Professor Regina Wing Shan SIT (薛詠珊教授)
     
MBBS(HK), DCH (HK), DPD (Cardiff)
PDip Community Geriatrics (HK), DipMed (CUHK)
FRACGP, FHKCFP, FHKAM (Family Medicine),


Assistant Professor                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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Biography 

Dr Regina Sit graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong in 2003. She received her Family Medicine training in Hong Kong and obtained her fellowships of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians (HKCFP) and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM). She also holds four diplomas in the fields of Pediatrics Medicine, Practical Dermatology, Community Geriatrics Medicine and Internal Medicine.

Dr Sit joined the School of Public Health and Primary Care under the Division of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care in September 2012. Her research interests include musculoskeletal pain medicine and integrative medicine.

Teaching Modules
Undergraduate

• MB ChB Family Medicine module and clinical teaching
  

Research interests 
• Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Integrative Medicine

Publications
Musculoskeletal Medicine

1) Reeves KD, Sit RWS, Rabago D. Dextrose Prolotherapy: A narrative review of basic science and clinical research, and best treatment recommendations. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am; 2016; 27(4); 783-823;. DOI 10.1016/j.pmr.2016.06.001

2) Vincent C.H. Chung, Robin S.T. Ho, Siya Liu, Marc K.C. Chong, Albert W.N. Leung, Benjamin H.K. Yip, Sian M. Griffiths Hon, Benny C.Y. Zee, Justin C.Y. Wu, Regina W.S. SIT, Alexander Y.L. Lau, & Samuel Y.S. Wong. (2016). Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal, DOI:10.1503 /cmaj.151003

3) SIT, R. W. S., Chung, V. C. H., Reeves, K. D., Rabago, D., Chan, K. K. W., & Chan, D. C. C., Wu X., Ho, R. S. T., & Wong, S. Y. S. (2016). Hypertonic dextrose injections (prolotherapy) in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 6:25247.

4) SIT, R. W. S., Yip, B. H. K., Chan, D.C. C., & Wong, S. Y. S. (2015). Primary Care Physicians’ Attitudes and Beliefs towards Chronic Low Back Pain: An Asian Study. PLoS ONE 10(1): e0117521. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117521

5) SIT, R.W.S, Wu, X., Hung, S., & Chung, V. (2015). Is moxibustion useful for improving pain and function amongst patients with osteoarthritis of the knee as compared to sham moxibustion?. Advances in Integrative Medicine, 2(2), 110-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aimed.2015.08.002

6) Chan, K. K. W., SIT, R.W.S., Wu, R. W. K., & Ngai, A. H. Y. (2014). Clinical, Radiological and Ultrasonographic Findings Related to Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis. Plos ONE, 9(3), e92901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092901

7) Regina W. S. SIT, Siya Liu, Vincent C. H. Chung. (2014). Medical Synopsis: Are pulsed electromagnetic fields effective in managing osteoarthritis of the knee as compared to placebo? Advances in Integrative Medicine, 1(3), 153-154.



Integrative Medicine

1) Regina W.S. SIT, Wendy Wong, Sheung Wai Law, & Justin C.Y. Wu. (2016). Integrative Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine service model for low back pain. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, doi: 10.5414/CP202625

2) Vincent C.H. Chung, Benjamin H.K. Yip, Ellen L.M. Yu, Siya Liu, Robin S.T. Ho, Regina W.S. SIT, Albert W.N. Leung, Justin C.Y. Wu, & Samuel Y.S. Wong, (2016). Patient Perceptions of Expression of Empathy From Chinese Medicine Clinicians in a Chinese Population A Cross-Sectional Study. Medicine, 95(17):e3316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003316

3) Lau, C. H. Y., Wu, X., Chung, V. C. H, Liu, X., Hui, E. P., Cramer, H., Lauche, R., Wong, S. Y. S., Lau A. Y. L. SIT, R.W. S. Ziea, E. T. C., Ng, B. F. L., & Wu, J. C. Y. (2016). Acupuncture and Related Therapies for Symptom Management in Palliative Cancer Care. Medicine, 95(9), e2901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000002901

4) Chung, V. C., Yip, B. H., Griffiths, S. M., Yu, E. L., Liu, S., Ho, R. S., Wu, X., Leung A., SIT, R.W.S, Wu, J., & Wong, S. Y. (2015). Patients’ experience of Chinese Medicine Primary Care Services: Implications on Improving Coordination and Continuity of Care. Scientific reports, 5, 18853. http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1038/srep18853 .

5) Ho, R., Wu, X., Yip, B., SIT,R.W.S, Wong, S., & Chung, V. (2015). Acupuncture and related interventions for treating carpal tunnel syndrome: protocol for a systematic review. PROSPERO. http://dx.doi.org/10.15124/CRD42015019899

6) Vincent Chung., Benjamin Yip., Ellen Yu., Siya Liu., Regina SIT., Albert Leung., Justin Wu., & Samuel Wong. (2015). Patient Perceived Expression of Empathy from Chinese Medicine Clinicians in Hong Kong: Does Practice Modality Make a Difference?. Integrative Medicine Research, 4(1), 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2015.04.328

7) Regina W. S. SIT, Siya Liu, & Vincent C. H. Chung. (2014). Is acupuncture effective in reducing headache frequency amongst patients with episodic or chronic tension-type headache in primary care settings? Advances in Integrative Medicine, 1(2):99-100. 2014.05

8) Vincent C. H. Chung., Siya Liu, & Regina W. S. SIT. (2014). Medical Synopsis: Is red yeast rice capsule beneficial for treating dyslipidemia amongst statin-intolerant patients as compared to placebo? Advances in Integrative Medicine, 1(3), 151-152


Primary Care

1) Chung RY, Mercer SW, Yip BHK, Chan SWC, Lai FTT, Wang HHX, Wong MCS, Wong CKM, Sit RWS, Yeoh E-K, Wong SYS. The association between types of regular primary care and hospitalization among people with and without multimorbidity: A household survey on 25,780 Chinese. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6: 29758

2) Vivian YW Guo, Esther YT Yu, Carlos KH Wong, Regina WS SIT, Jenny HL Wang, SY Ho, & Cindy LK Lam. (2016). Validation of a nomogram for predicting regression from impaired fasting glucose to normoglycaemia to facilitate clinical decision making. Family Practice, 1-7; doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmw031