Alice Pik Shan Kong MBChB, MD, MRCP, FRCP, FRCP, ECFMG, FHKAM

Dr. Alice Kong is Professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. Dr. Kong graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and completed her training in General Medicine and Endocrinology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. She had her overseas training as a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Henry at the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, United States between 1998 and 1999. She became a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2000, with accreditation in Advanced Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow and Edinburgh. She has been the chairperson of the Specialty Board in Advanced Internal Medicine, Hong Kong College of Physicians, since 2017. Dr. Kong is a Steering Committee Member of the Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) program. She is the ex-Vice President of the Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity. Other professional association memberships include the Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Reproduction and the American Diabetes Association.

Dr. Kong’s research interests are obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes, with particular focus on lifestyle factors including sleep and diet in adults and adolescents. She is an invited reviewer for many local and international journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetic Medicine, etc. She is an Associate Editor of Primary Care Diabetes and an editorial board member of Current Diabetes Reports. She has presented at numerous local, regional, and international meetings and has published over 220 articles in peer-reviewed journals.