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Sleep Specialists

Dr Chit Shu Chan - Medical Director, Sleep & Chest Disorders Centre
M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., F.C.C.P., F.R.A.C.P.

TITLES

Medical Director, Sleep & Chest Disorders Centre
Advisor, Sleep & Chest Disorders Centre, Adventist Hospital, Hong Kong
Medical Advisory Committee Member, Sydney Southwest Private Hospital

Education

M.B., Ch.B. 1976 University of Manchester, UK
F.R.A.C.P. 1984 Royal Australiasian College of Physicians
F.C.C.P. 1986 Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians, USA
PhD 1991 University of Sydney
Medicine
Topic: Upper Airway Function in Chronic Lung Disease

Grants & Awards

Smith, Kline & French Travelling Scholarship 1982
National Health & Medical Research Council Scholarship
Institute of Respiratory Medicine
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1985-1988
Thoracic Society of Australia Travelling Scholarship 1987
   

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

Universiti Kebangsaan & College of Physicians, Kuala Lumpur
Workshop on Sleep Disordered Breathing

Kuala Lumpur

1996
Respiratory Society Meeting, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Upper Airway Dsyfunction in Patients With Chronic Airflow Limitation

Taipei

1996
The 14th Asia Pacific Congress on Diseases of the Chest
Anthropometric Features in Oriental OSA
The Specturm of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Bali

1996
Australian Chinese Medical Association, Annual Scientific Meeting
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Sydney

1995
Thorasic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Annual Scientific Meetings    
Anthropometric Presentation in OSA: Oriental vs Caucasian Perth 1996
Comparison of Manual and ResMed Autoset CPAP Titration Perth 1996
A Description of nCPAP Mask Fitting Perth 1988
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea With Severe COPD: Hypercapnic versus Non-Hypercapnic Sydney 1988
Hypercapnic COPD: The Role of the Upper Airway Sydney 1987
Nocturnal Asthma: The Role of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Sydney 1987
Respiratory Failure in COPD: The Role of the Upper Airway Melbourne 1986
Nocturnal Wheeze in Adults Not Caused by Asthma Melbourne 1986
Hydrocortisone-Induced Anaphylaxis Adelaide 1984
Assessment of the Clinical Usefulness of Nebulised Ipratropium
Bromide in Patients With Chronic Airflow Limitation
Perth 1983
23rd Annual Meeting of the SEPCR
(Societas Europae Physiolagiae Clinicae Respiraotiae)
Hypercapnia in Patients With Severe OSA and CAL


Athens


1988
American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting
Upper Airway Dimensions in COPD: Hypercapnic vs. Non-Hypercapnic

New Orleans

1987
The Effect of nCPAP on Patients With Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Kansas City 1986

British Thoracic Society Annual Meeting
Nocturnal Asthma: The Role of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea


Edinburgh

1987
Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society Scientific Meeting
Upper Airway Dynamics in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Sydney

1985

Queensland Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Hydrocortisone-Induced Anaphylaxis


Brisbane

1983
Dose Response Characteristics of Ipratropium Bromide in Chronic Airflow Limitation Brisbane 1982
Mucoid Impaction of the Bronchi Brisbane 1981
     

Publications

CS Chan
Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
ACMA Journal 1995; Vol 1, No 1

CS Chan, PTP Bye, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Eucapnia and hypercapnia in patients with chronic airflow limitation. The role of the upper airway
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990; 141:861-865

CS Chan, RR Grunstein, PTP Bye, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Sleep apnoea with severe Chronic Airflow Limitation: Comparison of Hypercapnic and Eucapnic Patients
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989; 140:1274-1278

ER Ellis, RR Grunstein, CS Chan, PTP Bye, CE Sullivan
Non-invasive ventilatory support during sleep reverses respiratory failure in Kyphoscoliosis
Chest 1988; 94:811-15

CS Chan, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Nocturnal Asthma: Role of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Am Rev Respi Dis. 1988; 137:1502-1504

CS Chan, IG Brown, CA Kelly, AG Dent, PV Zimmerman
Bronchodilator responses to nebulised ipratropium and salbutamol singly and in combination in chronic bronchitis
Br J Clin Pharmac. 1984; 17:1-3

IG Brown, CS Chan, CA Kelly, AG Dent, PV Zimmerman
Assessment of the clinical usefulness of nebulised ipratropium bromide in patients with chronic airflow limitation
Thorax 1984; 39:272-276

CS Chan, IG Brown, WA Oliver, PV Zimmerman
Hydrocortisone-induced anaphylaxis
Med J Aust 1984; 141:444-446

Abstracts

CS Chan, AJ Woolcock, PTP Bye, CE Sullivan
Respiratory muscle strength in CAL with and without OSA
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1989

CS Chan, CE Sullivan
OSA with severe COPD: Hypercapnic versus eucapnic
Aust NZ J Med. 1988; May:A184

CS Chan, PTP Bye, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Hypercapnic COPD: the role of the upper airway

CS Chan, PTP Bye, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Upper airway Dimensions in COPD: hypercapnic versus non-hypercapnic
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987; 135:A145

CS Chan, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Nocturnal Asthma: Role of snoring and OSA
Thorax 1987; 42:733

CS Chan, PTP Bye, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
Nocturnal Wheeze in adults not caused by asthma
Aust NZ J Med. 1986;16:635 

CS Chan, AJ Woolcock, CE Sullivan
The effect of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on patients with Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1986; 132:A343

CS Chan, P Donnelly, J Duncan, PTP Bye, CE Sullivan
Upper Airway Dynamics in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea patients
Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 1985;16(2):179P

CS Chan, IG Brown, WA Oliver, PV Zimmerman
Hydrocortisone-induced anaphylaxis
Aust NZ J Med. 1984;14:533

CS Chan, IG Brown, CA Kelly, AG Dent, PV Zimmerman
Assessment of the clinical usefulness of nebulised ipratropium bromide in patients with chronic airflow limitation
Aust NZ J Med. 1983;13:5

CS Chan, PV Zimmerman
Mucoid impaction of the bronchi in the absence of demonstrable aspergillus hypersensitivity
Aust NZ J Med. 1982;12:6

  

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