Randolph HL WONG

Dr Randolph Hung-leung WONG received medical training from Medical School of The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1995. He received Tang Siu Cho Memorial Prize in 1998 and obtained his MBChB (CUHK) in 2000. He undertook higher surgical training in cardiothoracic surgery in Prince of Wales Hospital, Grantham Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and obtained FRCSEd (CTh) from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2008. He further obtained Fellow of The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2009.

Dr Wong’s career interests include complex open aortic surgery, hybrid thoracic aortic intervention, hybrid and minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures. He is the convener of Hybrid Operating Theatre management committee of Prince of Wales Hospital and actively participates in the development of hybrid cardiovascular interventions.

Academically, Dr Wong has contributed over 123 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Circulation, JACC, CHEST, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 7 book chapters and more than 90 invited talks. He is now review editor of Frontier in Cardiovascular Medicine (IF 3.915). He has been regular reviewer of CHEST, HEART, Journal of Thoracic Disease, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery.

Currently, Dr Wong is the Consultant and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Cardiothoracic Division of the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor (honorary) of CUHK. He is also the Cluster Service Team Head of the New Territories East Cluster and Chairman of the Specialty Group of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Hospital Authority. He is the Secretary of Cardiothoracic Surgery Board of Hong Kong and a fellow of American College of Chest Physician, European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Society and member of Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.