Dr Jeff Wong

 

Staff Specialist Nephrologist, South Western Sydney Local Health District

Dr Jeff Wong has been a staff specialist nephrologist at the South Western Sydney Local Health District since 2004. He obtained his medical degree through Otago University in Dunedin New Zealand. Dr Wong’s advanced training commenced in Wellington, New Zealand and was completed in Sydney, followed by a basic science PhD through University of Sydney and the transplant unit at Westmead hospital on Chemokines in Cellular Xenograft Rejection.

Dr Wong’s main interests and roles at Liverpool hospital have been in peritoneal dialysis and the development of an interventional nephrology unit, where he manages the imaged guided catheter based access (Tunneled lines and PD catheters) for their large dialysis population of approx.700. This led to a role in the development of the ANZSIN in 2008 which has now regularly held with the ANZSN. Dr Wong has a keen interest in medical education and supervision of students and trainees