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| Biography |
Dr Yuen was graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999. After graduation, she received her specialist’s training in Chemical Pathology and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2005, and a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Pathologists and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Pathology) in 2006. Dr Yuen joined the Department of Chemical Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital as a consultant chemical pathologist in 2010. |
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Dr Yuen has special interests in inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), molecular biology and medical genetics. She has received IEM-related training in the Department of Chemical Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. In 2007, Dr Yuen was granted the Li Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund Overseas Postgraduate Scholarships and completed the MSc in Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow with distinction. |
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Dr Yuen has been actively involved in the development of local molecular diagnostics service. Over 30 molecular diagnostics tests have been developed which serve to diagnose various IEM, inherited cardiac, neurological and developmental disorders. |
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Selected publications: |
Lee HHC, Mak CM, Lam CW, Yuen YP, Chan AOK, Shek CC, Siu TS, Lai CK, Ching CK, Siu WK, Chen SPL, Law CY, Tai MHL, Tam S, Chan AYW. Analysis of Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Disease Spectrum for Expanded Newborn Screening in Hong Kong. Chin Med J 2010 (in press) |
Yuen YP, Lai CK, Poon WT, Ng SW, Chan AYW, Mak TWL. Adulteration of over-the-counter slimming products with pharmaceutical analogues – an emerging threat. Hong Kong Med J 2007;13(3):216-220. |
Yuen YP, Lam CW, Chan KY, Lai CK, Tong SF, Chan YW. DNA-based diagnosis of methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblC type in a Chinese patient presenting with mild developmental delay. Clin Chim Acta 2007;375(1-2):171-2. |
Yuen YP, Lam CW, Lai CK, Tong SF, Li PS, Tam S, Kwan EYW, Chan SY, Tsang WK, Chan KY, Mak WL, Cheng CW, Chan YW. Heterogeneous mutations in the SLC3A1 and SLC7A9 genes in Chinese patients with cystinuria. Kidney Int 2006;69(1):123-128. |
Lam CW, Yuen YP, Cheng WF, Chan YW, Tong SF. Missense mutation Leu72Pro located on the carboxyl terminal amphipathic helix of apolipoprotein C-II causes familial chylomicronemia syndrome. Clin Chim Acta 2005;364(1-2):256-259. |
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