Professor Samuel Yeung Shan WONG (黃仰山教授)

MD (CUHK), MD (U of Toronto), MPH (Johns Hopkins), DFPH, CCFPC (Canada), FRACGP (Australia)
 
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Primary Care
Associate Director (Undergraduate Studies), School of Public Health and Primary Care
Head, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, School of Public Health and Primary Care


Email: 這個email住址已經被防垃圾郵件程式保護，你需要啟動Javascript才能觀看

Professor Samuel Wong received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Toronto and completed his residency training in Family Medicine at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a certificant member of the Canadian College of Family Practice and a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He also completed the Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, USA in 2007 and his Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2009. He is the editor of the Hong Kong Practitioner, the official journal of the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Family Medicine and the Journal of Medical Case Reports. 
His research interests include primary care delivery of mental health, evaluation of primary care quality, men's health and multi-morbidity with a focus on the co-morbidity of chronic conditions and depression. He is a member of the Grant Review Board of the Health and Health Service Research Fund of the Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government.

• Mental health and primary health care
• Mind body and behavioral medicine
• Men’s health
• Social inequality and health
• Public health and primary care education and training
• Health services research

Recent funded research projects include:

• A randomized controlled clinical trail on the effect of mindfulness based stress  reduction on pain and quality of life in patients with chronic pain
• Prevalence and risk factors of mood disorders and genitourinary problems in aging men
• Chronic psychosocial stress: does it modulate immunity to influenza vaccine in Hong Kong Chinese elderly
• Men’s health survey
• Improving general practitioners’ interviewing skills in managing patients with common psychiatric problems in primary care: A randomized control clinical trial. 

Mental Health

Wong SYS, Mercer SM, Leung J, Woo J.  The relationship between clinically relevant depressive symptoms and episodes and duration of all cause hospitalization in Southern Chinese elderly.  Journal of Affective Disorder.  [Epub ahead of print]

Poon VW, Lam LC, Wong SY.  Assessment of the severity of dementia: validity and reliability of the Chinese (Cantonese) version of the Hierarchic Dementia Scale (CV-HDS). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008 Mar 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Samuel YS Wong, Steward W Mercer, Jean Woo, Jason Leung.  The influence of multi-morbidity and self-reported socio-economic standing on the prevalence of depression in an elderly Hong Kong population. BMC Public Health.  2008; 8:119.

S.Y.S. Wong,  J. Woo, E. Lau, H. Lynn, A Hong, YN Tang, PC Leung. Clinically relevant depressive symptoms and peripheral arterial disease in elderly men and women. Results from a large cohort study in Southern China. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.  2007 Nov: 63(5):471-6.

Samuel Y.S. Wong, Athena Hong, Jason Leung, Timothy Kwok, Ping C. Leung, Jean Woo.  Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Man.  Journal of Affective Disorders. 2006 Nov; 96(1-2):83-8.
 
J Woo, H Lynn, W Lau, E Lau, SYS Wong, J Leung, T Kwok.  Nutrient intake and psychological health in an elderly Chinese population.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006; 21: 1036-43. 

Samuel YS Wong, Dicken Chan, Athena Hong, Ping Chung Leung, Jean Woo. Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Two important correlates of erectile dysfunction in middle-aged men in Hong Kong, China. International Journal of Urology.  2006 Oct; 13(10):1304-10.

SYS Wong, D Chan, J Woo, PC Leung. Depressive symptoms in middle-aged men: Results from a household survey in Hong Kong. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2006 Jun; 92: 215-20.

Samuel YS Wong, Jean Woo, Henry SH Lynn, Jason Leung, YN Tang, PC Leung. Risk of depression in patients with COPD: Results from two large cohort studies in Chinese elderly from Hong Kong. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2006 Mar;21(3):233-8.

Samuel Y.S. Wong, Edith M.C. Lau, Henry Lynn, PC Leung, Jean Woo, Steve R. Cummnings, Eric Orwoll. Depression and bone mineral density: Is there a relationship in elderly Asian men. Results from Mr. Os Hong Kong.  Osteoporosis International 2005 Jun; 16(6): 610-5.

Wong SYS, Au BSK, Lau EMC, Lee LM, Sham A, Lee S. Osteoporosis in Chinese Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders 2004 July; 36(1): 104-8. 


Family Medicine and Primary Care

Wong SYS, Cheung AKY, Lee A, Cheung N, Leung A, W Wong, Chan K. Improving general practitioners’ interviewing skills in managing patients with depression and anxiety: A  randomized clinical trial. Medical Teachers. 2007 Jul; 29(6):e175-e183.

Wong WC, Wong SY, Lee A, Goggins WB. How to provide an effective primary health care in fighting against severe acute respiratory syndrome: The experiences of two cities. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Feb;35(1):50-5.

Samuel YS Wong, Karen Lee, Kenneth Chan, Albert Lee. What are the barriers faced by general practitioners in treating depression and anxiety in Hong Kong? International Journal of Clinical Practice 2006 Apr; 60(4): 437-41. 

Samuel Y.S. Wong, William Wong, Liisa Jaakkimainen, Susan Bondy, Kwong K. Tsang, Albert Lee. Primary Care Physicians in Hong Kong and Canada-how did their practices differ during the SARS epidemic? Family Practice 2005 Aug; 22(4): 361-6. 

S.Y. Wong, Edith M. Lau, Winny W. Lau, Henry S. Lynn. Is dietary counseling effective in Increasing dietary calcium, protein and energy intake in patients with osteoporotic fractures ? A randomized controlled clinical trial. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2004 Aug; 17(4): 359-64.  

W.Wong, A. Lee, K.K. Tsang, S.Y.S. Wong. How did general practitioners protect themselves, their family and staff during the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004 Mar; 58(3): 180-185. 

Samuel Y S Wong.  White coat hypertension and white coat effect: its relevance to family physicians. The Hong Kong Practitioner 2007 Nov; 29(11):409.

Samuel YS Wong, Karen Lee, Kenneth Chan, Albert Lee. General Practitioner with a Higher Qualification in Family Medicine: are they better in diagnosing and treating in depression and anxiety? The Hong Kong Practitioner 2007 Sep; 29(9):348-356.


Men's Health

SYS WONG, Jason LEUNG, Jean WOO.  Sexual activity, erectile dysfunction and their correlates among 1566 older Chinese men in Southern China. Journal of Sexual medicine. (in press)

Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Winny Lau, Ping Chung Leung, Jason Chin Shun Leung, Jean Woo.  The association between isoflavone and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in elderly man. British Journal of Nutrition. 2007; 98: 1237-1242.

SYS Wong, J Woo, A Hong, PC Leung, E Orwoll. Risk factors for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Southern Chinese men. Urology 2006; 68(5): 1009-14.

Samuel Y.S. Wong, Dicken C.C. Chan, Athena Hong, Jean Woo. Prevalence and
risk factors for Androgen deficiency in middle aged men in Hong Kong. Metabolism.  2006 Nov;55(11):1488-94.

J Woo, H Lynn, SYS Wong, A Hong, YN Tang, WY Lau, E Lau, E Orwoll, TCY Kwok. Correlates for a low ankle-brachial index in elderly Chinese. Atherosclerosis 2006 June; 186(2): 360-6. 

J Woo, H Lynn, J Leung & SY Wong.  Self-Perceived Social Status and Health in Older Hong Kong Chinese Women Compared with Men.  Women & Health 2008 (in press)

SYS Wong, J Woo, CK Li, M Li, F Yeung, CM Lum, Frank WK Chan, Dicky TK Choi. Maximum oxygen uptake and body composition of Healthy Hong Kong Chinese Adult Men and Women Ages 20-64.  Journal of Sports Sciences. 2008 Feb 1; 26(3):295-302.