Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Albert is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Prince of Wales Hospital, and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has special interests in cardiac anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and cardiac catheterization lab procedures, particularly minimally invasive structural heart procedures. He is an accredited cardiac anaesthetist and has obtained echo certification through the NBE Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography examination. He is also an accredited Cardiopulmonary exercise testing trainer from the Perioperative Exercise Testing & Training Society (POETTS) in UK. With a background in computer science, he is also interested in developing smart hospital solutions to help enhance patient engagement and safety, as well as improve clinical processes. 

His greatest passion lies in medical education, especially simulation-based medical education, and is currently the chair of the Board of Education of Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists (HKCA), and member of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM) Education Committee. He is a senior faculty member for Comprehensive Simulation Educator Course at the HKAM Hong Kong Jockey Club Innovative Learning Centre for Medicine (HKJC ILCM), and has taught in numerous faculty development and clinical simulation courses for HKCA and HA (Hospital Authority). Internationally, he is adjunct faculty with Center for Medical Simulation in Boston which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and has also been involved in various simulation workshops in international conferences.

With regards to medical education, he completed his Masters of Health Professions Education at Maastricht University, Netherlands – with a focus on feedback literacy amongst anaesthesia residents, particularly in the context of workplace-based assessment. He is also heavily involved with Simulation and Clinical Debriefing, Interprofessional Education and Faculty Development, and using in-situ simulation to enhance clinical workflows and processes. He is also actively engaged in well-being initiatives with the college and exploring the role of positive psychology in enhancing clinician well-being and resilience.

Publications:

1. Kot TK, Chan JS, Chan AK. Temporal trends in anesthetic practice during left atrial appendage occlusion in Hong Kong: A single-centre retrospective cohort study. Journal of clinical anesthesia. 2023 Aug 1;87:111105.
2. Fong JSY, Hui ANN, Ho, KM, Chan, AK, Lee, A. Brief mindful coloring for stress reduction in nurses working in a Hong Kong hospital during COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. Medicine: 2022 Oct; Volume 101, Issue 43 – p e31253. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000031253
3. Chan TC, Lam FK, Lam HY, Law S, Cheung PL, Tsang YC, Chan AK, Chan FH, Luk JK. Simulation training on donning personal protective equipment and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for nurses in a geriatric step-down hospital during COVID-19. Asian J Gerontol Geriatr. 2022 Jun;17:7-10.
4. Lee CP, Yip Y-Y, Chan AK, Ko CP, Joynt GM. Early intubation versus late intubation for COVID-19 patients: An in situ simulation identifying factors affecting performance and infection control in airway management. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. May 2021. doi:10.1177/0310057X211007862
5. Palaganas JC, Chan AK, Leighton K. Cultural Considerations in Debriefing. Simulation in Healthcare. 2021 Mar 18.
6. Palaganas JC, Charnetski M, Dowell S, Chan AK, Leighton K. Cultural considerations in debriefing: a systematic review of the literature. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced LearningPublished Online First: 24 May 2021. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000857
7. *COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021. * Collaborating author: Albert Chan 
8. Chan VW, Ng HH, Rahman L, Tang A, Tang KP, Mok A, Liu JP, Ho KS, Chan SM, Wong S, Teoh AY, Chan A, Wong M, Yuan Y, Teoh JYC. Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 1 and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 During Aerosol-Generating Procedures in Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Mar 1.
9. Chan AK, Rudolph JW, Lau VN, Wong HM, Wong RS, Lo TS, Choi GY, Joynt GM. Rapid cycle system improvement for COVID-19 readiness: integrating deliberate practice, psychological safety and vicarious learning. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning. 2020 Aug 21:bmjstel-2020.
10. Buléon C, Minehart RD, Bergot E, Chan A, Fischer MO. Pandemic chain of survival: Gathering strength to revive our societies. Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine. 2020 Jul 31:S2352-5568.
11. COVIDSurg Collaborative*. Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Br J Surg 2020. DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11646. * Collaborating author: Albert Chan 
12. Choi GY, Wan WT, Chan AK, Tong SK, Poon ST, Joynt GM. Preparedness for COVID-19: in situ simulation to enhance infection control systems in the intensive care unit. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2020 Apr 10.
13. Tang GSM, Chan AK. Perioperative management of suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19. Anaesthesia Tutorial of the Week – ATOTW 421, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. 2020 April 6.
14. Chan AK, Nickson CP, Rudolph JW, Lee A, Joynt GM. Social media for rapid knowledge dissemination: early experience from the COVID‐19 pandemic. Anaesthesia. 2020 Mar 30.
15. Ng LY, Chan AK, Lam TW. The use of high‐flow nasal oxygen during airway management in a child with epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica and a difficult airway. Anaesthesia Reports. 2019 Jul 1;7(2):96-9.
16. Fan S, Chan A, Au S, Leong MW, Chow M, Fan YT, Wong R, Chan S, Ng SK, Lee AP, Kwok KW. Personalised anaesthesia: three-dimensional printing of facial prosthetic for facial deformity with difficult airway. British journal of anaesthesia. 2018 Sep 1;121(3):675-8.
17. Krogh, K., Chan, A., & McNaughton, N. Another debriefing course! Who benefits? Advances in Simulation. 2018; 3(1), 26.
18. Sidhu N, Chan A, Lee E, Clissold E. (2019). A pilot study to assess the effect of a deliberate teaching tool in clinical anaesthesiology. MedEdPublish. 2018; 8(1), 8, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2019.000008.1
19. Chan AK, Cheung CW, Chong YK. Alpha-2 agonists in acute pain management. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy. 2010 Dec 1;11(17):2849-68.