Dr LING Lo Well, Lowell
Assistant Dean (Development)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
CUHK Employment
- Assistant Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Clinical Associate Professor, S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Fellow, Morningside College
Expertise
Sepsis
Intensive Care
Critical Care Medicine
Education & Qualifications
LMCHK, MBBS (London), MRCP (UK), FHKCA (Intensive Care), FHKAM (Anaesthesiology), FCICM (ANZ)
Research Interests
- Epidemiology of sepsis
- Development of sepsis and infectious diseases diagnostics
- Clinical trials in sepsis management
- Pathogenesis of organ dysfunction
- Management of critical illness
Additional Information
Award and Honour
- Distinguished Young Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2018
Professional Service
- Honorary Associate Consultant, Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, New Territories East Cluster, Hospital Authority
- Council Member, Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Secretary, Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group (ACCCT)
- Research and Advocacy Lead, Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance (APSA)
- Associate Editor, Thorax
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Intensive Care
Selected Publications
Researcher ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-7344
- He S, Zhang JZ, Chan LC, Lin A, Yeung KY, Kuok MCI, Cheng JWCH, Au DCY, Chow CY, Wong TW, Wong WK, Chan E, Young HM, Wong EM, Ho KM, Lee A, Rhee C, Lam HS, Ling L*. The Phoenix Criteria and Other Severity Scores in Identifying Pediatric Sepsis. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(6):e2616305.
- Timsit JF, Ling L, de Montmollin E, Bracht H, Conway-Morris A, De Bus L, Falcone M, Harris PNA, Machado FR, Paiva JA, Paterson DL, Poulakou G, Roberts JA, Roger C, Shorr AF, Tabah A, Lipman J. Antibiotic therapy for severe bacterial infections. Intensive Care Med. 2025;51(10):1867-1885.
- Ling L*, Zhang JZ, Chang LC, Chiu LCS, Ho S, Ng PY, Dharmangadan M, Lau CH, Ling S, Man MY, Fong KM, Liong T, Yeung AWT, Au GKF, Chan JKH, Tang M, Liu YZ, Wu WKK, Wong WT, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Lee A, Rhee C. Population Sepsis Incidence, Mortality, and Trends in Hong Kong Between 2009 and 2018 Using Clinical and Administrative Data. Clin Infect Dis. 2025;80(1):91-100.
- Li A, Ling L*, Qin H, Arabi YM, Myatra SN, Egi M, Kim JH, Nor MBM, Son DN, Fang WF, Wahyuprajitno B, Hashmi M, Faruq MO, Patjanasoontorn B, Al Bahrani MJ, Shrestha BR, Shrestha U, Nafees KMK, Sann KK, Palo JEM, Mendsaikhan N, Konkayev A, Detleuxay K, Chan YH, Du B, Divatia JV, Koh Y, Phua J; MOSAICS II Study Group; Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group. Prognostic evaluation of quick sequential organ failure assessment score in ICU patients with sepsis across different income settings. Crit Care. 2024;28(1):30.
- Wang G, Lam WKJ, Ling L, Ma ML, Ramakrishnan S, Chan DCT, Lee WS, Cheng SH, Chan RWY, Yu SCY, Tse IOL, Wong WT, Jiang P, Chiu RWK, Allen Chan KC, Lo YMD. Fragment Ends of Circulating Microbial DNA as Signatures for Pathogen Detection in Sepsis. Clin Chem. 2023;69(2):189-201.
- So C, Ling L*, Wong WT, Zhang JZ, Ho CM, Ng PY, Shum HP, Yeung AWT, Sin KC, Chan J, Au KF, Liong T, Ho E, Chow FL, Ho L, Chan KM, Joynt GM. Population study on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of critically ill patients with tuberculosis (2008-2018). Thorax. 2023;78(7):674-681.
- Li A, Ling L, Qin H, Arabi YM, Myatra SN, Egi M, Kim JH, Mat Nor MB, Son DN, Fang WF, Wahyuprajitno B, Hashmi M, Faruq MO, Patjanasoontorn B, Al Bahrani MJ, Shrestha BR, Shrestha U, Nafees KMK, Sann KK, Palo JEM, Mendsaikhan N, Konkayev A, Detleuxay K, Chan YH, Du B, Divatia JV, Koh Y, Gomersall CD, Phua J. Epidemiology, Management, and Outcomes of Sepsis in ICUs among Countries of Differing National Wealth across Asia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022;206(9):1107-1116.
- Liu Y, Ling L, Wong SH, Wang MH, Fitzgerald JR, Zou X, Fang S, Liu X, Wang X, Hu W, Chan H, Wang Y, Huang D, Li Q, Wong WT, Choi G, Zou H, Hui DS, Yu J, Tse G, Gin T, Wu WK, Chan MT, Zhang L. Outcomes of respiratory viral-bacterial co-infection in adult hospitalized patients. EClinicalMedicine. 2021;37:100955.
- Ling L*, Ho CM, Ng PY, Chan KCK, Shum HP, Chan CY, Yeung AWT, Wong WT, Au SY, Leung KHA, Chan JKH, Ching CK, Tam OY, Tsang HH, Liong T, Law KI, Dharmangadan M, So D, Chow FL, Chan WM, Lam KN, Chan KM, Mok OF, To MY, Yau SY, Chan C, Lei E, Joynt GM. Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to adult intensive care units in Hong Kong: a population retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2018. J Intensive Care. 2021;9(1):2.
- Phua J, Weng L, Ling L, Egi M, Lim CM, Divatia JV, Shrestha BR, Arabi YM, Ng J, Gomersall CD, Nishimura M, Koh Y, Du B; Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group. Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 May;8(5):506-517. doi: 1016/S2213-2600(20)30161-2. Epub 2020 Apr 6. Erratum in: Lancet Respir Med. 2020;8(5):e42.
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