Our Research

HKSH Eastern Medical Centre is committed to:
  • Nurturing an environment that promotes research, collaboration, and clinical excellence as an exchange platform of medical advances;
  • Sharing the research and clinical outcomes and inviting overseas and local leaders of the field to conduct seminars and training; and
  • Translating clinical researches to application and thus benefitting our patients from these advances, as research is an essential part of our mission.

Year Date Event Speaker(s) Programme
2014 11 December 2014 Scientific Seminar - Clinical Application and Advances in Proton Therapy    
    Various Clinical Commissioning Aspects of Modulated Scanning Systems Dr. Jonathan FARR, PhD
Chief of Radiation Physics, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
 
    Proton Therapy Treatment Planning for Head & Neck Cancer Dr. Martin BUES, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA
 
    Dealing with Organ Motion during Proton Therapy Treatment with Scanning Pencil Beam Dr. Michael HERMAN, PhD
Professor and Chair, Division of Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 
  16 June 2014 PYNEH-HKSH Joint Seminar on Advances in Radiation Oncology  
    Advances in Head & Neck Radiation Therapy Professor William M. MENDENHALL, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine – Jacksonville, University of Florida
 
    Advances in the Management of Lung Cancer by Proton Therapy Professor Joe Y. CHANG, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA (MDACC);
Clinical Section Chief, Thoracic Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, MDACC;
Director, Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, MDACC
 
    Proton Beam Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Professor Nobuyoshi FUKUMITSU, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 
    The Role of Adjuvant Radiation for Soft Tissue Sarcomas Professor Thomas F. DELANEY, MD
Andres Soriano Professor, Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School;
Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology;
Medical Director, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center;
Co-Director, Centre for Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
 
  15 June 2014 HKSH Symposium on Advances in Cancer Management    
    Advances and Opportunities for Liver Cancer Management Professor FAN Sheung Tat
Director, Liver Surgery Centre
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
 
    Personalise Medicine for Lung Cancer: Where We Are and Where We Want To Be Professor Tony SK MOK
Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology
Prince of Wales Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
    Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Tomotherapy: The HKSH Experience Dr. Daniel TT CHUA
Associate Director, Comprehensive Oncology Centre (Radiotherapy)
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
 
    Recent Advances in Paediatric Oncology Management Professor Godfrey CF CHAN
Head of Department, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital
The University of Hong Kong
 
    Proton Therapy: Promise, Practice and Priorities Professor Nancy P. MENDENHALL, MD
Medical Director, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL, USA;
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of radiation Oncology, College of Medicine – Jacksonville, University of Florida
 
    Advances in the Management of Lung Cancer by Proton Therapy Professor Joe Y. CHANG, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA (MDACC);
Clinical Section Chief, Thoracic Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, MDACC;
Director, Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, MDACC
 
    Advanced Treatment Planning Techniques for Radiation Oncology: Proton Therapy vs. Conventional Radiation Therapy Dr. Zuofeng Li, DSc
Physics Director, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL, USA;
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine – Jacksonville, University of Florida
 
    Proton Beam Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Professor Nobuyoshi FUKUMITSU, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tsukuba, Japan
 
    Proton and Charged Particle Radiation for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas Professor Thomas F. DELANEY, MD
Andres Soriano Professor, Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School;
Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology;
Medical Director, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center;
Co-Director, Centre for Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
 
2013 28 October 2013 Scientific Seminar – Factors Affecting Accuracy in Proton Therapy Professor Chee-Wai CHENG
Director of Medical Physics
Indiana University Health Proton Therapy; Center & Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology Department, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
 
  19 April 2013 Scientific Seminar - Clinical Application and Advances in Proton Therapy Dr. James W. Welsh, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiation Oncology,
Division of Radiation Oncology,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
  6 March 2013 Scientific Seminar - Techniques of Proton Therapy and Clinical Applications Dr. Zuofeng Li, DSc
University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
 
2012 21 May 2012 Scientific Seminar in Motion Management in Proton Therapy and Radiotherapy    
    Topic: Motion Management in Proton Therapy Dr. Ralf SCHNEIDER
Center for Proton Therapy
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
 
    Topic: Treatment Verification in Motion Compensated Radiotherapy Dr. Kin Yin CHEUNG
Senior Medical Physicist
Medical Physics and Research Department
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
 



Year Published Research Papers
2019 Yang B, Geng H, Ding Y, Kong CW, Cheung CW, Chiu TL, Lam WW, Cheung KY and Yu SK. Development of a novel methodology for QA of respiratory gated and VMAT beam delivery using Octavius 4D phantom. Med Dosim. 2019; 44:83-90
2018 Zhou Y, Yuan J, Wong OL, Fung WW, Cheng KF, Cheung KY, Yu SK. Assessment of positional reproducibility in the head and neck on a 1.5-T MR simulator for an offline MR-guided radiotherapy solution. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2018;8(9):925-935. doi: 10.21037/qims.2018.10.03
2017 Choi HHF, Ho YW, Law YY, Wu PM, Cheung KY, Yu SK, "Quantification of the Increase in Risk of Pneumonitis and Ischemic Heart Disease Among Left Breast Cancer Patients Due to Megavoltage Imaging Beam in TomoTherapy," Med. Phys. 44, 2848 (2017)
  Wong OL, Yuan J, Yu SK, Cheung KY. Image quality assessment of a 1.5T dedicated magnetic resonance simulator for radiotherapy with a flexible radio frequency coil setting using the standard American College of radiology magnetic resonance imaging phantom test. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery 2017; Vol 7, No 2
  Yang B, Wong WKR, Geng H, Lam WW, Ho YW, Kwok WM, Cheung KY, Yu SK. Filmless methods for quality assurance of Tomotherapy using ArcCHECK. Medical Physics 2017; 44(1):7-16
2016 Yang B, Geng H, Kong CW, Lam WW, Cheung KY, Yu SK. Dose rate vs gantry speed test in RapidArc commissioning: a feasibility study using ArcCHECK. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2 (2016) 067003