Rate My Professor C. Wong

C. Wong is a respiratory physician affiliated with the University of Otago in the Division of Health Sciences. A medical graduate of the University of Otago, he undertook specialist training in respiratory medicine at Wellington Hospital and completed advanced training in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He practices as a respiratory physician in Wellington, serving as Clinical Leader of Respiratory Medicine at Wellington Hospital. His academic and clinical interests center on respiratory conditions, particularly asthma and non-CF bronchiectasis.

Early in his career, C. Wong worked in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago Medical School. There, he contributed to key research on childhood asthma management. Notable publications include a study on the treatment of acute asthmatic exacerbations with increased doses of inhaled steroids (Garrett, Williams, Wong, Holdaway, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1998), demonstrating improved outcomes. Another examined the application of asthma action plans to childhood asthma (Garrett, Williams, Wong, Holdaway, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1997). He also co-authored a randomized trial evaluating inhaled beta-agonist, inhaled corticosteroid, and their combination for acute asthma in children (Hancox et al., European Respiratory Journal, 1999). C. Wong participated in the national Asthma Panel and serves as a member of the Ministry of Health Tuberculosis panel. His expertise is recognized in the University of Otago Health Sciences staff database under Respiratory Medicine.