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Dr. Florence SY FAN
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Faculty of Medicine
Prince of Wales Hospital
Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital
Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Shatin Hospital
Academic and Professional Qualifications
MBChB (CUHK), MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)Biography
Dr Florence Fan graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK with honour in 2007. She received her basic physician and neurology training at the Department pf Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital. She was awarded the Best Dissertation Award by the Hong Kong Neurological Society in 2014. She got the Young investigator Research Grants in 2013 and 2017. Dr Fan worked as visiting research scholar and received her training on functional neuroimaging under the guidance by Professor Steven Cramer at the Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine in 2016. She is dedicated in educating medical students and junior doctors. She was awarded the Exemplary Teachers Awards in 2013-2015 and the Best Medical Officer's Teaching Award in 2015 by the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. She is currently the Consultant and Honorary Adjunct Clinical tutor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital and Shatin Hospital. Her main research interests are in stroke prevention, stroke management and neurorehabilitation.
Dr. Florence SY FAN
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Faculty of Medicine
Prince of Wales Hospital
Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital
Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Shatin Hospital
Awards
- Young Investigator Research Grant, The Hong Kong College of Physicians (2017)
- Henry CH Leung Fellowship, CUHK (2016)
- Exemplary Teachers' Award, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (2013 - 2015)
- Best Medical Officer's Teaching Award, CUHK (2015)
- Best Dissertation Award in the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, The Hong Kong Neurological Society (2014)
- Patients Appreciation Award (1st runner up), Prince of Wales Hospital (2013)
- Young Investigator Research Grant 2013, The Hong Kong College of Physicians (2013)
- Best Intern Award, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital (2008)
Selected Publications
- Fan FSY, Yip TCF, Yiu B, Lam B, Au L, Lau AYL, Ip B, Soo Y, Leung TWH, Li T, Lui G, Wong GLH, Mok VCT. Neurological diseases and risk of mortality in patients with COVID-19 and SARS: a territory-wide study in Hong Kong. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 27;jnnp-2021-326286.
- Chan FL, Chang MW, Chan CC, Lai WK, Fan FSY, Hui E, Wong LKS. Hybrid Robotic Lower Limb Training and Tilt-Table Machine Hastens Recovery for Patients with Severe Stroke. Abstracts for the 9th World Congress on Active Aging. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 2016, 24(Suppl.), S83.
- Nam HS, Scalzo F, Leng X, Ip HL, Lee HS, Fan F, Chen X, Soo Y, Miao Z, Liu L, Feldmann E, Leung T, Wong KS, Liebeskind DS. Hemodynamic Impact of Systolic Blood Pressure and Hematocrit Calculated by Computational Fluid Dynamics in Patients with Intracranial Atherosclerosis. J Neuroimaging. 2016;26(3):331-8. doi: 10.1111/jon.12314.
- Leung TW, Wang L, Soo YO, Ip VH, Chan AY, Au LW, Fan FS, Lau AY, Leung H, Abrigo J, Wong A, Mok VC, Ng PW, Tsoi TH, Li SH, Man CB, Fong WC, Wong KS, Yu SC. Evolution of intracranial atherosclerotic disease under modern medical therapy. Ann Neurol. 2015;77(3):478-86.
- Leng X, Scalzo F, Ip HL, Johnson M, Fong AK, Fan FS, Chen X, Soo YO, Miao Z, Liu L, Feldmann E, Leung TW, Liebeskind DS, Wong KS. Computational fluid dynamics modeling of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis may predict risk of stroke recurrence. PLoS One. 2014;9:e97531
- Yu SC, Zou WX, Soo YO, Wang L, Hui JW, Chan AY, Lee KT, Ip VH, Fan FS, Chan AL, Wong LK, Leung TW. Evaluation of carotid angioplasty and stenting for radiation-induced carotid stenosis. Stroke. 2014 May;45(5):1402-7.
- Yang J, Wong A, Wang Z, Liu W, Au L, Xiong Y, Chu WW, Leung EY, Chen S, Lau C, Chan AY, Lau AY, Fan F, Ip V, Soo Y, Leung T, Ho CL, Wong LK, Mok VC. Risk factors for incident dementia after stroke and transient ischemic attack. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Mar 3.
- Ip VH, Lau AY, Au LW, Fan FS, Chan AY, Mok VC, Wong KS. Rituximab reduces attacks in Chinese patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. J Neurol Sci. 2013 Jan 15;324(1-2):38-9.
- Fan F, Lui G, Ip M, Lee N. Foot ulcer, skin nodules, and blurred vision. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 1;54(5):706, 736-7.
- F S Y Fan, K M Chow, C C Szeto, P K T Li. Hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis. Emergency Medicine Journal Sept 2008; volume 25 number 9.