Pek Lan Khong MBBS, MD, FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM

Dr. Khong is Clinical Professor of Radiology and serves as the Head of Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Khong received her paediatric radiology training in The Birmingham Children's Hospital, U.K. and Boston Children's Hospital, U.S.A. Subsequently, she obtained her research post-graduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree in The University of Hong Kong. Her research focus in paediatric neuroradiology includes clinical applications of diffusion-MR imaging and translational research in neurological diseases. In the recent years, Dr. Khong's research interest has extended to include molecular imaging and hybrid-PET imaging in oncological diseases.

She is a member of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (ISSSR), Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), and Fellow of the International Cancer Imaging a Society (ICIS). She sits on the editorial board of the journal Pediatric Radiology, and is a grant review board member of the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), Research Council of the Food and Health Bureau, and member of the Radiological Protection advisory Group (RPAG), The government of the HKSAR. Published work includes 200 original articles in international peer-review journals on topics of Paediatric Neuroradiology, hybrid-PET imaging and Oncology, and Radiological Protection in Medicine. She has delivered more than 80 invited lectures in regional and international conferences/symposia on the above topics.