ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. CHUNG WENG HONG
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Faculty of Medicine
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Dr. Chung serves as a Senior Lecturer and a Spine Surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. He specializes in spinal surgeries for patients with spinal deformities such as scoliosis, minimally invasive spinal surgery and degenerative spine diseases. Dr. Chung obtained his medical degree (MD) and was awarded the “Dean List Award” from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2009. He attained his Master of Orthopaedic Surgery (MS Orth) from University of Malaya in 2017. He was the top student of his class and was awarded the “Best Master Student Award”. Dr Chung is an active researcher particularly in areas related to idiopathic scoliosis and minimally invasive spinal stabilisation. He had published his research work in both local and international ISI journals such as The Spine Journal, Spine, European Spine Journal, Clinical Spine Surgery and others. Dr Chung was awarded the “Scoliosis Research Society Educational Scholarship Award” in 2019. He was awarded the “Oral Presentation Award (Gold Prize)” in the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research (JSSR) in Yokohama, Japan in 2019. He has been selected for the prestigious “Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association Young Ambassadorship Award”. Dr. Chung is an active member of various professional spine societies such as the Malaysia Spine Society, Asia Pacific Spine Society and AO Spine. He is currently a committee member of the Asia Pacific Spine Society Community Development Committee. He is a candidate fellow for Scoliosis Research Society. Dr Chung is a peer reviewer for several local and international journals such as Global Spine Journal, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, Journal of Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology and Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal. |
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Preoperative "Cervical Axis" Deviation Increases the Risk of Distal Adding-On Following Surgery in Lenke 1 and 2 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients
A Comparison Between the Perioperative Outcomes of Female Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Versus Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis (AdIS) Following Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis Involving 425 Patients
Patients' Perception and Satisfaction on Neck and Shoulder Imbalance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
What is the prevalence and distribution of narrow dysplastic and fully corticalized pedicles in Asian adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with major main thoracic curves? A computed tomography scan analysis of 6,494 pedicles