Professor Edmond Siu-keung MA
Clinical Assistant Professor (Honorary), Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK
Senior Medical Officer, Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Centre for Health Protection
| Email: | smo_ss4@dh.gov.hk |
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( Hong Kong), 1996
- Postgraduate Diploma in Community Geriatrics ( Hong Kong), 2001
- Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics ( Hong Kong), 2002
- Master of Medical Science (Public Health) ( Hong Kong), 2005
- Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases ( Hong Kong), 2007
- Member of Faculty of Public Health Medicine ( United Kingdom), 2007
- Fellow, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine (Public Health), 2008
- Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Community Medicine), 2008
After graduation, he has been working in various areas in public health in the Department of Health including the Elderly Health Services, former Regional Health Service, and Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch of the Centre of Health Protection. He was involved in controlling outbreaks of infectious diseases including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. He currently works as Senior Medical Officer in Centre for Health Protection and is responsible for surveillance of enteric and vector borne diseases, as well as development of various surveillance systems. He was award the gold and bronze medal prize for Best Oral Presentation for Trainee in 2005 and 2007 respectively, organized by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
His main research areas are epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases such as SARS, avian influenza and Streptococcus suis. He has conducted various field studies in outbreak control of infectious diseases. He is also interested in setting up, implementing and evaluating surveillance systems of communicable diseases including syndromic surveillance.
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Ma SK, So K, Chung PH, Tsang HF, Chuang SK. A Multi-Countries Outbreak of Fungal Keratitis Associated with a Contact Lens Solution: the Hong Kong Experience. Int J Infect Dis Nov 2008. [Epub ahead of print]
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Ma E, Chung PH, So T, Wong L, Choi KM, Cheung DT, Kam KM, Chuang SK, Tsang T; Collaborative Study Group on Streptococcus suis infection in Hong Kong. Streptococcus suis infection in Hong Kong: an emerging infectious disease? Epidemiol Infect Dec 2008;136(12):1691-1697
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SS Lee, Edmond MA, Dennise Tam. Report on the Assessment of Recently Acquired HIV Infection in Men Having Sex with Men (MSM) in Hong Kong. pdf
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Ma SK, Chuang SK, Cheung TL, Kam KM, Tsang HF A fatal case of Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia in Hong Kong. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Nov 2006;37(6):1179-1182
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F Yang, E Ma, JF He, SK Mak, WJ Liang, Teresa Choi, HM Luo. Epidemiological analysis of imported cases of dengue fever in Guangdong province and Hong Kong during 2004-2006. Chinese J Epidemiology January 2009, 30:1
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Edmond MA, SK Chuang, Thomas Tsang. Effectiveness of post-exposure prophylactic use of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in controlling influenza outbreaks in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly. Abstract presented at 10th European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Seminar, Spain October 13-15, 2005
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Edmond MA. Viral hepatitis A and E: enteric infections in winter. Communicable Disease Watch February 2008;5(4):15
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Edmond MA and Terence LAM. A review of rickettsial diseases. Communicable Disease Watch February 2007;4(15):57-59
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KH Kung and Edmond MA. Food poisoning associated with norovirus, 2002-2007. Communicable Disease Watch February 2007;4(26):102-103
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Edmond MA and Terence Lam. Rotavirus: a common cause for gastroenteritis affecting infants and young children in winter . Communicable Disease Watch February 2007;5(25):98-99
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Edmond MA. Typhoid fever outbreak in Yuen Log district. Communicable Disease Watch February 2006;3(3)9-10