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Dr Chan, Hoi Shan Sophelia 陳凱珊
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Clinical Assistant Professor
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Dr Chan, Hoi Shan Sophelia 陳凱珊
Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Also Cited As:
Chan SHS
Chan HSS
Chan Sophelia
Professional Qualifications
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Hong Kong | MMedSc(HKU) | |
| The University of Hong Kong | MBBS(HK) | |
| The HK College of Paediatricians | FHKCPaed | |
| The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | HKFAM (Paed) | |
| The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | FHKCPaed(Paed Neurology) |
Biography
Dr Sophelia Chan is the Clinical Assistant Professor of the Paediatric Neurology, Developmental Paediatrics and Neurohabilitation Team of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LSK Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. As a Specialist in Paediatrics, she further and had completed both subspecialty training in Developmental Behavioural Paediatrics and Paediatric Neurology. Her Paediatric Rehabilitation Clinical Fellowship was in the New England Medical Centre under the Tuft University, and her Pediatric EMG training was through the EMG lab attachment in the Children’s Hospital, Boston. She further completed her Paediatric Myology Clinical and Research Fellowship in the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre in the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
In 2009, she started the Paediatric Neuromuscular Disorder Program including a multi-specialty team in the Queen Mary Hospital and Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital focusing on the advancement in the diagnosis, treatment and management of paediatric rare neuromuscular diseases. In 2016, the Paediatric Neuromuscular Team, under her leadership was awarded the outstanding team at the HK Hospital Authority Convention.
Her research focus include both pre-clinical and clinical research on rare neurological diseases with special focus on rare neuromuscular diseases and immune-mediated neurological disorders. She is currently the principal investigator of several clinical trials in Hong Kong University for spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
Kwong, KY Gao, Y Pang, S Law, PTW Yu, KLM Cheng, Y | 2022-06-01 | Best E-poster presentation 3rd price: Genetic diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in Hong Kong Chinese patients using molecular combing [PI, Supervisor].: The 20th Asian and Oceanian Myopathy Center (AOMC) Meeting in conjunction with the National Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Neurological Association (PERDOSSI) Jun 9th-12th 2022 | Research Achievement |
Yu, KLM Gao, Y Pang, S Law, PTW Khan, H Wang, A | 2022-11-01 | Best Oral Presentation 2nd price: Genetic diagnosis and clinical characterisation of Facio-ScapuloHumeral Muscular Dystrophy in Hong Kong Chinese patients using molecular combing and whole exome sequencing. * [ PI, supervisor].: The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association and Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing Joint Annual Scientific meeting on 6th Nov 2022. | Research Achievement |
Lei, Y | 2022-06-01 | Best E-poster presentation 1st price: Ranking variant pathogenicity using Exomiser facilitated the identification of the missing second mutation in three recessive cases of congenital myopathy [PI, Supervisor].: The 20th Asian and Oceanian Myopathy Center (AOMC) Meeting in conjunction with the National Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Neurological Association (PERDOSSI) Jun 9th-12th 2022 | Research Achievement |
Cheung, TH Pyle, AD | 2021-05-01 | HKUMed Research Fellowship Scheme for Clinical Academics 2021-2022: The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
Chiu, AYY HIu, CCK Choi, SWC Lee, SL | 2019-09-01 | Best Poster Presentation: Reliability and validity of performance of the upper limb module for Chinese patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A new useful clinical tool to monitor the disease progress and as outcome measure for therapeutic drug trial. [ PI, Supervisor]: Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 jointly organized by the HK Paediatric Society, HK College of Paediatricians, HK Paediatric Nurses Association, HK College of Paediatric Nursing. Hong Kong. 28 Sep 2019. | Research Achievement |
Chau, YS YU, KL Ip, HHN Cheng, RHL Lam, PL Cheng, PEARL Lee, SL Ip, BYT | 2020-11-01 | Best Poster Presentation: Improvement in health-related quality of life in patients and their families, with SMA after 1 year of nusinersen treatment [PI, Supervisor]: Joint Annual Scientific Meeting 2020 jointly organized by the Hong Kong Paediatric Society, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing. Hong Kong Children’s Hospital. 7 November 2020. | Research Achievement |
LEI, Y | 2021-06-01 | Best Poster Presentation: TTN mutations in limb girdle muscular dystrophy with calpainopathy-like presentation in 2 siblings . [PI, Supervisor]: 19th Asian-Oceanian Myology Center Meeting, Busan Korea, June 10-11, 2021 | Research Achievement |
Ip, HNH YU, KL Cheng, PK So, NLW Kuong, E | 2021-10-01 | Best Oral Presentation 2nd price: The impact of nusinersen treatment on musculoskeletal progression in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. [PI, supervisor].: Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association and Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing. 30 October 2021. | Research Achievement |
| 2018-09-01 | HKU Overseas Fellowship Award 2018-2019: The University of Hong Kong | Others | |
Ho, RSL Chan, AOK Ip, JJK Wong, S Ng, GSF Lee, HCH Cheng, Y Liu, KT Lee, CN Fung, STH Cherk, SWW Chan, TSK Lam, WMW Shek, WH | 2016-11-01 | Best Oral Presentation: Congenital myopathies - Characteristic clinical features and subtypes in Hong Kong [PI and presenter]: 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Neurological Society | Research Achievement |
Liang, R Law, HY Deng, R Boheler, K | 2018-07-01 | Best Poster Presentation: Generation of Induced pluripotent stem cells from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of an X-linked Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patient. [PI and supervisor]: The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing, jointly organised 2nd Joint Annual Research and Scientific Meeting 2018 | Research Achievement |
| 2016-05-01 | Hospital Authority 2016 Outstanding Team -- Team leader of the Neuromuscular Disorder Diagnostic and Management Program in Queen Mary Hospital and Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital: Hospital Authority | Others | |
Ho, SLR Chan, A Ip, J Wong, S Ng, G Lee, H Cheng, S Liu, KT Lee, CN Fung, S Cherk, S Chan, T Lam, W Shek, T | 2016-11-01 | Best Free Paper Award on the study ' Congenital myopathies are a group of phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous diseases': 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Neurological Society on 5th November 2016 | Research Achievement |
Professional Societies
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 09/2021 -- 12/2022 | Committee Member | World Muscle Society 2022 Congress Program Committee |
| 09/2022 -- now | Co-chair | AOMC 2023 Congress Organising Committee |
| 11/2012 -- now | Council member (co-opted) | Paediatric Neurology Association in Hong Kong |
| 03/2015 -- now | President | Hong Kong Society of Neuromuscular Diseases |
| 05/2015 -- now | Executive Board Member | Asian Oceanian Myology Center |
| 09/2016 -- now | Council member | Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics |
| 08/2019 -- now | Subspecialty Board Members | Paediatric Neurology Subspecialty Board, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians |
| 05/2013 -- 06/2019 | Subspecialty Board Member | Developmental Behavioural Paediatrics Subspecialty Board, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians |
| 04/2021 -- now | Member | Working Group for Curriculum Review, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians |
| 09/2021 -- now | World Muscle Society Program Committee Members | World Muscle Society Committee |
| 08/2019 -- now | Subspecialty Board Members | Paediatric Neurology Subspecialty Board, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians |
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