HENRY GONG, JR., M.D.
Environmental Health Services of Los Amigos Research and Education Institute, Inc.
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Chief of Environmental Health Services
Dr. Gong is a physician at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation
Center where he is Chair of the Department of Medicine, Chief of the
Environmental Health Service, and Medical Director of Respiratory Care
Services. He also serves as a professor of medicine and preventive
medicine at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Gong began his career in medicine as a clinician-investigator at the
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine in 1977 and
served as professor at the UCLA Medical School until 1992. He has served
on a number of professional boards and commissions, many related to
respiratory health and air quality. He was the recipient of the 2000 Clean
Air Award from the American Lung Association of California and the 2001
Carl Moyer Award from the Coalition for Clean Air.
Dr. Gong earned his bachelor's degree from the University of the Pacific
and his medical degree from the University of California, Davis. He
received a pulmonary fellowship at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
Honors
 | | Recipient 2000 Clean Air | | | Award by American Lung Association
|  | | Carl Moyer Award ~ coalition | | | for Clean Air.
|  | | 2004 Environmental | | | Achievement Award by the EPA
|  | | Robert M. Zweig, M.D. | | | Memorial Award
|  | | Member of the Air Resources | | | Board
|  | | Member of the Clean Air | | | Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel)
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Henry Gong, Jr M.D., Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, USC
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Professional Experience
Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
Chair, Department of Medicine, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California
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Our Mission
The mission of the Environmental Health Service (EHS) is to perform
high-quality research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of
respiratory disease. Health effects of air pollution and other
environmental stresses - indoor, outdoor, or occupational - are our
primary focus.
What are the health consequences of breathing polluted air? Are certain
pollutants more dangerous than others? Are our children, the rapidly
aging population, or individuals with heart disease or chronic lung disease
at a greater risk?
To set protective air-quality standards that are stringent enough but still
cost-effective, regulatory agencies need objective and reliable scientific
information. The Environmental Health Service at Rancho Los Amigos
National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, California, has been providing
public health agencies and the medical community with answers for over
35 years.