Dr. Owen TSANG

Team Head of the Infectious Disease Unit, and the Medical Director of the Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospita

Dr. Owen Tsang graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1992. He received training in Infectious Diseases in Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong & Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital, London, UK. He obtained his Master degree in Tropical Health in 1995 from the University of Queensland, Australia, Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of London, UK in 2005 and Master of Science in Infectious Disease from the University of London, UK in 2008. Dr. Tsang is currently the consultant of the Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, team head of the Infectious Disease Unit, and the Medical Director of the Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre at PMH. He has been engaged in the combat of multiple community outbreaks including COVID-19, SARS, Avian influenza H5N1, H7N9, and pandemic swine influenza H1N1. He has also been engaged in the preparedness of global outbreaks of MERS and Ebola. Dr. Tsang is also a member of the Scientific Committees on AIDS & Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Centre for Health Protection, and the Hong Kong Society for HIV Medicine. He is also the clinical associate professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also been engaged in the training activities organized by the Clinical Management Team of the World Health Organization. His main areas of interest include COVID-19, SARS, HIV, norovirus , hepatitis, tropical & other infections