Elaine A. Cong, MD
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Languages Spoken
- Mandarin Chinese
Related Services
Related Practices
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Other Areas of Practice
- Bloodless Medicine
- Diabetes Education
- Weight Loss
- Weight Management
Procedures
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Prolia® Therapy
- Thyroid Biopsy
- Thyroid Ultrasound
Conditions Treated
- Adrenal Gland Disorders
- Diabetes, Adult
- Endocrine Disorders
- Gestational Diabetes
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypothyroidism
- Metabolic Bone Disease
- Metabolic Disorders
- Osteoporosis
- Parathyroid Disorders
- Pituitary Disease
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disorders
- Thyroid Nodules
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
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Bergen Medical Alliance
A180 Engle Street Englewood, NJ 07631
Main: 201-567-2050Fax: 201-568-8936
Monday10:00 AM-2:30 PMTuesday11:00 AM-5:00 PMThursday9:00 AM-3:00 PMFriday9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Appointments
Insurance
Insurances Accepted
Please contact your insurance company directly prior to receiving services or care to confirm your coverage. Although we have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate, only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.
1199 (SEIU)
- 1199 (SEIU)
Aetna
- Aetna Assure Premier Plus
- Aetna CCN
- Aetna CoreSource
- Aetna Coventry
- Aetna FIDE-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Whole Health HMO
- Aetna Whole Health PPO
- Medsolutions
- Meritan Health
Amerigroup
- Amerigroup Medicaid
- Amerivantage
AmeriHealth
- AmeriHealth Administrator
- AmeriHealth HMO
- AmeriHealth PPO
- Value Network (Exchange Plan)
APWU
- APWU Health Plan
Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Open Access Plus
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Supplemental
- Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
- Health Partners
Clover Health
- Clover Medicare Advantage
Consumer Health Network (CHN)
- CHN PPO
EmblemHealth
- EmblemHealth EPO
- EmblemHealth EPO2
- EmblemHealth FEHB
- EmblemHealth FEHBP
- EmblemHealth GHI CBP
- EmblemHealth GHI PPO
- EmblemHealth National
- EmblemHealth PPO1
- EmblemHealth PPO2
- EmblemHealth PPO3
- EmblemHealth Tri-State
- Vytra
Empire BCBS
- Blue Priority
- Direct HMO
- Direct PPO
- Empire BCBS EPO
- Empire BCBS GEPO
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VFG)
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
- Empire BCBS HMO
- Empire BCBS Indemnity
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
- Empire BCBS POS
- Empire BCBS PPO
Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
- Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
First Health
- First Health
Galaxy Health Network PPO
- Galaxy Health Network PPO
GEHA
- GEHA Health Plan
Horizon BCBS
- Federal Employee Program
- Horizon BCBS Braven Health
- Horizon BCBS EPO
- Horizon BCBS HMO
- Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
- Horizon BCBS PPO
- NJ Carpenters Fund
- OMNIA Tier 1
- Traditional
Horizon NJ Health
- Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
- Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)
MagnaCare
- Local 825
- MagnaCare PPO
Mail Handlers
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
Medicaid
- Medicaid NJ
Medicare
- Medicare NJ
MultiPlan/PHCS
- Beech Street
- MultiPlan Humana
- MultiPlan Worker's Comp
- PHCS
- Pomco
MVP Health Care
- MVP Health Care PPO
NALC
- NALC Health Benefit Plan
Nippon Life Insurance Co of America
- Nippon Life Benefits
Oxford
- Freedom
- Garden State Network
- Liberty
- Metro
- Oxford Medicare
QualCare
- Choice Care
- HIP HMO
- HIP PPO
- HIP PRIME HMO
- HIP PRIME PPO
- Oscar
- QualCare EPO
- QualCare FEHB
- QualCare GHI PPO
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare Humana
- QualCare PPO
- QualCare Worker's Comp
Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare NJ
TRICARE North Region
- CHAMPVA
- DVA
UMR
- UMR
United Healthcare Community and State
- Dual Complete
- UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
- UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare
UnitedHealthcare
- AARP
- Commercial and Marketplace
- Compass Benefit (Exchange)
- Medica
- River Valley
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
Wellcare
- Wellcare Ambetter
- Wellcare Medicaid Managed Care
- Wellcare Medicare Managed Care
About
About Elaine Cong
Dr. Cong is board certified in endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and internal medicine. She received her MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed an internal medicine internship and residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
During medical school, Dr. Cong received the Edward Weinstein Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Human Commitment. During her fellowship, she received the Endocrine Fellows Foundation Research Grant to investigate problems of thinking and memory in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, a metabolic bone disease. She has presented at national academic conferences and authored peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Cong evaluates and treats patients with thyroid conditions (including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer), metabolic bone disease (including osteoporosis and primary hyperparathyroidism), pituitary and adrenal gland disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and diabetes.
Dr. Cong is also a certified clinical densitometrist and has received the Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU) for performing neck ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration to evaluate patients with thyroid and parathyroid disorders. She is a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Endocrine Society, the American Thyroid Association, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians. She is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.
Honors & Awards
2019: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors
Edward Weinstein Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Human Commitment
Endocrine Fellows Foundation Research Grant
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Grant for Scholarship
Committees and Leadership Positions
2015: American Medical Association
2015: International Society for Clinical Densitometry
2013: American Thyroid Association
2013: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2012: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
2012: Endocrine Society
Global Health and Community Health Activities
2008: Medical Volunteer in Uganda
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency
Yale- New Haven Hospital
Fellowship
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Board Certifications
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Other Certifications
- Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound [ECNU]
Publications
Publications
Haas AV, Cong E, Simpson CA, Sukumar N, Deng Y, Insogna KL. Associations among circulating CSF-1, estrogen, and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Menopause 2017 epublished ahead of date. PMID 28816930.
Walker MD, Nishiyama KK, Zhou B, Cong E, Wang J, Lee JA, Kepley A, Zhang C, Edward Guo X, Silverberg SJ. Effect of low vitamin D on volumetric bone mineral density, bone microarchitecture and stiffness in primary hyperparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016; 101(3):905-13. PMID: 2674526.
Cong E, Walker MD, Kepley A, Zhang C, McMahon DJ and Silverberg SJ. Seasonal variability in vitamin D levels no longer detectable in primary hyperparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100(9):3452-9. PMID: 26120793.
Walker MD, Cong E, Lee JA, Kepley A, Zhang C, McMahon DJ, Bilezikian JP and Silverberg SJ. Low vitamin D levels have become less common in primary hyperparathyroidism. Osteoporosis Int 2015; 26(12):2837-43. PMID: 26084258.
Walker MD, Cong E, Lee JA, Kepley A, Zhang C, McMahon DJ and Silverberg SJ. Vitamin D in primary hyperparathyroidism: Effects on clinical, biochemical and densitometric presentation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100(9):3443-51. PMID: 26079779.
Cong E and Walker MD. The Chinese skeleton: insights into microstructure that help to explain the epidemiology of fracture. Bone Research; 2014(2):14009. Available from: http://www.nature.com/articles/boneres20149
Walker MD, Cong E, Kepley A, Di Tullio M, Rundek T, Homma S, Lee JA, Liu R, Chen P, Zhang C, McMahon DJ, Silverberg SJ. Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and subclinical cardiovascular disease in primary hyperparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014; 99(2):671-80. PMID: 24285686
Evins AE, Cather C, Culhane MA, Birnbaum A, Horowitz J, Hsieh E, Freudenreich O, Henderson D, Schoenfeld DA, Rigotti NA, Goff DC. A 12-week double blind, placebo-controlled study of bupropion SR added to high-dose dual replacement therapy for smoking cessation or reduction in schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2007; 27(4): 380-386. PMID: 150179
Cong E and Walker MD. Nutrition and skeletal health in other racial/ethnic groups. In: Holick M and Dawson-Hughes B, eds. Nutrition and Bone Health. New York, NY: Humana Press; 2015: Chapter 17