Alice Gong, MD

UT Health San Antonio
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Specialty
Neonatalperinatal Medicine
Board Affiliation/Certification
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Education
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1980
Residency
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital, 1982
Fellowships
State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1985
Languages
English
Gender
Female

University Hospital

4502 Medical Drive
San Antonio,TX 78229
Insurance Accepted
6 Degrees - Transplant
90 Degree Benefits - Commercial
Aetna - Commercial/Exchange (IFP)
Aetna - PPO/EPO/HMO/MC Advantage
Aetna - Smart Care EPO
Aetna - Transplant ONLY
Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-CHIP
Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-STAR
Ancira Enterprises - Direct Employer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Exchange (BlueAdvantage)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HMO/PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HPN/EPO (Narrow Network)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicaid-STAR
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage HMO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Essentials)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Premier)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Traditional
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Transplant Programs
Care Improvement Plus - Medicare Advantage-SNP
Cenpatico - Medicaid-CHIP
Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR
Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care)
Cenpatico - Medicare Advantage
Community First Health Plans - HMO/Exchange (EPO)
Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP
Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate
Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR
Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR Kids
Community First Health Plans - Medicare Advantage HMO
Coventry - HMO/PPO
Coventry - Work Comp / Auto
Driscoll Health Plan - Medicaid-All
EBSO - TPA
El Paso First - Medicaid-CHIP
El Paso First - Medicaid-STAR
Entrust - TPA
First Health - Commercial PPO
FirstCare (Part of Scott & White Health Plans) - Medicaid-STAR
Gonzaba Medical Group - Transplant ONLY
Healthsmart - Accel
Healthsmart - Commercial PPO
Healthsmart - HPO/POS
Humana - Commercial Behavioral Health
Humana - Exchange (HMOx)
Humana - HMO/PPO/Behavioral Health
Humana - Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health
Humana - Medicare Advantage HMO (Gold)
Humana - Medicare Advantage PPO
Humana - National Transplant ONLY Network
Humana Military - TRICARE
Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
Independent Medical Systems (IMS) - PPO
Interlink - Transplant
LifeTrac - Transplant
Magellan - Commercial and Medicaid Behavioral Health
Molina - Commercial Exchange
Molina - Medicaid-CHIP
Molina - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate
Molina - Medicaid-STAR
Molina - Medicare Advantage
Molina - Medicare-Medicaid Duals
MultiPlan - Work Comp
MultiPlan - Wrap Network
OptumHealth - Transplant ONLY
Oscar - Commercial Exchange
Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Refugee Medical Assistance
Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Unaccompanied Children
Prime Health Services - Commercial PPO
Prime Health Services - Medicare Advantage
Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) - Commercial PPO
ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage I-SNP
Provider Network of America (PNOA) - Commercial
Provider Partners Health Plan (PPHP) - Medicare Advantage I-SNP
Scott & White Health Plan - HMO/PPO/Medicare Advantage
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care)
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Kids
Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR PLUS
Superior HealthPlan - Medicare Advantage (Allwell)
Superior HealthPlan - Medicare-Medicaid Duals (Allwell)
Texas Independence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage I-SNP
Three Rivers Provider Network - PPO
Tokio Marine - Transplant
TriWest (via BCBSTX) - VA CCN Program
UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR
UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR Kids
UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR PLUS
UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage
UnitedHealthcare - PPO
Universal Benefits Consortium - Brokerage Firm (School Districts)
University of Incarnate Word (Gilsbar) - Direct Employer
Velocity National Provider Network - Commercial PPO
Velocity National Provider Network - Wrap Network
WellCare - Medicare Advantage
WellMed - Medicare Advantage
WellPoint (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (TRANSPLANTS ONLY)
WellPoint - Medicaid-CHIP
WellPoint - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate
WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR
WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR Kids
WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR PLUS
WellPoint - Medicare Advantage
WellPoint - Medicare-Medicaid Duals
Please contact your health insurance company to confirm provider participation. For billing and insurance questions, please call our Billing Department at 210-358-3260.
I am a professor in the Division of Neonatology at UT Health San Antonio, where I have been on faculty since 1985. I hold the Rita & William Head Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Developmental Neonatology and am the Medical Director of the PREMIEre program.
I received my medical degree from University of Mississippi School of Medicine and trained in pediatrics at UTMB-Galveston and SUNY Buffalo where I completed my neonatology fellowship.
I have received numerous awards for advocacy on behalf of newborns, children and families. I helped pass legislation mandating lifesaving newborn screening for congenital heart disease in Texas.
I co-led, with Dr. Charleta Guillory, the Texas Pulse Oximetry Project (TXPOP), providing training and a toolkit of resources used statewide for CCHD screening. I received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Special Achievement Award in 2014 for my efforts.
Other past awards include:
  • 2020 Graduate School of Biomedical Science mentor of the year award
  • 2018 Sidney Kaliski Award
  • 2017 Health Care Hero from San Antonio Business Journal
  • 2013 Gold-Level TMA Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine
  • 2012 and 2013 Texas Pediatric Society Executive Board Award
I served on the:
  • Texas Perinatal Advisory Council
  • Texas Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
  • Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies
  • TMA Council on Science and Public Health
  • March of Dimes’ State Advocacy and Government Affairs as Vice Chair
I also made significant contributions to the understanding of neonatology, newborn screening and breastfeeding through scholarly publications, hundreds of presentations, and decades spent educating new generations of medical students and pediatricians.

Journal Articles

  1. Wade KC, Ying GS, Baumritter A, Gong AK, Kemper AR, Quinn GE, eROP Cooperative Group. Factors in Premature Infants Associated with Low Risk of Developing Retinopathy of Prematurity JAMA Ophthalmology 2018 Nov;137(2):160-166.
  2. Sorrell M, Moreira A, Green K, Jacob R, Tragus R, Keller L, Quinn A, McCurnin D, Gong A, El Sakka A, Mittal N, Blanco C. Favorable Outcomes of Preterm Infants With Parenteral Nutrition–associated Liver Disease Treated With Intravenous Fish Oil–based Lipid Emulsion J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2017 May;64(5):783-788.
  3. Guillory C, Gong AK. Livingston J, Creel L, O Campo E, McGee-Garrett T. Texas Pulse Oximetry Project: A Multicenter Educational and Quality Improvement Project for Implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Using Pulse Oximetry Am J Perinatol 2017 Mar;34(9):856-860.
  4. Gong AK, Guillory C, Creel L, Livingston JE, McKee-Garrett TM, Fortunov R. A Multicenter Initiative for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Newborn Screening in Texas Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Am J Perinatol 2017 Feb;34(9):839-844.
  5. Quinn GE, Barr C, Bremer D, Fellows R, Gong A, Hoffman R, Repka MX, Shepard J, Siatkowski RM, Wade K, Ying G. Changes in Course of Retinopathy of Prematurity from 1986 to 2013: Comparison of Three Studies in the United States Ophthalmology 2016 Apr;123:1-6.
  6. Gong AK, Johnson Y, Livingston J, Matula K, Duncan A. Newborn intensive care survivors: a review and a plan for collaboration in Texas Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology 2015 Oct;1(24).
  7. Kemper AR et al for e-ROP Cooperative Group. Retinopathy of Prematurity Risk Prediction for Infants with Birth Weight Less than 1251 Grams Journal of Pediatrics 2015;166(2):257-261.
  8. Quinn GE on behalf of e-ROP Cooperative Group. Telemedicine Approaches to Evaluating Acute-phase Retinopathy of Prematurity: Study Design Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2014 Jun;21(4):256-267.
  9. Quinn GE et al. on behalf of e-ROP Cooperative Group. Validity of a Telemedicine System for the Evaluation of Acute-Phase Retinopathy of Prematurity JAMA Ophthalmology 2014 Jun;132(10):1178-1184.
  10. Wade KC, Pistilli M, Baumritter A, Karp K, Gong A, Kemper AR, Ying GS, Quinn G. Safety of Retinopathy of Prematurity Examination and Imaging in Premature Infants The Journal of Pediatrics 2014;167(5).
  11. Farner R, Livingston J, Rubio SA, Gutierrez MV, Gong A for the Texas Pulse Oximetry Project Team. The Nurse Champion Model for Advancing Newborn Screening of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 2014 Jan;43(4):497-506.
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