Dept. of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Division of Respiratory Medicine

Head of Division: Professor David SC Hui

Medical Staff:
Specialists in Respiratory Medicine: Dr. Fanny WS Ko, Dr Kin-Wang To, Dr. Michael CH Chan Trainees in Respiratory Medicine: Dr Jenny CL Ngai, Dr Alvin HM Tung, Dr Susanna SS Ng

Honorary teaching staff:
Adjunct Professor: Dr. Christopher KW Lai Adjunct Associate Professors: Dr. Chak- Wah Lam Dr. Joseph CK Pang, Dr. Thomas YW Mok, Dr. Wai-Cho Yu

Nursing Staff:
Ms. Mabel WC Tong (Respiratory Nurse Specialist), Ms. Fanny Chan (R.N.), Ms. MY Leung (R.N), Ms HM Ho (R.N.), Ms Natalie Chan (R.N.)

Research Staff:
Ms. Doris PC Chan, Ms. Catherine WM Ho, Ms Jo Jo Chu, Ms. Erica Lee

Research Interests:
1.	Sleep related breathing disorders: epidemiology & treatment with nasal CPAP on compliance, cardiovascular outcome, and health status
2.	Treatment, clinical outcome and long-term sequelae of SARS
3.	Safety of respiratory therapy in the post SARS era
4.	The epidemiology and mechanisms of asthma, allergy, & COPD

Selected Publications:
1.	Hui DS, Choy DK, Wong KS, Ko FW, Li ST, Woo J, Kay R. Prevalence of Sleep-disordered breathing and CPAP compliance. Results in a group of Chinese patients post first-ever Ischemic Stroke. Chest 2002;122:852-860.
2.	Hui DS, Ko FW, Fok JP, Chan MC, Choy DK, Li TS, Tomlinson B, Cheng G. The effects of nasal CPAP on platelet activation in obstructive sleep apnea. Chest 2004;125:1768-1775.
3.	Hui DS, To KW, Ko FW, Fok JP, Chan MC, Ngai JC, Tung AH, Ho CW, Tong MW, Szeto CC, Yu CM. Nasal CPAP reduces systemic blood pressure in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea and mild sleepiness. Thorax 2006, 23 Aug (Epub ahead of print).
4.	Lee N, Hui DS, Wu A, Chan P, Cameron P, Joynt GM, Ahuja A, Yung MY, Leung CB, To KF, Lui SF, Szeto CC, Chung SC, Sung JY. A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. N Engl J Med 2003;348:1986-1994.
5.	Sung JJ, Wu A, Joynt GM, Yuen KY, Lee N, Chan PK, Cockram CS, Wong VW, Ahuja AT, Yu LM, Hui DS. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Report of treatment and outcome after a major outbreak. Thorax 2004;59:414-420.
6.	Hui DS, Joynt GM, Wong KT, Gomersall C, Antonio GE, Li TS, Ko FW, Chan MC, Chan DP, Tong MW, Rainer TH, Ahuja AT, Cockram CS, Sung JJ. The impact of SARS on pulmonary function, functional capacity and quality of life in a cohort of survivors. Thorax 2005;60:401-409.
7.	Hui DS, Hall SD, Chan MT, Chow B, Tsou JY, Joynt GM, Sullivan CE, Sung JY. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation: An experimental model to assess air and particle dispersion. Chest 2006;130:730-740.
8.	Ko FW, Lau CY, Leung TF, Wong GW, Lam CW, Lai CK, Hui DS. Exhaled breath condensate levels of eotaxin and macrophage-derived chemokine in stable adult asthma patients. Clin Exp Allergy 2006;36:44-51.
9.	Ko FW, Diba C, Roth M, McKay K, Johnson PR, Salome C, King GG. A comparison of airway and serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity among normal subjects, asthmatic patients, and patients with asthmatic mucus hypersecretion. Chest 2005;127:1919-1927.
10.	Ko FW, Ip M, Chan PK, Fok JP, Chan MC, Ngai JC, Chan DP, Hui DS. A one-year prospective study of the infectious etiology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 2006, in press.