Appointments
- Director of Research
Clinical Professional Consultant
Associate Professor of Practice in Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Alexander Vlantis is an Clinical Professional Consultant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of The Chinese University of Hong Kong at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. His interest is head and neck oncological surgery, including surgery for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. He coordinates the undergraduate ENT programme for Medical Students of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Faculty. Prior to his present appointment he worked in South Africa and The Netherlands.
Working interests
- Head and Neck Oncology Surgery
Education
- Undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Witwatersrand Medical Faculty Teaching Hospitals in South Africa.
- Fellowship training at the Nijmegen Academic Hospital in the Netherlands.
Qualifications
| Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| MBBCh |
| Diplomate in Anaesthetics of the Faculty of Anaesthetics |
| The College of Medicine of South Africa |
| DA(SA) |
| Fellow of College of Surgeons of South Africa - Otorhinolaryngology |
| The College of Medicine of South Africa |
| FCS(SA)ORL |
| Fellow (Foundation Fellow - by election) |
| The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong |
| FCS(HK) |
Previous Appointments
| Visiting Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong |
| Visiting Fellow, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nijmegen Academic Hospital, The Netherlands |
| Senior Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa |
Membership of Professional Societies and Councils
| Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong |
| Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa |
| General Medical Council (U.K.): Full registration as a Medical Practitioner |
| General Medical Council (U.K.): Inclusion on Specialist Registe in Otolaryngology |
| Health Professions Council of South Africa: Specialist Registration inOtorhinolaryngology |
| Netherlands Association of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery |
Publications
- 42 Peer-reviewed articles, 5 book chapters
Clinical, Teaching and Research Activities
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a professorial unit. The Department is a tertiary referral centre and provides a full range of head and neck services to the community, managing advanced head and neck oncological cases as well as a wide range of benign head and neck conditions. Supervised teaching and training of medical students, interns, basic surgical trainees, higher surgical trainees and family physicians is provided. The department is involved in a wide range of research in areas of oncology. The department has a close working relationship with other departments in the hospital and university, in Hong Kong and internationally.