Professor LAM Hung San, Hugh Simon
Professor, Department of Paediatrics
CUHK Employment
- Assistant Dean (Education)
- Professor, Department of Paediatrics
- Warden, Madam S H Ho Hostel for Medical Students
Expertise
- Neonatology
- Neonatal intensive care
- Paediatric respiratory medicine
Education & Qualifications
BChir (Cantab), MB (Cantab), MD (CUHK), MRCPCH (UK), FHKCPaed, FHKAM (Paediatrics), FRCPCH (UK)
Research Interests
- Neonatology
- Neonatal sepsis and necrotising enterocolitis
- Health impacts of early life exposures to environmental toxins
Additional Information
Professional Service
- Director and Honorary Consultant, Neonatal Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital
- Honorary Consultant, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Hong Kong Children's Hospital
- President, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
- 2nd Vice-President, The Hong Kong Neonatal Society
- Editorial Board Member, Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics
- Review Editor, Frontiers in Pediatric Pulmonology
- Member, Advisory Council, Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network
Selected Publications
- Chan RWY*, Liu S, Cheung JY, Tsun JGS, Chan KC, Chan KYY, Fung GPG, Li AM, Lam HS*. The Mucosal and Serological Immune Responses to the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccines. Front Immunol. 2021 Oct 12;12:744887.
- Chan PHY, Kwok KM, Chan MHM, Li AM, Chan IHS, Fok TF, Lam HS*. Prenatal methylmercury exposure is associated with decrease heart rate variability in children. Environ Res. 2021 Sep;200:111744.
- Chan PHY, Chan MHM, Li AM, Cheung RCK, Yu XT, Lam HS*. Methylmercury levels in commonly consumed fish and methylmercury exposure of children and women of childbearing age in Hong Kong, a high fish consumption community. Environ Res. 2018 Oct;166:418-426.
- Lam HS, Chan KY, Ip M, Leung KT, Lo NW, Wong RP, Li K, Ng PC. Rapid Identification of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance by qPCR in Infants with Gram-Negative Septicaemia: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Neonatology. 2017;111(2):145-152.
- Hui LL, Lam HS*, Lau EY, Nelson EA, Wong TW, Fielding R. Prenatal dioxin exposure and neurocognitive development in Hong Kong 11-year-old children. Environ Res. 2016 Oct;150:205-12.
- Lam HS, Sit T, Chau CL, Tam YH, Cheung HM, Wong SP, Ng PC. Attitudes of Parents and Health Care Workers to Major Surgery for High-Risk Preterm Infants. J Pediatr. 2016 Jul 29. pii: S0022-3476(16)30500-5.
- Hui LL, Chan MH, Lam HS*, Chan PH, Kwok KM, Chan IH, Li AM, Fok TF. Impact of fetal and childhood mercury exposure on immune status in children. Environ Res. 2016 Jan;144(Pt A):66-72.
- Lam HS, Tam YH, Poon TC, Cheung HM, Yu X, Chan BP, Lee KH, Lee BS, Ng PC. A double-blind randomised controlled trial of fish oil-based versus soy-based lipid preparations in the treatment of infants with parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis. Neonatology. 2014;105(4):290-6.
- Lam HS, Cheung HM, Poon TC, Wong RP, Leung KT, Li K, Ng PC. Neutrophil CD64 for daily surveillance of systemic infection and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. Clin Chem. 2013;59:1753-60.
- Lam HS*, Kwok KM, Chan PH, So HK, Li AM, Ng PC, Fok TF. Long term neurocognitive impact of low dose prenatal methylmercury exposure in Hong Kong. Environ Int. 2013 Apr;54:59-64.