Teaching & Learning
Postgraduate Studies
MPhil & PhD Programmes
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Major Research Areas
Pain medicine and dental sedation
Dental sedation drugs and techniques; safety of intravenous sedation; acute post-operative dental pain; chronic orofacial pain; mechanicism of pain; neuromodulation and pain.
Contact Person
Professor C.W. Cheung
Email: cheucw@hku.hk
Total intravenous anaesthesia
Propofol, remifentanil, dexmedetomidine; patient-controlled and target-controlled infusion
Contact Person
Professor Michael Irwin
Email: mgirwin@hku.hk
Opioid pre and post conditioning
Contact Person
Professor Michael Irwin
Email: mgirwin@hku.hk
Pharmacokinetic variations in various disease states; dose response characteristics
Contact Person
Professor Michael Irwin
Email: mgirwin@hku.hk
Perioperative medicine
Contact Person
Professor Michael Irwin
Email: mgirwin@hku.hk
Pain management
Pain and pro-inflammatory markers; genetics and pain; complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); acute post-operative pain management; chronic and cancer pain management; pain medications and techniques on pain management; effect of pain on patient outcomes.
Contact Persons
Professor C.W. Cheung
Email: cheucw@hku.hk
Professor Stanley Wong
Email: wongstan@hku.hk
Cardiac protective effects of opioid drugs, especially remifentanil in both animal models and clinical studies
Role of inflammatory mediators in the development of chronic pain in animal models; analgesic effects of antiepileptic drugs.
Contact Person
Professor Gordon Wong
Email: gordon@hku.hk
Anaesthetic & analgesic drugs in pain management
Effect of propofol for acute postoperative pain, analgesic mechanisms of propofol in animal models of chronic regional pain syndrome, regional anaesthesia and postoperative pain.
Contact Person
Professor Stanley Wong
Email: wongstan@hku.hk
Postgraduate Admissions Advisor
Contact Person
Professor Gordon Wong
Tel. (852) 2255 3303
Fax. (852) 2855 1654
Email: gordon@hku.hk