David Chong

M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.S.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Cleft lip and palate surgery, Craniofacial Surgery, Salivary Control, Facial Deformity, Paediatric Surgery

EDUCATION

1986 -1992 MBBS University of Western Australia
1993 Intern of the year Royal Perth Hospital WA
1994-1995 Residency Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children WA
1997 Service registrar Cardiothoracic Surgery Royal Perth Hospital WA
1998 Advanced Trainee Otorhinolaryngology, WA rotation
1999-2002 Advanced Trainee Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery WA rotation
2003 Locum Consultant Sir Charles Gardiner, Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children WA
2004 Fellowship Cleft, Craniofacial and Aesthetic Surgery Dallas Texas USA
2005/6 Fellowship Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery Toronto Canada
2007 Fellowship Travelling-American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery Travelling Fellow

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

SOCIETIES

Royal Australian College of Surgeons
American Cleft Lip and Palate Association
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery
Australiasian Cleft Lip and Palate Society

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Ongoing research interests include:

Facial growth in cleft lip and palate surgery
Morphometric assesessment of single sutural synostoses
Analysing spring versus total vault procedures for scaphocephaly

RECENT PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Pharyngoplasty: the WA Experience. Chong D, Quinn P, Washbourne T, Gillett D. Presented at 9th International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Anomalies, Sweden 2001.
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Using Tissue Engineered Schwann Cells. Ongoing research. University of Western Australia 2003 to current. Presented at Research and Advances, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Australia 2003.
Orthognathic Surgery in the Cleft Patient. Chong D, Genecov D, Salyer K. Presented at 10th International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Anomalies, Durban South Africa and International Society of Craniofacial Surgery Conference Brisbane Australia September 2005. Accepted for publication Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Awarded Scholarship for Junior presentation.
Cranioplasty of a Super Sized Calvarial Defect in a Canine Model. Chong D, Por Y, Barcelo R, Genecov D, Salyer K. Presented at 10th International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Anomalies, Durban South Africa September 2005. Awarded Owen Cole Memorial prize.
Extended Strip Craniectomy for Sagittal Synostosis: Outcome Measures Based on Morphometric CT Based Analysis. Chong D, Kumar S, Armstrong D, Forrest C. Presented at 60th Annual Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, July 2006.
An Early and Comprehensive Approach to Sagittal Synostoses. Chong D, Murray D, Kumar S, Mason A, Forrest C. Presented at American Cleft Palate Association Meeting, Colorado USA April 2007.
Aesthetic Outcomes in Patients with Positional Plagiocephaly. Mason A, Miller A, Chong D, Phillips J, Forrest C. Presented at American Cleft Palate Association Meeting, Colorado USA April 2007.
Medical Student Electives - The Hospital for Sick Children Perspective. Kumar S, Chong D, Forrest C. Poster Presentation at British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Meeting, London UK, December 2006.
Cranioskeletal Anomaly in Treacher Collins Syndrome: A Controlled Cephalometric Study and Significance for the Surgical Rehabilitation of Facial Balance. Chong D, Murray D, Britto J, Tompson B, Forrest C, Phillips J. Accepted for publication Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Presented at 14th International Congress IPRAS, Berlin Germany June 2007.
Dentigerous Cyst following Distraction Osteogenesis of the Mandible: A Case Report. Murray D, Chong D, Forrest C, Sandor G. Accepted for publication Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.

Last Updated 30-Sep-2009. Authorised by: Heather Cleland. Enquiries: Amber Fraser.