Professor SZETO Cheuk Chun
Chairman, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
CUHK Employment
- Chairman and Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
- Chairman, Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong - New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CUHK-NTEC CREC)
- Head, Graduate Division of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Associate Dean (Academic), Graduate School
Expertise
- Nephrology
Education & Qualifications
MBChB(CUHK), MD(CUHK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), FHKCP, FHKAM(Medicine)
Research Interests
- Peritoneal dialysis-related infections
- Circulating bacterial fragments
- Malnutrition and cardiovascular disease in renal failure
- Urinary biomarker of glomerular diseases
Additional information
Award and Honour
- Dr. Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos Award, Canadian Society of Nephrology, 2024
- First Prize, The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2016
- John Maher Award, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2012
Selected Publications
Researcher ID
(N-4954-2015): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-8505
- Li C, Ng JK, Chan GC, Fung WW, Lai KB, Poon PY, Luk CC, Chow KM, Szeto CC. Gut permeability, circulating bacterial fragments and measures of congestion in peritoneal dialysis. Clin Kidney J. 2024 Mar 6;17(3):sfae056.
- Szeto CC, Ng JK, Fung WW, Chan GC, Cheng PM, Lai KB, Pang WF, Chow KM, Leung CB, Li PK. Extended Antibiotic Therapy for the Prevention of Relapsing and Recurrent Peritonitis in PD Patients: A Randomized Control Trial. Clin Kidney J 2021; 14: 991-997.
- Szeto CC, Lai KB, Kwan BC, Chow KM, Leung CB, Law MC, Yu V, Li PK. Bacteria-derived DNA fragment in peritoneal dialysis effluent as a predictor of relapsing peritonitis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; 8: 1935-1941.
- Szeto CC, Lai FM, Kwan BC, Leung CB, Choi PC, Pang WF, Chow KM, Lai KB, Wang G, Li PK. The width of the basement membrane does not influence clinical presentation or outcome of thin glomerular basement membrane disease with persistent hematuria. Kidney Int 2010; 78: 1041-1046.
- Szeto CC, Kwan BC, Chow KM, Lai KB, Chung KY, Leung CB, Li PK. Endotoxemia is related to systemic inflammation and atherosclerosis in peritoneal dialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3: 431-436.
- Szeto CC, Chow KM, Woo KS, Chook P, Kwan BC, Leung CB, Li PK. Carotid intima media thickness predicts cardiovascular diseases in Chinese pre-dialysis chronic kidney diseases patients. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; 18: 1966-1972.
- Szeto CC, Chow VC, Chow KM, Lai RW, Chung KY, Leung CB, Kwan BC, Li PK. Enterobacteriaceae peritonitis complicating peritoneal dialysis: a review of 210 consecutive cases. Kidney Int 2006; 69: 1245-1252.
- Szeto CC, Wong TY, Chow KM, Leung CB, Li PK. Oral sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of metabolic acidosis in peritoneal dialysis patients – a randomized placebo-control trial. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003; 14: 2119-2126.
- Szeto CC, Chow KM, Wong TY, Leung CB, Wang AY, Lui SF, Li PK. Feasibility of resuming peritoneal dialysis after severe peritonitis and Tenckhoff catheter removal. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13: 1040-1045.
- Szeto CC, Wong TY, Leung CB, Wang AY, Law MC, Lui SF, Li PK. Importance of dialysis adequacy in mortality and morbidity of Chinese CAPD patients. Kidney Int 2000; 58: 400-407.