Staff Profiles
Dr Edmund Ong
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Email: edmund.ong@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 3131
- Address: Department of Infection & Tropical Medicine,
Royal Victoria Infirmary,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 4LP
Background
I am a Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Cellular Medicines at Newcastle University.
Areas of expertise
- Clinical research in Infectious Diseases/Tropical Diseases including HIV
- Postgraduate medical education
- Training and audit
Academic background
- MBBS, MSc, FRCP, FRCPI, DTMH
- Co-supervisor in numerous PhD theses; over 130 publications in peer reviewed journals
Publications
- Moyle GJ, Orkin C, Fisher M, Dhar J, Anderson J, Wilkins E, Ewan J, Ebrahimi R, Wang H, Ainsworth J, Waters A, Anderson J, Morumba L, Brook G, Chikohora M, Hay P, Adebiyi A, Cockerill M, Ndoro M, Johnson M, Carroll A, Turner F, Moyle G, Fletcher C, Osorio J, Orkin C, Hand J, Desouza C, Fisher M, Perry N, Maher T, Bray A, De Burgh Thomas A, Bunting M, Jones L, White D, Groves J, Ross J, Brown L, Hood K, Dhar J, Johnson S, Morgan E, Hewart R, Ong E, Wilkins E, Stockwell E, Robertson A, Leen C, Morris S, Ellis L, Maw R, McKernan S, Herath DC, Ewan J, Hui Wang M, Ebrahimi R. A Randomized Comparative Trial of Continued Abacavir/Lamivudine plus Efavirenz or Replacement with Efavirenz/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir DF in Hypercholesterolemic HIV-1 Infected Individuals. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(2), e0116297.
- Raben D, Mocroft A, Rayment M, Mitsura VM, Hadziosmanovic V, Sthoeger ZM, Palfreeman A, Morris S, Kutsyna G, Vassilenko A, Minton J, Necsoi C, Estrada VP, Grzeszczuk A, Johansson VS, Begovac J, Ong ELC, Cabie A, Ajana F, Celesia BM, Maltez F, Kitchen M, Comi L, Dragsted UB, Clumeck N, Gatell J, Gazzard B, Monforte AD, Rockstroh J, Yazdanpanah Y, Champenois K, Jakobsen ML, Sullivan A, Lundgren JD, HIDES Audit Study Group. Auditing HIV Testing Rates across Europe: Results from the HIDES 2 Study. PLoS ONE 2015, 10(11), e0140845.
- Curtis H, Yin Z, Clay K, Brown AE, Delpech VC, Ong E, BHIVA Audit Stand Sub-Comm. People with diagnosed HIV infection not attending for specialist clinical care: UK national review. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15, 315.
- Duncan CJA, Schmid ML, Schwab U, Price DA, Ong E. Futility of CD4+ monitoring in HIV-1 patients with CD4+ cell count above 350 cells/[mu]l on suppressive antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2014, 28(17), 2638-2639.
- Bargiela D, Bogowicz P, Ong E. Outcome of antiretroviral treatment audit based on BHIVA 2012 guidelines in a North East UK regional unit. In: Third Joint Conference of BHIVA and BASHH. 2014, Liverpool, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Manousaridis K, Ong E, Stenton C, Gupta R, Browning AC, Pandit R. Reply to Wakefield and Kumar: Liver failure following antituberculosis (ATT) chemotherapy for presumed tuberculous uveitis Reply. Eye 2014, 28(1), 111-112.
- Ellis S, Curtis H, Ong ELC, BHIV, BHIVA Clinical Audit Stand. A survey of HIV care in the UK: results of British HIV Association (BHIVA) National Audit 2010. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2013, 24(4), 329-331.
- Manousaridis K, Ong E, Stenton C, Gupta R, Browning AC, Pandit R. Clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes in presumed intraocular tuberculosis: experience from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Eye 2013, 27(4), 480-486.
- Payne BAI, Hateley CL, Ong ELC, Premchand N, Schmid ML, Schwab U, Newton JL, Price DA. HIV-associated fatigue in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: novel biological mechanisms?. HIV Medicine 2013, 14(4), 247-251.
- Lavender TW, Barrett A, Magee J, Ong ELC. Interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease in a low-incident setting: a 5-year review of data. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2013, 19(11), 1078-1081.
- Ellis S, Curtis H, Ong ELC, British HIV Assoc BHIVA, BHIVA Clinical Audit Stand. HIV diagnoses and missed opportunities. Results of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) National Audit 2010. Clinical Medicine 2012, 12(5), 430-434.
- Jones L, Ong ELC, Okpokam A, Sloan P, Macleod I, Staines KS. Three cases of oral syphilis - an overview. British Dental Journal 2012, 212(10), 477-480.
- Green E, Mabillard H, Ong E. Characteristics of Women with HIV in the North of England: Category: Scientific free paper. In: Journal of Infection. 2011, W.B. Saunders Co. Ltd.
- Ellis S, Graham L, Price DA, Ong ELC. Offering HIV testing in an acute medical admissions unit in Newcastle upon Tyne. CLINICAL MEDICINE 2011, 11(6), 541-543.
- Ellis S, Graham L, Price D, Ong E. Offering HIV testing in an acute medical admissions unit in Newcastle upon Tyne In response. Clinical Medicine 2011, 11(6), 541-543.
- Houlihan C, Ndlovu C, Price A, Ong EL, Schwab U, Schmid ML. Pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in an HIV positive cohort: Category: Lesson in Microbiology & Infection Control. Journal of Infection 2011, 63(6), e72-e73.
- Beck EJ, Mandalia S, Sangha R, Sharott P, Youle M, Baily G, Brettle R, Gompels M, Johnson M, McCarron B, Ong E, Pozniak A, Schwenk A, Taylor S, Walsh J, Wilkins E, Williams I, Gazzard B, NPMS-HHC Steering Grp. The Cost-Effectiveness of Early Access to HIV Services and Starting cART in the UK 1996-2008. PLoS One 2011, 6(12), e27830.
- Mustafa M, Price DA, Schmid M, Snow M, Ong ELC. A retrospective study on complications of HAART in North East England. Journal of Infection 2002, 44(2), 110.
- Thaker HK, Ong ELC. Kikuchi's disease (KFD) presenting as a chest infection. CPD Infection 2002, 3(1), 22-23.
- Thaker H, Neilly IJ, Saunders PG, Magee JG, Snow MH, Ong ELC. Remember mycobacterial disease in hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). Journal of Infection 2001, 42(3), 213-214.
- Camidge R, Ong E, Lucraft H. An aggressive intrasinusoidal lymphoma presenting with marked systemic disturbance but normal imaging studies. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2000, 76(892), 103-104.
- Thaker H, Ong ELC. Localized Mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient on HAART [5]. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2000, 6(10), 564-566.
- Goldsmith P, Jones RE, Ozuzu GE, Richardson J, Ong ELC. Optic neuropathy as the presenting feature of HIV infection: recovery of vision with highly active antiretroviral therapy. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2000, 84(5), 546.
- Pauriah M, Ong ELC. Retrospective study of CMV retinitis in patients with AIDS. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2000, 6(1), 14-18.
- Gompels MM, Simpson N, Snow M, Spickett G, Ong E. Desensitization to co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole) in HIV-infected patients: Is patch testing a useful predictor of reaction?. Journal of Infection 1999, 38(2), 111-115.
- Ong ELC. Prophylaxis against disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex in AIDS. Journal of Infection 1999, 38(1), 6-8.