The Dr. Joy Kong Podcast

Dr. Joy Kong
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Join the world's leading stem cell expert to reverse aging with cutting-edge longevity medicine and comprehensive lifestyle optimization strategies. Learn more at: drjoykong.com. Explore beyond the popular diet and fitness obsessions, to witness the explosion of a new type of medicine that focuses on root causes and health optimization. Dr. Joy Kong welcomes leading health and medical experts and dispenses crisp and informative episodes to get you up to speed on exciting emerging health practices.Dr. Joy Kong is a triple board-certified physician in the fields of psychiatry, addiction medicine, and anti-aging & regenerative medicine. Growing up in Beijing, China, Dr. Kong was imbued with a more holistic view of the body, and it was such holistic approach that helped save her mother’s life at age 43. She sees the human body as a complex and interconnected web, where every organ impacts every other organ, via countless chemical interactions and energetic exchanges. Dr. Kong brings together her love of science and respect for ancient wisdom in her clinical practice. She incorporates stem cell therapy, peptide therapy, ketamine therapy, and other innovative modalities to address both the body and the mind. She was named Empowered Woman of the Year in 2019 and Stem Cell Doctor of the Decade in 2021. Her candid memoir “Tiger of Beijing,” was named “Book of the Year” in 2020. 

  1. 1d ago

    The Real Risks and Costs of IV Stem Cell Therapy, From 10 Years in the Field | #189

    Stem cell clinics around the world are charging anywhere from $3,000 to $50,000 for a single IV treatment, and the price tag tells you almost nothing about whether it actually works. Dr. Joy Kong, a triple board-certified physician and founder of Chara Health and the American Academy of Integrative Cell Therapy, breaks down the regulatory and clinical reality behind IV stem cell therapy. She covers FDA homologous-use rules, the narrow scope of current FDA approval for pediatric graft-versus-host disease, and why most clinical use is legal off-label practice. She explains the difference between mesenchymal stem cells and other cell lineages, why dead or non-viable cells can still deliver benefits through exosomes and growth factors, and the contamination risks tied to improper handling, including a real FDA recall linked to E. coli infections. She also outlines documented rejuvenation effects in patients, including improvements in hair, skin, energy, and libido, and a notable animal study in which stem cell treatment reversed aging markers in brain and muscle tissue. Known in the field as the Stem Cell Queen, she also tackles the questions patients are afraid to ask: why doctors are often skeptical even when evidence exists, what separates a budget clinic from a fully regulated one, and how price actually correlates, or doesn't, with safety. If you've ever wondered whether stem cell therapy is worth the cost, or whether your doctor's hesitation is really about the science, this episode lays out exactly where the evidence stands today. Dr. Joy talks about: 01:49 Stem cell therapy's shift to mainstream longevity medicine 02:29 The longevity boom and today's biohacking tools 03:46 The different types of stem cells and what they do 05:03 What's FDA approved in stem cell therapy 06:58 Why doctors dismiss the stem cell evidence 07:49 Anti-inflammatory effects of IV mesenchymal stem cells 08:49 Reversed aging in animal studies 13:04 The real cost of IV stem cell therapy 13:56 Contamination, dead cells, and rejection risks 21:37 Why IV delivery powers the immune system Additional Resources: ✨ Check out my stem cell skincare line, CharaOmni: https://www.charaomni.com/ Visit My Clinic: Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com 📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/ ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/ ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/ About Dr. Joy Kong: Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    24 min

  2. Jun 25

    Stem Cell Therapy: The Cost, the Results, and What Modern Medicine Misses | #188

    Stem cell therapy is producing patient outcomes that conventional medicine does not yet have a clean framework for, and the gap between what is possible and what most clinicians can explain keeps getting wider. Dr. Joy Kong is a triple board-certified physician specializing in regenerative medicine, anti-aging, and longevity, and the founder of Chara Health in Los Angeles. She explains how mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cord tissue are used to treat autoimmune conditions, musculoskeletal injuries, neurological disorders, end-stage organ failure, and chronic pain. She walks through delivery methods including IV infusion, direct injection, laser-attracted cell targeting, and intranasal exosomes that cross the blood-brain barrier. She covers cost ranges of $8,500 to $18,000 per IV treatment, frequency protocols ranging from every two months for biohackers to once a year for preventative use, and animal study data showing 30 percent lifespan extension along with reversal of senescent cell markers. She also discusses patient cases including reversal of late-stage cirrhosis after a single low-dose IV and chronic pain reduction of over 90 percent. Adam Ficsor is the host of the Longevity World Cup, a new sport where athletes compete to reverse their biological age. He asks the questions most clinicians will not give a straight answer to, from cell sourcing to pricing to what to expect from a real treatment protocol. Some of the cases Dr. Joy shares are ones she has been thinking about for years. They raise a bigger question about how much of what conventional medicine treats as terminal is actually a limit of the tools we have been using. Dr. Joy talks about: 00:00 Is Stem Cell Therapy The Missing Piece? 04:07 What Stem Cell Therapy Actually Treats 07:14 How Stem Cells Target Inflammation 08:11 Stem Cell Therapy For Anti-Aging 09:26 Stem Cells Extend Lifespan 30% In Animals 18:10 Why Umbilical Cord Cells Are So Powerful 21:06 The Real Reason Celebrities Get Sepsis 22:43 The LivOn Contamination Scandal Explained 24:13 Stem Cell Therapy Cost Explained 27:50 Hospice Patient Reversed Cirrhosis 29:24 40 Years Of Blindness Reversed 33:52 Tiger Of Beijing: Dr. Joy's Story Additional Resources ✨ Follow Adam Ficsor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nopara73/  ✨ Subscribe to Adam's YouTube and the Immortal Combat Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@nopara73/podcasts  ✨ Learn about the Longevity World Cup: https://longevityworldcup.com/  Visit My Clinic:  Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Discover my stem cell skincare line: https://www.charaomni.com/  ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    43 min

  3. Jun 18

    GHK Copper: The Anti-Aging Peptide That Rewrites Your DNA, Wakes Stem Cells, and Protects the Brain | #187

    What if a single peptide could reset thousands of the genes that age you? GHK copper has been quietly running most of your regenerative biology since the day you were born. And by 60, more than half of it is gone. In this deep dive, Dr. Joy Kong, the Stem Cell Queen and a triple board-certified regenerative medicine physician, walks through the science of GHK copper: a naturally occurring three-amino-acid peptide bound to a copper ion, first identified in 1973 by Dr. Loren Pickart, who observed aged liver cells regaining youthful function after exposure to young human plasma. The episode covers GHK copper's two primary mechanisms (copper delivery and gene-level bioregulation capable of shifting thousands of human genes back toward youthful expression) and its application across skin remodeling, wound healing, hair growth, neuroprotection (BDNF support, neural inflammation, anti-anxiety effects), ATP production, mitochondrial function, and stem cell reactivation. Dr. Joy reviews practical methods including topical formulations, subcutaneous injection, microneedling combinations, cost considerations, stability with other actives like vitamin C, and the protocols she uses in her own clinical practice at Chara Health in Los Angeles. GHK copper is one of the few peptides shown to switch dormant stem cells back into active proliferation, support the brain against oxidative damage, and rebuild skin from the dermis up. It works at the gene level, which is what makes it different from nearly every other anti-aging compound on the market. If you've been curious about peptides but overwhelmed by the marketing, this is the breakdown to start with. ✨ Shop CharaOmni, my stem cell skincare line: https://www.charaomni.com/  Dr. Joy talks about: 00:00 What GHK-Cu Does in the Body 01:15 GHK-Cu Discovery: Dr. Loren Pickart, 1973, and Why Levels Crash by 60 02:10 The Two Mechanisms: Copper Delivery and Genetic Bioregulation 03:45 GHK-Cu for Skin, Wound Healing, and Hair Growth 05:55 GHK-Cu for the Brain: BDNF, SOD1, and Anti-Anxiety Effects 07:25 GHK-Cu for ATP, Mitochondria, and Stem Cell Activation 08:40 Topical, Subcutaneous, and Microneedling Protocols 11:15 Cost, Stability, and the Vitamin C Interaction Additional Resources ✨ Visit My Clinic:  Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com   📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  About Dr. Joy Kong Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    14 min

  4. Jun 11

    5 Things You Need to Know About BPC-157 Before It's Gone | #186

    What if the most talked-about healing peptide in biohacking came from your own stomach — and carried a risk nobody in the space is talking about? BPC-157, nicknamed "the Wolverine Peptide," has taken over fitness forums, longevity podcasts, and regenerative medicine circles. The preclinical data on tissue repair is remarkable. But the same biological mechanism that drives its healing power is the exact mechanism tumors use to survive and grow. BPC-157 is a synthetic 15 amino acid sequence isolated from human gastric juice, first identified in the early 1990s. It drives tissue repair through six mechanisms: angiogenesis via VEGF upregulation, nitric oxide pathway modulation, FAK paxillin signaling activation, growth hormone receptor upregulation in tendons and ligaments, anti-inflammatory cytokine downregulation, and free radical scavenging for cell protection. An active Phase II randomized controlled trial is currently evaluating BPC-157 for acute hamstring muscle strain repair. Its pro-angiogenic properties raise a theoretical cancer risk in individuals with undiagnosed early-stage tumors. WADA has banned it for competitive athletes. The FDA has reclassified its availability and the FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee is reviewing its status on the approved bulk substances list. Dr. Joy Kong talks about: 00:00 Meet The Wolverine Peptide 02:40 Discovered Inside Human Gastric Juice 03:42 Six Pathways That Drive Healing 07:33 The First Real Human Trial 07:58 Why The FDA Cracked Down 09:24 The Hidden Cancer Risk Additional Resources: ✨ Visit My Clinic: Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    12 min

  5. Jun 4

    MUSE Cells Explained: Anti-Aging, Zero Rejection, and the Future of Stem Cell Therapy | #185

    MUSE cells are one of the most exciting breakthroughs in regenerative medicine — and most people have never heard of them. Hidden inside your own tissue is a rare, elite subpopulation of stem cells that can find injury, eat damaged cells, and become them. Discovered in 2010 by Dr. Marie Dezawa at Tohoku University in Japan, they are now one of the most talked-about developments in regenerative medicine. And for good reason. Dr. Joy Kong, the Stem Cell Queen, breaks down the science from the ground up: why conventional stem cell sources like bone marrow and fat-derived cells have real limitations, what makes umbilical cord cells a significant upgrade, and why MUSE cells represent something fundamentally different. These cells home into damaged tissue like a guided missile using the S1P pathway, eat the damaged cells, absorb their DNA fragments, and transform into the exact cell type that needs replacing. They carry zero tumor risk, require no donor matching, and get stronger the harsher the environment they're placed in. Dr. Joy also shares her own personal experience using MUSE cells for a chronic hip issue — and the result that surprised even her. This episode covers the full history of stem cell therapy, the biological mechanisms that make MUSE cells unique, the Goldilocks ratio for optimal treatment, what clinical use looks like today, and why this technology — though newer — carries extraordinary promise for the future of regenerative medicine. If you are in your 50s or 60s and wondering why your body isn't healing the way it used to, MUSE cell therapy may be the answer. 🧬 Contact Chara Health at 818-356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to get started. Dr. Joy talks about: 00:00:53 MUSE Cells: Why Everyone Is Talking About Them 00:03:39 How Your Stem Cells Age With You 00:05:02 Aging Stem Cells and Cancer Detection 00:05:32 Umbilical Cord Cells: Younger Than a Newborn 00:09:52 What MUSE Cells Are and How They Were Found 00:11:04 The S1P Pathway: Precision Homing 00:12:03 How MUSE Cells Eat Damaged Cells and Become Them 00:12:43 Zero Tumor Risk and the Built-In Genetic Brake 00:14:08 Immune Privilege and Zero Rejection 00:15:28 Dr. Joy's Personal MUSE Cell Result Additional Resources ✨ Learn more about stem cell therapy case studies at the American Academy of Integrated Cell Therapy: https://aaict.org  ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  Visit My Clinic: Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  About Dr. Joy Kong Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    17 min

  6. May 28

    Mental Fitness, Burnout Recovery & The Mindset Shift That Reduces Stress | #184

    Every day starts with the same mind. Most people never stop to ask what shape it's in before the day takes it. Marc Champagne is a mental fitness strategist, bestselling author of Personal Socrates, and host of the Behind the Human podcast. He spent over a decade interviewing high performers, longevity leaders, and world-class thinkers on the practices that keep their minds clear under pressure. After building a daily journaling practice during his corporate sales career, he founded Keio, a digital product that brought guided journaling to nearly 90 million people in its first two years. His work today bridges longevity and mental performance, with Fortune 500 companies including Google and LinkedIn. In this episode, Champagne defines mental fitness as anything that trains your mind to work for you instead of against you, and explains why most people running 12 to 14 hour days at high cognitive intensity with zero recovery are experiencing burnout, not stress. He covers the one-minute morning check-in that identifies the fuel source behind stress, the question "what am I pretending not to know" that surfaces what people have been avoiding for years, and why you trust the plan over the mind during downward spirals. Dr. Joy shares her own recovery stack, including infrared sauna, ShiftWave chair, and the day the heat overrode an emotional state she walked in with. For high performers, health-literate adults navigating chronic stress, and anyone who wants to understand what recovery actually looks like before burnout arrives. The mind is the thing that executes everything else. It deserves a plan. Marc talks about: 00:00 What Is Mental Fitness, Really? 01:30 How a 10-Minute Morning Habit Changed Everything 05:00 Build a 90-Day Plan for Your Mind 09:00 Why Most People Quit Their Mental Practices 12:30 Sleep Is the Number One Mental Pillar 15:00 The Key to Stress? Trust the Plan 18:00 How to Identify What's Fueling Your Stress 22:50 One Question to Ask When Your Mind Is Clear 27:00 Why Self-Awareness Can Feel Worse Before Better 32:00 Approach Mental Fitness Like Curiosity, Not Work Additional Resources: ✨ Follow Marc Champagne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mchampagne/  ✨ Visit Marc’s website: https://mchampagne.com  ✨ Listen to Behind the Human:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6H3VNU8UiKPxzyM82KXKiT?si=b1a12ec9b8234732  ✨ Get Marc’s book, Personal Socrates: https://baronfig.com/products/personal-socrates?pb=0  Visit My Clinic: Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    42 min

  7. May 21

    The Truth About Stem Cell Therapy for Autism: MSCs, Sourcing, and What Actually Works | #183

    Most psychiatric treatments for autism don't address what's actually happening underneath the diagnosis. They subdue. They don't repair. In this episode, I sit down with Karen Thomas of Naturally Recovering Autism to break down what stem cell therapy can actually do for children on the spectrum. Children with autism show impaired central nervous system circulation, active neuroinflammation on brain autopsy, and higher rates of autoimmune patterns in their families. Mesenchymal stem cells, MSCs, address all three at once. They stimulate angiogenesis to restore blood flow and oxygen to the brain, suppress pathological immune responses, reduce neuroinflammation, and secrete factors that activate the body's own local stem cells. I share a clinical case of a seven-year-old who went from diaper-bound and non-verbal to verbal, continent, and climbing stairs after a single IV treatment with birth-tissue-derived cells. We also get into why not all MSCs are created equal, why 200 million expanded cells overseas often underperform 20 million original cells, what the FDA's Section 361 actually means, and how I sourced and built the cell product used in my clinic through Chara Biologics. We close on why no stem cell protocol works in isolation. Diet, detox, nutrient status, and exercise are part of the protocol, not optional add-ons. If your child is on the spectrum, or you work with families who are, this is the mechanism and sourcing breakdown most parents never get. Joy talks about: 00:00 What stem cell therapy actually is 05:37 The three mechanisms underlying autism 08:46 How MSCs restore oxygen to the brain 10:54 From non-verbal and diaper-bound to talking and walking stairs 16:25 Why your own bone marrow cells may not be the answer 19:58 Are all MSCs created equal 21:55 FDA Section 361 and what's legal in the US 23:34 Why 200 million expanded cells underperform 20 million original 27:39 Inside the sourcing and 89-question donor screening 43:42 Why diet and detox decide whether stem cells work Additional Resources ✨ Listen to Naturally Recovering Autism with Karen Thomas: https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/  ✨ Karen's free four-stage webinar for parents: https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/freeworkshop  Visit My Clinic:  🌐 Chara Health https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

    50 min

  8. May 14

    Stem Cells Reverse Aging: What Doctors Aren't Telling You | #182

    What if aging isn't about time, but about the cells your body can no longer replace? Dr. Joy Kong, triple board-certified physician and founder of Chara Health in Los Angeles, sits down with Luke Storey to break down what regenerative medicine actually does inside the body. Dr. Joy explains how umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells work through five core pathways: anti-inflammatory effects, immune modulation, antifibrotic action, antimicrobial properties, and angiogenesis. She covers mitochondrial transfer, where new cells pass fresh mitochondria into aging cells through a microtubular bridge, and senescent cell clearance, the same process that reversed aging in published mouse studies. Dr. Joy also addresses why minimally manipulated birth tissue cells used in the US can be safer than the cultured, expanded cells used overseas, why "more cells" is not better, and how stem cell therapy supports DNA repair through micro-RNA signaling. The conversation also covers the cesarean delivery and screening process behind ethical sourcing, the science of micro-chimerism, and why every organ inside the body ages alongside the skin you can see. Dr. Joy then opens up about her own four-and-a-half-year IV stem cell protocol and the reversal she's measured since 43. The episode closes with a deeper conversation on ketamine therapy, gamma brainwaves, and the philosophical roots of integrative medicine. Dr. Joy talks about: 00:00 Why we age and why stem cells are the answer 01:03 From Chinese medicine to UCLA psychiatry to regenerative medicine 03:12 Anti-aging philosophy: treating disease before symptoms appear 05:36 How umbilical cord stem cells are collected and screened 11:12 Why your immune system accepts another person's stem cells 13:08 The Y-chromosome study that changes how we think about cell transfer 16:18 Bone marrow vs. fat vs. birth tissue stem cell sources 19:30 How stem cells trigger cancer cell death through Trail ligand 25:00 Anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory, and anti-fibrotic effects explained 28:28 Killing senescent cells to clear the path for regeneration 30:54 Mitochondria transfer: getting a fresh cellular battery 39:00 Ketamine, gamma waves, and the science of expanded consciousness Additional Resources: ✨ Get My Famous Skin Cream CharaOmni: https://www.charaomni.com/  ✨ Subscribe to Luke Storey on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LukeStorey  Visit My Clinic: Chara Health 🌐 https://chara-health.com  📍 9568 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91311 📲 Call (818) 356-8232 or email info@chara-health.com to make an appointment or go to https://www.joykongmd.com and fill out a contact form. ✨ Learn more about how to live a long and pain-free life: https://joykongmd.com/  ✨ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stemcelldrjoy/  ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_joy_kong/  Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.

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Join the world's leading stem cell expert to reverse aging with cutting-edge longevity medicine and comprehensive lifestyle optimization strategies. Learn more at: drjoykong.com. Explore beyond the popular diet and fitness obsessions, to witness the explosion of a new type of medicine that focuses on root causes and health optimization. Dr. Joy Kong welcomes leading health and medical experts and dispenses crisp and informative episodes to get you up to speed on exciting emerging health practices.Dr. Joy Kong is a triple board-certified physician in the fields of psychiatry, addiction medicine, and anti-aging & regenerative medicine. Growing up in Beijing, China, Dr. Kong was imbued with a more holistic view of the body, and it was such holistic approach that helped save her mother’s life at age 43. She sees the human body as a complex and interconnected web, where every organ impacts every other organ, via countless chemical interactions and energetic exchanges. Dr. Kong brings together her love of science and respect for ancient wisdom in her clinical practice. She incorporates stem cell therapy, peptide therapy, ketamine therapy, and other innovative modalities to address both the body and the mind. She was named Empowered Woman of the Year in 2019 and Stem Cell Doctor of the Decade in 2021. Her candid memoir “Tiger of Beijing,” was named “Book of the Year” in 2020. 

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  • Creator
    Dr. Joy Kong
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    189
  • Rating
    Clean
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