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Dr CS Ho

Biography

Dr Chung Shun HO obtained his BSc (Hon) degree in Biochemistry and MSc degree in Clinical Biochemistry from the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and completed his PhD degree in Chemical Pathology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was appointed Scientific Officer (Medical) in the Department of Chemical Pathology at the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1983 and has also held an honorary academic post at the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1985. Dr Ho has been an active clinical scientist in Hong Kong serving as President of the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Chemistry; and founding council member of the Hong Kong Society of Mass Spectrometry.

In 1995, Dr Ho was appointed as the in-charge scientist of the Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital. He gained extensive experience in using gas chromatography mass spectrometry for assessment of in vivo oxidative stress, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry system for protein glycoforms of cancer markers, in-born errors of metabolism & drugs of abuse; and isotope-ratio mass spectrometry for total energy expenditure. In 2002, Dr Ho established the first routine laboratory in Hong Kong using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry at the New Territories East Cluster Mass Spectrometry Laboratory located at the North District Hospital. This laboratory now provides routine assay service for whole blood immunosuppressants (Cyclosporin A, Everolimus, Sirolimus and Tacrolimus) and serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone measurements for the Cluster and many other hospitals in Hong Kong. Quantitation of other steroids, such as cortisol, cortisone, 6b-hydroxycortisol testosterone, and androstenedione in serum and urine samples is also being developed. Recently, he is also involved in the use of liquid chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry for general toxicology screening in the routine clinical laboratory.