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Dr David Fong
I enjoy the opportunity of working with fellow health-workers in a culturally and linguistically diverse community in suburban Australia. When the opportunity arises, I also work and volunteer overseas.
I appreciate the opportunity to both learn and share knowledge with team-members and students in Australia and elsewhere, such as in China and Kenya.
I particularly enjoy examining clinical data, and considering how data may be used to improve patient care, improve clinical processes and further the health of communities.
Education
20232019
Masters in Global Development Practice
Harvard University, Extension School Cambridge, Massachusetts2021
Medical Statistics Certificate
Stanford University Stanford, California20192018
Data, Economics and Development Policy Micromasters1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology edX2004
Drug and Alcohol Certificate Course
Monash University Melbourne, Australia20032002
Certificate of Integrative Medicine
Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia2002
International Health and Development Summer School
Tabor Adelaide Adelaide, Australia20011998
Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Australia- incorporating Graduate Diploma in Rural General Practice
20011998
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners2
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Australia- Registration number : MED0001157068
- details and registration available at Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency3
2000
Certificate of Advanced Paediatric Life Support
APLS Australia Australia19991998
Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology19951989
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery M.B., B.S.4
University of Melbourne Melbourne, AustraliaProfessional Experience
I have worked as a general practitioner in community health, a volunteer doctor in China, Kenya and Bangladesh and taught students and trainee doctors in Australia and China. I enjoy collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.
Current2003
Medical practitioner, Lead Doctor
coHealth community health service Kensington, Victoria, Australia- multidisciplinary primary care practice with a particular focus on people groups with relative disadvantage including risk of homelessness, mental health, substance use disorders and refugee and asylum seeker health
- lead doctor (Kensington site) 2009 to present
Current2014
volunteer doctor
SpurAfrika Kibera, Kenya- visiting doctor
- data analysis
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (2021 –)
20232022
medical pracctice auditor
Melbourne, Australia- auditing the practice records of a clinician working at another practice according to AHPRA requirements
20192005
volunteer doctor
Shaanxi Agape and Elim Kids Shaanxi, China- Paediatric and general medicine
- Elim (HIV paediatric) and Shaanxi Agape Community Care Association (orphans and disability)
- direct patient care, working together with local doctors, training of local primary care physicians, community education
2018
locum doctor
Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia- primary care clinician
- working with other primary care clinicians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Health Professionals
- medical student teaching
20082007
General practice (paediatric)
After-hours clinic Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia20032002
volunteer doctor
LAMB project Parbatipur, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh- General medicine
- Neonatal (level 2 nursery)
2002
volunteer doctor
MSI professional services ShuangLiu County, Sichuan province, China- health screening
- lecturing to health professionals
20022001
General practice
Viewbank Family Medical Group, Rosanna Medical Group Viewbank and Rosanna, Australia20012000
Opthalmology/ENT emergency resident
Eye & Ear Hospital Melbourne, Australia- VATGP (Victorian Advanced Training for General Practice) position – six months
2000
General practice
Federation Health Moe, Victoria- Third term of General Practice Training Program (GPT3)
20001999
Paediatrics resident
Bendigo Base Hospital Bendigo, Victoria- VATGP (Victorian Advanced Training for General Practice) position – six months
1999
General practice
Traralgon Medical Centre Traralgon, Victoria- Second term of General Practice Training Program (GPT2)
19991998
Obstetrics & Gynaecology resident
Latrobe Regional Hospital Traralgon, Victoria- General practice training program – six months
1998
General practice
Heyfield Medical Centre Heyfield, Victoria- First term of General Practice Training Program (GPT1), Gippsland region
- small family medicine practice in a rural town of 2000 people, with attached bush nursing hospital
19981997
Hospital resident (HMO3)
Box Hill Hospital Victoria, Australia- Oncology, Emergency (Box Hill Hospital)
- Psycho-geriatrics (Peter James Centre)
- Emergency, ICU (Maroondah Hospital)
19971996
Hospital resident (HMO2)
Preston and Northcote Community Hospital (PANCH) Victoria, Australia- Emergency, Urology/Thoracic (PANCH)
- ENT and Opthalmology (Bendigo Base Hospital)
- Psychiatry (Larundel)
19961995
Hospital resident (HMO1) – Intern
Austin Hospital Victoria, Australia- General medicine, Emergency, Spinal (Austin Hospital)
- Geriatrics (Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital)
- General Surgery, Emergency (Maroondah)
1990
Alfred Hospital auxiliary (volunteer)
Alfred Hospital Prahran, VictoriaSelected Data Analyses and Contributions
Current2018
Contributions to Best Practice electronic medical record SQL search forum5
Best Practice- custom SQL scripts for practice improvement activities, including finding patients eligible for vaccination, prescription monitoring, finding allergy status, finding duplicate files, searching for patients living in particular addresses, searching for specific entries in the comment field and missed billing opportunities.
Current2019
DailyMeasure and dMeasure - R libraries for interacting with the Best Practice electronic medical record system6
20212020
Contributions to dbplyr, a database backend for R tidyverse dplyr7
Posit- improvements and corrections to
dbplyrinteractions with Microsoft SQL Server
2020
Relationship between morbidity potentially attributable to air pollution and gender in Kibera, Kenya8
SpurAfrika Kibera, Kenya2020
Pharmacists in General Practice9
coHealth community health service Melbourne, Australia2019
Cervical screening and intensive telephone-based case-finding10
coHealth community health service Melbourne, AustraliaTeaching Experience
I have supervised healthcare students and junior doctors in Australia and China and lectured to community groups and doctors in China.
20232015
Clinical supervisor of general practice registrars (trainees)
Murray City Country Coast (MCCC) general practice training2019
Community Teaching Assistant (TA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology edX- Teaching Assistant for ‘Designing and Running Randomized Evaluations’
20192008
Clinical supervisor of University of Melbourne undergraduate students
University of Melbourne20142009
Clinical supervisor of general practice registrars (trainees)
Victorian Metropolitan Alliance20011998
Honorary Clinical Teacher
Centre for Rural Health, Monash University Traralgon, Victoria
Publications
2016
Efficacy of high dose Vitamin D supplementation in improving serum 25(OH)D among migrant and non migrant population: a retrospective study
BMC Health Services Research (2016) 16:579- authored with Usha Gowda, Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, Ambika Kaur and Andre M. N. Renzaho
2015
Vitamin D testing patterns among general practitioners in a major Victorian primary health care service
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015- authored with Usha Gowda, Ben J. Smith, Anita E. Wluka, Ambika Kaur, Andre M.N. Renzaho
2014
Assessment of vitamin D and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adult migrant population: an audit of patient records at a Community Health Centre in Kensington, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders vol. 14, Article number: 157- authored with Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, Christopher M Reid, Alice J Owen, Usha Gowda, Andre M N Renzaho
2011
Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease among African migrant and refugee adults in Melbourne: a pilot study
Asia Pacific Journal Clinical Nutrition 2011;20(3):397–403- authored with Renzaho AM, Nowson C, Kaur A, Halliday JA, Desilva J
2002
Usage of complementary medicine among children
Australian Family Physician, April 2002. 31(4):388–391- authored with Lee Fong
Links
- https:
/ / micromasters .mit .edu /certificate /program /721e9a94ec5e2a866c7b5f56adbf4c38 - https:
/ / www .ahpra .gov .au /Registration /Registers ‑of ‑Practitioners .aspx ?q=MED0001157068&t=I5UTt2InzNnIj48JB4xC - https:
/ / www .ahpra .gov .au - https:
/ / www .myequals .net /sharelink /638d1976 ‑114b ‑4349 ‑b5e6 ‑83d2dda1d3a6 /299bd932 ‑b131 ‑4491 ‑a002 ‑f1cfbec0c98e - https:
/ / forum .bpsoftware .net /members /davidfong .14539 / #recent ‑content - https:
/ / github .com /DavidPatShuiFong /DailyMeasure - https:
/ / github .com /tidyverse /dbplyr /commits ?author=DavidPatShuiFong - https:
/ / www .davidfong .org /project /airpollutiongenderkenya _2020 / - https:
/ / www .davidfong .org /project /pharmacyinpractice _2020 / - https:
/ / www .davidfong .org /project /cervicalscreeningtelephone _2019 /