Dr Tony Ng

Dr Tony Ng is a dual specialist in both anaesthesiology and pain medicine in Hong Kong and Australia. He attained his fellowship qualifications in both Hong Kong, Australia and World Institute of Pain (FIPP and CIPS). Dr Ng was awarded the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM) Distinguished Young Fellow in Anaesthesiology in 2015.

Currently he is working as a Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Medicine Physician in Sydney Pain Management Centre and Sydney Pain Research Centre and the Consultant Pain Medicine Physician in Concord Repatriation General Hospital.  

He is appointed as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and as an Honorary Consultant in the Center for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, Wan Fang Hospital (Taipei Medical University). He also serves as a member in the Educational Committee (New York School of Regional Anesthesia), Council member of Hong Kong Pain Society, Board member of Board of Pain Medicine (Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists) and Research Committee member, Faculty of Pain Medicine (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists). He has served as the examiner of the FIPP and CIPS examinations in the World Institute of Pain.

Regarding chronic pain management, Dr Ng believes a holistic (sociopsychobiomedical) and multidisciplinary approach. Apart from medications and interventional pain procedures, he also emphasises on the lifestyle factors, nutrition factors (including gut microbiome) and psychological wellbeing because all these affect the outcome of pain management. 

Dr Ng is a scholar with multiple book and journal publications on ultrasound-guided pain intervention and regional block, regenerative medicine and chemical denervation of peripheral joints. He is currently the journal reviewer of multiple international journals, such as Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Anaesthesia and BMJ Open. 

He has been involved to develop the 1st AI application in the field of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine from NYSORA, as well as the review workgroup of an online interactive education tool “Better Pain Management”, FPM ANZCA.

He is also an educator and has been invited to speak in multiple international conferences across different continents, such as Hong Kong, UK, Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, UAE and Belgium. He has been invited as a visiting professor in Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok to share his knowledge and skills with the pain physicians in Southeast Asia.