MBBS(HK), FRCS(Edin); FRCSE(Ortho)Edin; FHKCOS; FHKAM

Clinical Associate Professor

Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics

• Nanomedicine in tissue regeneration – basic and clinical research in silver nanoparticles in enhancing collagen formation and spatial orientation of regenerated tissue
• Design of drug delivering system for orthopaedic application using microfluidic system – PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with controlled size and homogeneous shells for drug delivery
• Genetic studies for skeletal dysplasia especially osteogenesis imperfecta
• Limb deformity correction for skeletal dysplasia
• Electrophysiology and motion analysis for patients with movement disorders

• Metabolic bone disease
• Neuromuscular disease
• Paediatric trauma
• Congenital anomalies and bone dysplasia

• Wu J, Kong T, Yeung K, Shum A, To M*. Fabrication and Characterization of Monodisperse PLGA-alginate Core-shell Microspheres with Monodisperse Size and Homogeneous Shells for Controlled Drug Release. Acta Biomaterialia. 2013 (In press).
• Chow W, Negandhi R, Kuong E, To M*. Management pitfalls of fractured neck of femur in osteogenesis imperfecta. J Child Orthop. 2013 (In press).
• Tiantian Kong, Jun Wu, Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung, Michael Kai Tsun To*, Ho Cheung Shum, Liqiu Wang. Microfluidic fabrication of polymeric core-shell microspheres for controlled release applications. Biomicrofluidics. 2013. 7: 044128.
• Kong T, Wu J, To M, Yeung K, Shum HC. Droplet based microfluidic fabrication of designer microparticles for encapsulation applications. Biomicrofluidics. 2012 (In press)
• Kuong EE, To M, Yuen MH, Choi AK, Fong CM, Chow W. Pitfalls in diagnosing septic arthritis in Hong Kong children: ten years’ experience. HK Med J. 2012 Dec; 18(6):482-7.
• To M.*, Negandhi R., Cheung K., Cheung W. Y., Chow W. 2012. Genitopatellar syndrome: a case report of a rare entity with 11 years of follow-up. Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B, 22, 333-8.
• Hui PKT, Tung JYL, To MKT, Chow W, Lam WWM, Chau MT. Radiological features of osteogenesis imperfect type V: a report of two cases. HK J Radiol. 2012; 15:36-40.
• To, M.*, Gupta, V., Chow W. 2011. Surgical management of long bone pseudarthrosis with severe limb length discrepancy in osteogenesis imperfecta. Journal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B, 22, 63-9.
• Kwan K.H., Liu X, To M.*, Yeung K., HO C. M., Wong K. K. 2011. Modulation of collagen alignment by silver nanoparticles results in better mechanical properties in wound healing. Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 7, 497-504.
• El-Fiky T, Chow W, Li YH, To M. Hereditary multiple exostoses of the hip. J Orthopaedic Surgery 2009; 17(2): 161-5.