sub-specialities
- Diet & individual health
- Dietetics & spinal injury
- Health related malnutrition
- Weight management
Training & Background
| Qualifications: | MSc (Medi Sci), PhD, NMP (SP), RD |
| Year first qualified: | 2004 |
| Clinic times: | By appointment |
Dr Wong qualified in nutrition and dietetics in 2004, from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen. He completed his PhD at City, University of London, focusing on nutrition management after spinal cord injury.
His career has been a mix of research and clinical support for patients. Posts Dr Wong has held include research dietitian and lead dietitian in spinal injuries at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
He provides dietary support and advice to patients who have suffered spinal cord injury, focused on individual need. They may be recovering from trauma, or are stable and undergoing rehabilitation, which brings quite different nutritional requirements.
Whilst Dr Wong is well placed to offer dietary advice to meet a range of needs, his special interest is recovery from spinal injury. An area which deserves professional support, with sound nutrition making a significant difference to recovery.
Along with being respected by colleagues in his field, Dr Wong is valued by his patients, for the dedication and personal support he offers.
Research & Teaching
Dr Wong is committed to using his knowledge to help spread good practice. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at City, University of London and an Honorary Fellow at their Centre for Health Services Research.
The International Spinal Cord Society are pleased to have Dr Wong chairing their nutrition specialist interest group. He also chaired a key committee for the UK’s Multidisciplinary Association for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.
He led the validation and implementation of the Spinal Nutrition Screening Tool (SNST), a disease specific, nutrition screening method. His work has seen new services established, such as dietetics led weight management services.
Research projects he has led include the role of probiotics in preventing bowel problems and preventing nutrition related complications for conditions such as pressure ulcers, osteoporosis, or obesity following spinal cord injury.
Other research projects, book chapters and articles, or reviews of scientific journals enhance his contribution. The same applies to clinical guidelines he has created for the British Dietetic Association and the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine in America.
Dr Wong is seen as a leader in his field, although he would view his contribution as a way to see that more patients receive the care they deserve.
