A short view Back to the past

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At this stop, I moved my path to work on pathology informatics in Hospital Authority Head Office.

Primary works include content development of Hong Kong Clinical Terminology Table (HKCTT), and project management of laboratory and its peripheral systems. 

Other than Laboratory Informatics System (LIS), I developed knowledge in utilising other systems such as Clinical Management System (CMS), Electronic Patient Record (ePR), Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS), Clinical Data Analysis and Reporting System (CDARS). Projects involving other clinical works include CMS team management, important result reminders, medication genie, and CDARS-Lite.

During tenure I further develop skills of utilising tools for:

1.  Data retrieval (SQL, MongoDB, Access, CDARS), 

2.  Data wrangling and analytics(Python, R, Excel Power Pivot), 

3.  Data visualisation and presentation (Excel, QlikSense, Kibana, Tableau), and 

4. Interoperability knowledge (SNOMED CT, LOINC, FHIR).

I was a part of clinical staff at the time, with the position of Associate Medical Technologist in Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority.

As taking a side part of the patient journey, I supported the preparation and analysis of clinical samples in emergency and chemical pathology laboratories, ensuring the result quality, perform user acceptance testing and handle enquiries from medical and nursing staff.

During this period, I helped exploring alternative quality check rules. I also learnt the use of Python for supporting laboratory decision support and Monte-Carlo simulation.

Before leaving school, I helped School of Nursing in evaluating the prevalence of methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in health elderly community. 

I was running the one-man laboratory at the time, working on media preparation, sample transport, culture growing and identification via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF), susceptibility testing, storage of colonies and PCR of related genes.

Actually these are my side quests apart from studying, the natures were quite different to clinical works as mentioned above. 

I worked as a translator for Humanities coursework in my Alma Mater for three years, a tutor helping fellow schoolmates for biology, and a private tutor teaching physics, chemistry and biology.

• 2021 - Now (Expect to complete in 2024)

Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics, University of London (directed by London School of Economics and Political Science)

Why another degree in another field? Partly because of interest in handling data, but partly for the support of needs in analytics for my position. 

My major work includes mathematics, economics, data science and business analytics.

• 2017 - 2019

Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Probably the easiest degree I earned so far not because of the coursework difficulties but the relevance to my past work. 

As it suggests, this is an advance degree of my previous bachelor about new technologies and management for running a medical laboratory. I was specialised in clinical chemistry and my thesis was about exponential moving average for quality check. I am not a manager of laboratory, but the analytical skillset and domain knowledge are still applicable to this day.

• 2012-2015

Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Well finally comes to where I started pursuing certificates. 

This is the foundation of my current works and the three years I learnt all aspects of performing and interpreting results from all sorts of laboratories. My thesis was about Legionella prevalence in public bathhouses and sports centres. Apart from learning, I started developing as a songbird with joining choirs.

Certified Health Informatician Australasia (renewed in 2024)

Medical Laboratory Technologist Part I in Hong Kong

Certified Associate in Python Programming

MongoDB DBA Associate

Institute of Biomedical Science, UK - Member

Australasian Institute of Digital Health - Member

Royal Statistical Society, UK - Student Fellow

Kong has been working as an versatile choral singer since 2012, starting from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Union Choir. He has a broad spectrum of music performance experience, from classical to pop to musicals, and collaborated with different choral groups such as the SingFest Choral Academy and Festival Chorus, Hong Kong Festive Orchestra and Singers, Hong Kong Voices, Hong Kong Bach Choir, Hong Kong Youth Choir and MIC Chorus, with some works have live-streams or recordings on the internet, the radio and television. Kong is currently a residence member of Methodist International Church Hong Kong as tenor/bass.

Notable performances include Christmas Concert in the Park with RTHK in 2015, Hong Kong Voices "Root" in 2017, Isreal in Egypt with SingFest and Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2017, Bach Motets with Hong Kong Youth Choir in 2018, Brahms Requiem with Hong Kong Youth Choir in 2021, and main cast in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical with Methodist International Church Hong Kong in 2023.

Tony works as an inaugural member and voluntary Academic Officer (Science) in Kusala Education, a charatible organisation which focuses on broadening horizons and reflecting their lives of adults via workshops and short courses. Founded in 2021, the organisation has created over hundred classes to both ordinary and disadvantaged, ranging from Chinese Traditional Medicine, agriculture, music and so on.  The organisation has gained the status of Charitable Donations and Tax-Exempt Charities in 2023.

 Tony works as coordinator of the cause to help resource management of these courses, giving advisories on the data collection and utilisation, and as a patron/treasury of the organisation.

In Jun 2024, Tony was appointed to be church council member and the church steward in English congregation of Methodist International Church Hong Kong. The major duties will include preparations and support in Church Service.