare of CRPS symptoms after lidocaine infusion. 2015 APS Annual Meeting poster 398
Gong Z & Ottestad E. Pain over the dorsum of third metacarpophalangeal joint: which nerve to block, radial or ulnar. 2015 APS Annual Meeting poster 371
Gong Z & Thomas D. Inadequate pain control with oxycodone in a patient taking Dilantin. 2014 AAPM Annual Meeting, poster 167
Gong Z & S. Chung. Challenge of perioperative management in patient on Suboxone and Adderall with Propofol and Ketamine double infusion. 2011 ASA Annual Meeting (Chicago), Clinically Challenged Case presentation
Gong Z & S. Chung. Intraoperative co-administration of Propofol and Ketamine for anesthetic management of patient on a Suboxone program. 2011 AAPM Annual Meeting, poster 182
Petersen, T, Hitchcock T, Muto A, Calle E, Zhao L, Gong Z, et al. Utility of telomerase-pot 1 fusion protein in vascular tissue engineering. Cell Transplant 2010; 19(1): 79-87
Gong Z & Niklason LE. Small-diameter human vessel wall engineered from bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). The FASEB Journal 2008; 22: 1635-1648
Gong Z, Calkins G, Cheng E, Krause D, Niklason LE. Influence of culture media on smooth muscle cell differentiation from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue Engineering Part A, 2009;15(2):319-330
Gong Z & Niklason LE. Blood vessels engineered from human cells. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 2006;16(5):153-156
Wezeman FW & Gong Z. Adipogenic effect of alcohol on human bone marrowderived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2004;28(7):1091-1101
Gong Z & Wezeman FW. Inhibitory effect of alcohol on osteogenic differentiation in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2004; 28(3): 468-479
Wezeman FW & Gong Z. Bone marrow triglyceride accumulation and hormonal changes during long-term alcohol intake in male and female rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2001;25(10):1515~1522
Gong Z, Huang J, et al. The effect of local T cells on B cells in producing antiPPD antibodies in patients with tuberculosis exudative pleuritis. Journal of BUMS 1998; 11(2): 34~38
Gong Z, Wang SL & Li SL. The effect of Rhodosin on pharyngeal carcinoma cells in vitro. Journal of BUMS 1995; 21(3):121~123

Book chapters

Gong Z, Chadha R, Despande R, et al. Opoid abuse in ICU in book Substance Abuse: Inpatient and Outpatient Management for Every Clinician edited by Kaye AD, Vadivelu N and Urman R. Springer Press New York, January 2014
Gong Z ECT & Heart Disease: anesthetic consideration, acute mountain sickness treatment, Generic Clinical Sciences in Anesthesiology Keywords Review, editor Modak R 2012
Gong Z Myotonic dystrophy: Pre-op evaluation, Organ-Based Clinical in Anesthesiology Keywords Review, editor Modak R 2012
Gong Z Saphenous nerve damage: signs, Anatomy in Anesthesiology Keywords Review, editor Modak R 2012
Gong Z Aging: cardiovascular physiology & Morbid Obesity: Hypoxemia physiology, Generic Clinical Sciences in Anesthesiology Keywords Review, editor Modak R 2011
Gong Z Fenoldopam: Renal effects & Smoking cessation respiratory physiology, Organ-Based Clinical in Anesthesiology Keywords Review, editor Modak R 2011
Gong Z & Niklason LE. Use of human mesenchymal stem cells as alternative source of smooth muscle cells in vessel engineering in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Assay and Application, Methods in Molecular Biology in Springer Protocols editors Chase L, Rao M & Vemuri M. 2011; 698: 279-294
Gong Z, Calkins G, Cheng E, Krause D, Niklason LE. Influence of culture media on smooth muscle cell differentiation from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Chapter 26 in Advances in Tissue Engineering Volume 2: Stem Cells, editors Peter J & Antonios M, 2010