Dr. Ka Ka SIU (邵嘉嘉)

MB ChB (CUHK), DCH (HK) (HKCPaed), DCH (International) (RCPCH), MRCPCH, FHKCPaed, FHKAM (Paediatrics), PGDipClinDerm (QMUL), Cert HKCPaed (PRM), European Dip (PRM), ERS

 

Clinical Associate Professor of Practice

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

 

Honorary Consultant

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay

 

 

Specialist in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

 

Specialty

Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

 

Contact

Email:

Tel:

Fax:
Office:

 siukk@hku.hk
(852) 2255-4481 / 2255-4898
(852) 2855-1523
Room 109, 1/F, New Clinical Building
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
102 Pokfulam Road, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

 

CLINICAL SERVICE

  • Paediatric inpatient service in general ward, PICU & Rehabilitation ward
  • Paediatric respiratory consultation service
  • Paediatric lung function tests
  • Paediatric sleep studies
  • Paediatric flexible bronchoscopy and upper airway endoscopy
  • Sweat test for cystic fibrosis
  • Ciliary study for primary ciliary dyskinesia
  • Paediatric non-invasive ventilation
  • Ventilator-assisted children (VAC) program (inpatients and outpatients)
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation service
  • Respiratory monitoring for paediatric SMA patients receiving Disease-modifying therapy
  • Difficult-to-control paediatric asthma, including use of biologics

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Research areas

  • Preschool wheeze / Asthma
  • Ventilator-associated children
  • Sleep disordered breathing in neuromuscular disorders
  • Upper Airway Disorders

Selected publications

  1. Functional Evaluation and Genetic Landscape of Children and Young Adults Referred for Assessment of Bronchiectasis. Jeffrey Fong Ting Chau, Mianne Lee, Martin Man Chun Chui, Mullin Ho Chung Yu, Jasmine Lee Fong Fung , Christopher Chun Yu Mak , Christy Shuk-Kuen Chau , Ka Ka Siu , Jacqueline Hung, Kit San Yeung, Anna Ka Yee Kwong, Christopher O’Callaghan, Yu Lung Lau, Chun-Wai Davy Lee, Brian Hon-Yin Chung and So-Lun Lee. Frontiers in Genetics. 8 August 2022
  2. Clinical Guidelines on the management of acute bronchiolitis. Cheng J; Yeung M, Cheung, T.; Poon, E.; Siu, K.; Tsang, Y.; Wong, O.; Lau, K.; Li, A.; Sit, S.; Tam, A. HKJ Paediatr Vol 27. No.3, 2022; 27:204-21
  3. Clinical characteristics and transmission of COVID-19 in children and adolescents: Hong Kong’s experience. Coauthor JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(5):e218824. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.882
  4. Isoniazid-induced gynaecomastia: report of a paediatric case and review of literature. Sarah Wing Yiu Poon, Ka Ka SIU and Anita Man Ching Tsang. Poon et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders (2020)20:160
  5. Orthodontic plate for management of obstructive sleep apnoea in infants with Pierre Robin sequence: experience and protocol in Hong Kong. Ho AC, Wong RW, Cheung T, Ng DK, Siu KK, Fung SC. J Orthod. 2019 Dec;46(4):367-373. Epub 2019 Oct 10
  6. Air Pollution as a Risk Factor for Increasing Hospitalizations of Preschool Wheeze in Hong Kong. Siu KK, Wong CP, Lee RS, Chan JP, Leung SY, Chan EY, et al. Pediatr Respirol Crit Care Med 2018;2:11-5
  7. Determinants for asthma control, quality of life and use of complementary and alternative medicine in asthmatic pediatric patients in four cities. Hon KL, Bao YM, Chan KC, et al. World Journal of Pediatrics. 2018 Oct;14(5):482-491
  8. Management of Recurrent Preschool, Doctor-Diagnosed Wheeze. Siu KK et al. Indian J Pediatr 85, 658–666 (2018
  9. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome from a trivial injury. Siu KK et al. Journal of Paediatric Respirology and Critical Care. Volume 11. No.2, June 2015; p.17-20
  10. Unexplained childhood anaemia: idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. Siu KK at al. Hong Kong Medical Journal. Apr 21(2) 2015; 172-174

 

 

TEACHING

  • Trainers for Paediatric Trainees
  • Trainers for Paediatric Respiratory Subspecialty Trainees
  • Tutorials for Paediatric Interns (Respiratory system)    
  • Teacher for MBBS students on paediatrics and paediatric respiratory medicine     
  • Ventilation Workshop for paediatric nurses at QMH & DKCH                   
  • Speaker for the 27th Certificate Course in ENT Diseases for Nurses, Department of ENT, Tung Wah Hospital          
  • Speaker for the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine Joint Clinical Meeting & Didactic Lectures (12 April 2023) “Updates on management of common paediatric respiratory problems in AED”
  • Speaker in 3rd Asia Pacific (APAC) SMA Symposium (15 July 2023)

 

 

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2020 -    HA Corporate Scholarships -  Long-term ventilation program

2017 -    Best Oral Paper Presentation
                 - Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respirology & Allergy Annual Scientific Conference

2016 -    HA Corporate Scholarships - Aerodigestive medicine program

2001 -    Merit in Surgery Clerkship - The Chinese University of Hong Kong