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Professor Chan, Hoi Shan Sophelia 陳凱珊

Title:
Clinical Associate Professor

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Professor Chan, Hoi Shan Sophelia 陳凱珊

Title:
Clinical Associate Professor

Also Cited As:
Chan SHS
Chan HSS
Chan Sophelia

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
The University of Hong KongMMedSc(HKU)
The University of Hong KongMBBS(HK)
The HK College of PaediatriciansFHKCPaed
The Hong Kong Academy of MedicineHKFAM (Paed)
The Hong Kong Academy of MedicineFHKCPaed(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
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
Wang, A
Yu, KLM
2022-11-01Best 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
YU, Kwan Leung
2021-10-01Best 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
YU, Kwan Leung
2020-11-01Best 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
2019-09-01Best 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
Kwong, KY
Cheng, Y
Yu, KLM
2022-06-01Best 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
Law, HY
Deng, R
Liang, R
2018-07-01Best 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
2016-11-01Best 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
2024-01-272nd Prize Oral Presentation, 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 27th Jan 2024
Research Achievement
2023-10-28Best Poster Presentation, The 21st Asian and Oceanian Myology Center Meeting in Shanghai, China 26-28 Oct 2023
Research Achievement
2018-09-01HKU Overseas Fellowship Award 2018-2019: The University of Hong Kong
Others
2016-05-01Hospital 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
Lei, Y
2022-06-01Best 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
LEI, Yao
2021-06-01Best 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
2021-05-01HKUMed Research Fellowship Scheme for Clinical Academics 2021-2022: The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
01/2023 -- nowMemberWorld Muscle Society Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
01/2024 -- nowMemberOperation Committee on Newborn Screening, HAHO
09/2022 -- nowCo-chairAOMC 2023 Congress Organising Committee
09/2021 -- 12/2022Committee MemberWorld Muscle Society 2022 Congress Program Committee
09/2021 -- nowWorld Muscle Society Program Committee MembersWorld Muscle Society Committee
05/2013 -- 06/2019Subspecialty Board MemberDevelopmental Behavioural Paediatrics Subspecialty Board, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
08/2019 -- nowSubspecialty Board MembersPaediatric Neurology Subspecialty Board, Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
09/2016 -- nowCouncil memberHong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics
05/2015 -- nowExecutive Board MemberAsian Oceanian Myology Center
03/2015 -- nowPresidentHong Kong Society of Neuromuscular Diseases
11/2012 -- nowCouncil member (co-opted)Paediatric Neurology Association in Hong Kong
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